John Paul McGinley is a UK national and has extensive experience in administrative, operational and commercial roles in listed companies in the salmon sector, firstly in the Netherlands with Nutreco (2001–2004) and later in the Netherlands and Poland with Marine Harvest ASA (2004–2008). Since 2008 he has worked for Morpol in Poland as Business Development Manager and recently as COO. John-Paul McGinley owns 1 million shares in Morpol.