Decades of experience
Scrase’s expertise of the seafood and finance industries makes him the ideal candidate for the new position as Chief Analyst Officer at Kontali.

"Scrase has an exciting background and is a strong profile that aligns with Kontali’s rich history. His passion for insightful data use within the seafood industry is evident, and we are confident that he will contribute invaluable new competence to our organization,” says Kjetil Angell Kjerstad, CEO of Kontali.

Scrase comes from an Equity Analyst role at Carnegie Investment Bank where he oversaw coverage of the seafood sector. He has previously worked as Head of Investment and Industry Analyst and Group Business Analyst at Cermaq Global and was responsible for corporate finance projects within seafood at Fondsfinans. In addition, he brings with him a strong background of management consultancy and project management from DNB.

In his role, Scrase will have the unique responsibility for the analytics and development of Kontali’s data platform, Edge.

“I am honoured to join Kontali as Chief Analyst Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a leading knowledge-based consultancy and data provider in the global fish farming industry. I look forward to working with the talented team to deliver innovative solutions and valuable insights that will drive growth and sustainability in our sector,” says Scrase.

Full commitment to a new phase
Having undergone a digital transformation since Alytic bought the majority share in 2020, Kontali is now fully committed to a scale-up phase. To take Kontali to the next level, Alytic has changed the competency mix by adding technologists, product management, data scientists, a commercial team, and a strong management group. The new larger organisation will systematically accelerate product development and aim to please customers with modern delivery of aquaculture insight world-wide. 

“The company is in an exciting phase where we are implementing new technology while maximizing the benefits of our current systems. Philip's expertise will be instrumental in Kontali’s ongoing evolution,” says Espen Zachariassen, CEO of Alytic.

Scrase will officially assume his role with Kontali on 1. November

About Kontali
Founded in Kristiansund, Norway, in 1987, Kontali has served as the leading knowledge-based consultancy and data provider for the Norwegian fish farming industry, collecting production data, establishing the first production and market simulation models, and developing the salmon database. Today, Kontali is widely regarded as a leading competence centre on aquaculture and fisheries with a strong global presence systemizing the world of fisheries and aquaculture.

Kontali’s mission is to always have the deepest understanding of this realm and the species within it, the connections between them and to share the knowledge of seafood to create a more balanced world above and below the surface.

About Alytic
Alytic- A portfolio company of Arendals Fossekompani, invests in companies with strong domain competence and works actively with them to develop market scalable, data-rich products based on a SaaS business model. The current Alytic portfolio of companies includes Kontali, a world leading aquaculture data and analyses provider. Veyt, a market intelligence provider for low carbon markets. Factlines, a technology provider for ESG reporting. And Utel, a provider of services for telecom network monitoring and analysis.