Olav Holst-Dyrnes (born 1970) was appointed CEO for Aker Seafoods ASA in January 2012. He joined Aker Seafoods as Director of Aker Seafoods Harvesting, the business unit including all fishery activities in the group, in May 2011. He has six years experience from STOKKE as Sourcing Director. He has previous experience from sourcing and change management at the Norwegian Armed Forces. Holst-Dyrnes holds a Master of Science from Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU) in Trondheim.