Major reshuffle at Young's as new executive named to oversee European seafood operations

Sofina Foods, the Canadian owner of processors Young's Seafood in the UK and Greenland Seafood in Germany, announced a management reshuffle that puts a new executive on top of the group's entire seafood operations.

William Duncanson has been named chief operations officer (COO) of seafood at the group, a newly created role that will oversee seafood operations across the company in Europe, according to a memo released by Sofina Chairman and CEO Michael Latifi.

Duncanson, who will report to Young's Seafood CEO Simon Smith, joined Young's Seafood as operations director in 2019 from tenures at 2 Sisters Food Group, Dawnfresh and Farne Seafoods.