Strategic adviser Siggs jumps ship after 14 years with GSA
Expert joins risk management company as global head of seafood
UK-based global risk management, compliance, and certification company LRQA has appointed Melanie Siggs as its global head of seafood.
Siggs joins LRQA following more than 14 years as a strategic adviser to the Global Seafood Alliance, alongside senior leadership roles across the global blue food sector.
She currently serves as chair of Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS), non-executive director of the UK’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and honorary professor at Heriot-Watt University, positions she will continue to hold alongside her new role at LRQA.
LRQA, which has its UK offices in Birmingham, London, and Edinburgh, said that as global head of seafood, Siggs will lead its global seafood strategy across aquaculture, wild capture fisheries, and end-to-end seafood supply chains, supporting clients as expectations around sustainability, traceability, labour standards, and responsible sourcing continue to evolve.
Opportunities and challenges
“Seafood sits at the centre of some of the world’s biggest opportunities and challenges around food systems, resilience and trust,” said Siggs in a news article on the company’s website.
“I’m excited to join LRQA at a time when assurance is evolving beyond historic proof of compliance to become a strategic tool that helps businesses build confidence, resilience and value in responsible seafood systems.”
LRQA says climate impacts, geopolitical disruption, volatile operating costs and evolving regulatory expectations are reshaping how the aquaculture sector manages risk, while public awareness of animal welfare, feed, and environmental impacts has never been higher.
Aquaculture UK
In a presentation on the Keynote Stage at Aquaculture UK at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow on Wednesday, June 17, Siggs will discuss how a new generation of assurance can build greater resilience and trust, through more connected, transparent, and collaborative approaches – and how this shift can help the industry adapt to increasing complexity.
Siggs will explore how assurance can evolve beyond snapshots in time towards more responsive systems that reflect the realities of today’s risk environment and the expectations of customers, consumers, investors, and regulators.
The session will include an interactive Q&A with the audience.
