Marine Harvest VAP boss exit reveals troubled group, processing relationship

The exit of the top executive from Marine Harvest’s value-added processing division is due to the need for a close relationship between its processing operations and its group management, one which it "wasn’t able to establish," Marine Harvest's top sale and marketing executive said.

On Friday, IntraFish broke the story of the exit from Marine Harvest of Jo Dekeyzer, the managing director of its Bruges, Belgium-based VAP Europe processing arm.

“As a result of a discussion on future development of Marine Harvest VAP Europe and Marine Harvest sales and marketing, group management and Jo Dekeyzer have concluded to end the professional relationship,” said the statement from Marine Harvest, seen by IntraFish.

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