Speakers 2025

Nicolas Guichoux

Nicolas Guichoux

Chief Program Officer

In 1994, after graduating from the French Business School EDC, Nicolas started his career in international business at the French Chamber of Commerce in South Korea. In 1997 he was appointed Export....

Novel Sharma

Analyst – Seafood

Based in Utrecht, Novel focuses on the seafood and aquaculture industry. Novel brings a strong analytical background and private equity experience. In prior roles, he worked at Climate Fund Managers....

Ohad Maiman

AquaFounders Capital

Ohad Maiman is the founder and former CEO of The Kingfish Company, a pioneer in land-based aquaculture. He now co-leads AquaFounders Capital, a development platform focused on scaling the land-based....

Patrick Waty

Benchmark Holdings

Patrick is an experienced aquaculture leader who began his career in 2005, purchasing and growing Seagull NV, a Belgium-based fish processing company. He joined INVE Aquaculture, part of Benchmark, in....

Pavan Krishna Kosaraju

Pavan Krishna Kosaraju

Pavan Kosaraju is the CEO of AquaExchange Agritech. At AquaExchange, Pavan is using the latest tools in technologies such as bio-engineering, IoT and machine learning to transform the aquaculture....

Pierre-Joseph Paoli

Pierre-Joseph Paoli

President Growth and Commercial Excellence

With over two decades of expertise in the energy and animal nutrition domains, Pierre-Joseph has consistently driven innovation. As the President for Growth and Commercial Excellence, he strategically....

Ocean 14 Capital

Investment Manager

Prakan Chiarahkhongman

Prakan Chiarahkhongman, DVM, CertAqV

Dr. Prakan Chiarahkhongman is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and Certified Aquatic Veterinarian (CertAqV) with over 30 years of experience in livestock and aquaculture healthcare. He currently....

Rafael Pedroza

Marchef Pescados

Rafael Pedroza is a partner at Marchef Pescados, a Brazilian company specializing in the commercialization of frozen shrimp within Brazil. His family are shrimp producers and operate two processing....

Ramesh Kumar

Ramesh Kumar, PhD

Dhanakoti Ramesh Kumar is the CEO of Salem Microbes Private Limited has a master’s degree in medical microbiology – Faculty of Medicine from University of Madras and an interdisciplinary doctoral....

Robert DeHaan

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Robert DeHaan is Executive Vice President & General Counsel of the National Fisheries Institute, the USA’s largest commercial seafood trade organization. In that capacity, he leads NFI regulatory and....

Robins McIntosh

Robins McIntosh

Executive Vice President

Robins McIntosh is Executive Vice President, Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) Public Company, Thailand. He has been involved in shrimp aquaculture for over 30 years, having lived and worked in Brazil....