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Seafish appoints two new board members

Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, has welcomed two new members to its Board, Sarah Holmyard and Georgina Wright.

Sarah is Head of Sales and Marketing at the award-winning aquaculture company Offshore Shellfish Ltd and was recently appointed as a Director of UK Women in Fisheries.

She has extensive experience of the sea fishing and aquaculture industries, having previously held executive roles at Seafood Scotland, Interfish, Cleanseas and The Kingfish Company.

Georgina, formerly the Sales Director at Mowi Scotland, brings thirty years’ experience of the seafood industry to the Seafish Board. She served as Chair of the Scottish Salmon Industry Brexit Working Group which worked to ensure the industry was successfully prepared for the changes brought by Brexit.

These are ministerial appointments and recruitment was carried out in accordance with the Ministerial Code of Practice for Appointments to Public Bodies.

Both Sarah and Georgina have been appointed for a first term of three years from 11 November 2024 to 10 November 2027.

Seafish is a non-departmental public body which carries out a wide range of activities to support a thriving UK seafood industry, working with the fishing industry and processors through to importers, retailers and food service providers.

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