The United Kingdom’s Frozen At Sea Fillets Association (FASFA) has appointed Julie Waites as its new executive director following the retirement of Malcolm Large.

Waites has more than 25 years of experience in the wider food and commercial seafood sector and joins FASFA from her previous role as regional manager in England at UK trade group Seafish.

Waites organized the World Seafood Congress in 2015, when it was hosted in the United Kingdom for the first time, and has also organized the Humber Seafood Summit for several years.