New board at Bue Salmon ASA

Bue Salmon ASA has a renewed board following the Annual General Meeting in June 2026. Trine Sæther Romuld has been elected as new chair.

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– Florø, August 5, 2026

Changes to the board

Trine Sæther Romuld takes over as chair. Nina Santi and Trude Jansen Hagland join as new board members. Sten Roald Lorentzen continues as a board member after serving as chair, while Trine Lotherington Danielsen steps down from the board after four years.

Thank you for your service on the board

– I would like to thank Trine Lotherington Danielsen for her contribution and commitment throughout four years on the board, says Knut Eikeland, CEO of Bue Salmon ASA.

A new chair with broad industry experience

Trine Sæther Romuld holds a master’s degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and has extensive leadership experience from seafood, oil services, consulting and auditing. She has been CFO of SalMar and SalMar Aker Ocean and a partner at KPMG, among other roles. Sæther Romuld also has substantial board experience, including from SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge ASA and Bakkafrost. She is currently CEO of First Seafood AS.

Photo: Trine Sæther Romuld

– I look forward to working with the board and management to realise the company’s strategy. Bue Salmon ASA will contribute to producing healthy food for a growing world population in a sound and efficient way, with fish health and welfare as a fundamental prerequisite, says Trine Sæther Romuld.

Two new board members strengthen expertise

Nina Santi is a veterinarian, holds a PhD and is Managing Partner at INAQ. She previously served as CEO of AquaGen for seven years and has more than 20 years’ experience in fish health and genetics.

Photo: Nina Santi

Trude Jansen Hagland is CEO of NCE Seafood Innovation and has broad experience in fish health, technology and digitalisation in the aquaculture industry.

Photo: Trude Jansen Hagland

– Nina Santi and Trude Jansen Hagland bring valuable expertise to Bue Salmon ASA within fish health, aquaculture, technology, scaling and commercialisation. The combination of new board members with strong professional and industrial expertise, and board members who know the company, its history and its development path well, gives Bue Salmon ASA both new knowledge and the necessary continuity. This strengthens the company’s foundation for the next phase of development, both in continued operations at Bulandet and in the work to realise the plans at Lutelandet, says Knut Eikeland, CEO of Bue Salmon ASA.

The new board

Following the general meeting, the board of Bue Salmon ASA consists of:

  • Trine Sæther Romuld, chair (new)
  • Nina Santi, board member (new)
  • Trude Jansen Hagland, board member (new)
  • Dag Magne Vedvik, board member
  • Henrik Hareide, board member
  • Sten Stenersen, board member
  • Sten Roald Lorentzen, board member

For further information, contact:

Knut Eikeland, CEO of Bue Salmon ASA
Email: knut.eikeland@buesalmon.com
Tel.: +47 90 97 70 18

About Bue Salmon ASA

Bue Salmon ASA develops large-scale land-based salmon farming. The company was established in 2015, is headquartered in Florø and operates a pilot facility in Bulandet with an annual production of just under 2,000 tonnes.

At Lutelandet, Bue Salmon ASA is developing a significantly larger land-based grow-out facility, with a long-term target of around 50,000–60,000 tonnes of salmon in total annual production.