Benchmark Holdings plc announced the appointment of Atle Eide as Non-Executive Director. Atle Eide has extensive experience in the seafood industry including as Chairman of Salmar ASA and CEO of Mowi ASA. He is currently Chairman of Scale AQ, an innovation and technology aquaculture company and a member of the Norwegian Seafood Federation, amongst other appointments. In addition to his extensive involvement in the seafood and aquaculture sectors, Atle has substantial experience as an investor having been a director at Kverva AS between November 2017 and May 2021 and non-executive chairman, and senior partner, at HitecVision, the leading Norwegian private equity company, for almost 20 years until 2020. Given Atle?s previous role as a director of Kverva AS, a significant shareholder in the Company, the Board has concluded that he is not an independent director of the Company.