Seafish announces board appointments

Seafish, the public body that supports the UK seafood industry, has appointed two new members to its board. Sarah Holmyard and Georgina Wright bring experience from the shellfish and salmon sectors respectively. 

Sarah Holmyard (pictured, right) 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 Wright (pictured, left) 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.

She stepped down from her post at Mowi in March 2022.

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

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