Team

Chairman & Quality

Mr. Kjølsø is an Agronomist and the main shareholder of the company Hitra Salmon Ltd. The company is located on his 260 hectares seaside farm. In the early 2000s he started processing fish including smoked salmon, which is the early beginnings of the Hitra Salmon brand of superior seafood. Mr. Kjølsø is regarded as a national expert on smoked fish.

He enjoys work on the farm and as a fisherman. In his youth he was a marathon runner. Mr. Kjølsø is educated at the Skjetlein Agricultural College.

CEO

Mr. Kumar is an Economist and Business Psychologist, born in India and moved to Europe in the late 1980s. He is a Norwegian citizen with extensive and successful salmon export marketing and sales experience from one of the world’s largest Norwegian salmon producers. Mr. Kumar has a large network of international clients predominantly in the Asian markets. Mr. Manish has his education from India-Delhi University, Estonia-Tallinn University and USA.