ULRIK STEINVIK APPOINTED AS NEW CFO FOR SALMAR

Ulrik Steinvik appointed as new CFO for SalMar. SalMar has appointed Ulrik Steinvik as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective today. Steinvik has been in SalMar since 2006 and has held several leading positions in the executive management where he has been Director of Business Improvement the latest years.

“I am pleased that Ulrik Steinvik has accepted the role as SalMar’s new CFO. Ulrik and I have worked closely together in the management group for years, and I look forward to continuing our close cooperation. Ulrik’s extensive experience and expertise will be valuable in the further development of the company,” says Frode Arntsen, CEO of SalMar ASA.

Before Steinvik joined SalMar, he served with Arthur Andersen Norway and Ernst & Young from 1998 to 2006. He graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business in 2002 and holds the title as Norwegian state authorised public accountant.

“I am excited and honoured to take on the position as CFO of SalMar and I look forward to continue to strengthen SalMar going forward,” says Ulrik Steinvik.

Ulrik Steinvik replaces Gunnar Nielsen, who handed in his resignation in September. See press release 30 September 2022.

About SalMar

• One of the world’s largest and most efficient producers of farmed salmon.
• Farming activity along the coast of Norway from Møre og Romsdal in the south to Troms og Finnmark in the north
  • Central Norway (PO 5-7): License capacity 69,538 MAB tons
  • Northern Norway (PO10-13): License capacity 38,251 MAB tons
• Significant harvesting and processing activity locally in Norway
  • InnovaMar, our main facility is co-located with the main office on Frøya in Trøndelag
  • InnovaNor, on Senja in Northern Norway
  • Vikenco, at Aukra in Møre og Romsdal
• Owns 51% Icelandic Salmon AS, which owns 100% of Arnarlax Ehf.
  • Icelands largest salmon farmer, located in the Westfjords of Iceland
• Owns 50% of Norskott Havbruk AS, which owns 100% of Scottish Sea Farms Ltd
  • Great Britain’s second-largest salmon farmer
  • Production of Atlantic salmon in Scotland, Shetland and Orkney Islands

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