Aker BioMarine — Board/Management Information 2020

Dec 1, 2020

Webjørn Barstad starts as EVP Offshore

Webjørn Barstad starts as EVP Offshore

Webjørn Barstad starts as EVP Offshore at Aker BioMarine starting December 1st 2020, as communicated in the Q3’20 presentation.

Webjørn Barstad has spent his entire career within the seafood industry, mainly on the harvesting side. He holds extensive experience from numerous fields ranging from advisory to leadership roles.

“We are very pleased to appoint Webjørn Barstad to the new position as EVP Offshore in Aker BioMarine. Barstad is a highly respected executive in the seafood industry, most recently with top-management positions from Lerøy Havfisk and Lerøy Norway Seafoods. We are very pleased to complement our team with such a senior level executive,” commented Matts Johansen, CEO, Aker BioMarine.

“I am very excited with the opportunity to work for Aker BioMarine, a company that in my view represents the most technologically advanced harvesting operations globally. Aker BioMarine is much more than a krill harvester, it’s a fully integrated biotech company with sustainable operations throughout its value chain. Just the type of company the world needs,” says Webjørn Barstad.

For further information, please contact Martin Stenshall, Investor Relations

Mobile: +47 47 33 83 31

Email: martin.stenshall@akerbiomarine.com

About Aker BioMarine

Aker BioMarine is a biotech innovator and Antarctic krill-harvesting company, dedicated to improving human and planetary health. The company develops krill-based ingredients for nutraceutical, aquaculture, and animal feed applications. The company’s fully transparent value chain stretches from sustainable krill harvesting in pristine Antarctic waters through its Montevideo logistics hub, Houston production plant, and all the way to customers around the world.