New MD for EWOS Innovation

Dr. Adel El-Mowafi has recently been appointed as the new Managing Director for EWOS Innovation, taking over from Dr. Per Olav Skjervold who has moved on to a new role with the Norwegian Research Council. With 23 years experience in animal and fish nutrition research in both academic and industrial environments on 3 different continents, Dr. El-Mowafi is well prepared for the challenge!

In the last seven years Dr. El-Mowafi has worked in the fish research area with EWOS Innovation as a Senior Scientist, then as an R&D Manager where he gained excellent experience and played an important part in creating knowledge to produce healthy seafood in a more efficient and environmentally sustainable way. He also holds an honorary position as adjunct professor at the Department of Plant and Animal Science, Nova Scotia Agricultural college in Canada.

"My ambition for EWOS Innovation lies in its vision of being the trend-setter in creating knowledge to produce healthy seafood in a more efficient and environmentally sustainable way" claims Dr. El-Mowafi, "We are also committed to serving Cermaq's operating companies with optimum solutions and the best service to give them a competitive advantage in the market place".

With extensive facilities both in Norway and in Chile, EWOS Innovation carries out research and development on fish nutrition and feed technology for the EWOS group.