Despite facing a number of challenges in 2016, Thai Union’s European division still saw “significant growth," with revenue now hitting the €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) mark, Elisabeth Fleuriot, CEO of Thai Union Europe, told IntraFish in an exclusive interview.

Fleuriot is responsible for Thai Union’s European operations, overseeing the growth and development of brands including Petit Navire, Parmentier, John West, Mareblu, and more recently King Oscar, and Ruegen Fisch’s brands, including Hawesta.

The unit grew across all the different geographies by 10 percent in volume and 7 percent in net sales, and has increased market share in all the separate countries in which it is present across Europe, Fleuriot said.

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