Speakers 2024

Laura Rodriguez is passionate about sustainable supply chains. She spent 12 years in the Fair Trade sector and the integration of social and green criteria on public and private procurement. She....

Leiner is the Innovation Director for Shrimp at Skretting. Originally from Colombia, he has gained international experience by working in Brazil and France before moving to Norway. Leiner holds a....

Linda is the Associate at Hatch Blue’s Blue Revolution Fund, a global aquaculture VC, and the author of aquablurb, an aquaculture bi-weekly dealflow newsletter.

Dr. Loc Tran is a shrimp expert and entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in shrimp pathology and disease from the University of Arizona and an MBA in business finance from Andrews University. He founded....

Louis Harkell oversees price data for over 3,000 seafood products across the global supply chain at Undercurrent News, a London-based seafood business news and data company. Prior to his current role....

Italian, Aquaculture M.Scs, Ph.D., Business Management M.Sc. Former Asia Aquaculture Sales Director at Pentair, top water treatment company. Project Manager and Consultant at WorldFish. Brings....

Maisie Ganzler is a strategic advisor for Bon Appétit Management Company and the author of “ You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime,” a book that chronicles the work of multiple brands recognized for....

A pioneer shrimp farming professional with 30 years of experience in the sustainable shrimp farming practices. Played a major role behind the development of Blue Revolution in Surat District of....

Maria Velkova heads the investment team of Aqua-Spark and is responsible for the growth and the success of the portfolio. She also sits on several boards of portfolio companies, working closely with....

Mark Eastham is a Sustainable Products Lead at Ahold Delhaize USA, and leads efforts focused on nature, biodiversity, regenerative agriculture, and human rights. Mark has worked on seafood issues for....

Melanie Siggs has worked internationally in strategic roles for both commercial and NGO organisations across the food and timber sectors. She has specialised in fisheries and aquaculture over the past....

Mercedes Mendoza leads SFP’s Advisory Services work. She helps users of SFP’s Seafood Metrics tool obtain the necessary data for their CSR and ESG reporting, follows up on progress evaluations of....