Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based OBI Seafoods announced has hired Greg Ness to join the company’s commodity sales team.
Most recently, Ness was the national sales manager at Peter Pan Seafoods, and he has two decades of experience in Alaska’s seafood industry. Greg started his seafood career as a processor at the Wards Cove Red Salmon plant in Naknek, Alaska, then moved into fresh sales with the company. He was an owner in SeaFresh Marketing for 15 years before joining Peter Pan, according to OBI Seafoods.
OBI Seafoods CEO Mark Palmer said Ness’ extensive knowledge of Alaska’s seafood sector will help enhance sales of OBI Seafoods’ products in both domestic and global markets.
“With his experience and background, Greg is a tremendous addition to the OBI sales team,” Palmer said. “It is not often that you find someone who literally grew up in the Alaska seafood business, as well as someone with extensive knowledge of the seafood marketplace. The United States continues to be an important growth market for OBI and Greg’s experience in the domestic market, especially foodservice, will be a great asset.”
Ness will join OBI Seafoods on 7 March, 2022. OBI Seafoods, which was formed in May 2020 by the merger of Icicle Seafoods’ Alaska salmon and Gulf of Alaska groundfish operations, runs 10 processing plants throughout Alaska and is a leading producer of fresh, frozen, and canned Alaska seafood. It will focus its efforts at the upcoming Seafood Expo North America, taking place 13 to 15 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., on touting its Alaska salmon products.
“I am looking forward to the opportunity to work with a company like OBI Seafoods that is so dedicated to Alaska seafood, with a strong and experienced sales team in place,” said Ness. “I am also excited about the company’s vision and how I can bring my product knowledge and focus on customer service to move that vision forward.”
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