Aller Aqua's team targets global growth
Fish food producer Aller Aqua has established a dedicated group management team in the wake of significant growth in recent years.
The team will be based in Christiansfeld, Denmark, and will focus on the company's global growth. The management in the individual factories will continue to focus on growth in the local markets.
" Aller Aqua has experienced expansive growth in recent years, and 2017 will be no exception," group CEO Hans Erik Bylling explains. "We currently have four factories, but at the end of the year we will have two more, one in China and one in Zambia. We also have a number of new companies in new markets, not least Africa."
" Growth of this magnitude places great demands on both management and employees," Bylling underlines, "and there is no doubt that we have been under pressure in recent years. Therefore, the owners and management have decided to establish a dedicated group management team as As well as strong local management teams in the individual factories. "
The group management team will be dedicated to continuing the development, globalization and growth in Aller Aqua. Transverse functions such as purchase, finance / IT, R & D and supply chain will be integrated in the group management.
The group management team comprises Bylling, Carsten Jørgensen (Group CFO), Henrik Halken (Group CPO / CCO) and Dr Hanno Slawski (Group R & D Director). Additionally, the company will initiate the search for a Group Supply Chain Director.
Aller Aqua says he already has strong management teams in place in individual factories. In Denmark, Lars Rahbæk will step up to CEO, while the other local management teams will stay in place and continue to work on expanding and strengthening the home markets.
The new management structure will be effective from 1 April 2017. A company statement said the group management team would focus 100% on strengthening Aller Aqua globally, and implementing the company's values: local presence, customer focus, quality, flexibility and knowledge sharing.
The family-owned firm began producing fish food in 1963 and now sells in more than 60 countries. It employs approximately 270 people and has turnover in the region of 1 billion Danish kroner.
