Cooke Aquaculture Scotland has recruited David Cashman to be its new finance director, the Scottish salmon farming company has confirmed, saying that the appointment will help it to continue performing strongly and contribute to the post-pandemic recovery.
Cashman will be based at the Canadian-owned firm’s corporate office in Bellshill, where he will have responsibility for finance and accounting staff throughout the United Kingdom.
“We’re really pleased that David is joining us. He has a wealth of experience in senior finance roles in financial services and food production and we are very confident that he will help us to meet our ambitious business goals in the future,” Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Managing Director Colin Blair said.
Blair also thanked outgoing head of finance, Alan Marshall, for his “invaluable contribution” to Cooke’s success over the past 25 years.
“Alan will ensure a comprehensive handover of the finance function before he retires later this year,” he said.
Cashman was previously head of finance at U.K. bottled water producer Highland Spring, where he was responsible for all end-to-end activity within the division from transaction services and commercial finance, to the year-end audit and preparation and submission of statutory accounts.
He has also worked in senior finance and operations roles for household brands including HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Sky.
“I am really thrilled to join Cooke Aquaculture Scotland. The company’s values, especially their commitment to communities in which they operate, their environmental stewardship of the marine environment and, of course, the quality of their salmon were key drivers behind my decision to move from Highland Spring,” Cashman said. “I’m really looking forward to having the opportunity to help Cooke Aquaculture Scotland to grow, and ensure that the U.K. business remains on a very strong financial footing.”
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