Surimi seafood giant Viciunai has appointed Stephen Smith as national account manager.

Smith formerly served as commercial manager at Royal Greenland UK, and held roles in the frozen foods division at Young's Seafood.

Smith will server as national account manager for retail at Viciunai UK and Ireland.

Earlier this year, Viciunai signed a contract with Russian Fishery Company (RFC), one of Russia’s largest producers of whitefish, for supplying pollock surimi to the domestic market.

Two years ago, Viciunai Group secured a €20 million ($22 million) loan with Austrian bank Raiffeisen to fund the group’s sustainable funding strategy and to help improve Viciunai's competitiveness in Western markets, Viciunai Group's CEO Sarunas Matijosaitis, said at the time.