New CEO for The Scottish Salmon Company
New CEO for The Scottish Salmon Company
The Scottish Salmon Company has announced that Dr Stewart McLelland will be taking over as CEO of the company in January 2012, succeeding current chief Bill Hazeldean.
Date:
Wed, 16 Nov 2011
Source:
The Scottish Salmon Company
Mr Hazeldean is leaving to concentrate on his interests with Associated Seafoods Ltd. The company is extremely thankful to Bill for his leadership over the past 12 months.
This promotion for McLelland, from the role of chief operating officer, will provide the company with continuity to develop the plans for strategic growth and fulfil its long-term strategy to increase and balance out its total production volume to around 40,000 tonnes per annum by 2015-16.
The company aims to achieve this through a mixture of organic growth in current farming facilities, and the new development of virgin sites.
In addition to farming capacity increases, the company will need to make significant investments through its value chain infrastructure, including freshwater and processing.
The Scottish Salmon Company is the leading independent producer of Scottish salmon, providing superior salmon to both local and international markets.
The Edinburgh-based and operated company is a fully-integrated seafood company, built around the provenance, taste, freshness, sustainability and health benefits of its salmon.
It is engaged in all stages of the value chain from smolt production to harvesting, processing and sales. Operating from over 40 sites on the Hebrides and west coast of Scotland, the company currently employs over 350 staff.
The Scottish Salmon Company currently produces about 24,000 tonnes of Scottish salmon annually, accounting for about 20% of Scottish production.
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