Andrew Russell
Andrew leads the work on marine sustainability for Mars Petcare, based in the UK. He is a specialist in marine science and has been involved with both NGOs and businesses focused on marine ecology, ocean health and the sustainable use of marine resources, both wild and farmed. This has included managing Fishery Improvement Projects, assessing […]
Julia Kurnik
As the Senior Director, Innovation Startups at WWF, Julia works to identify and research emerging issues, trends, and tools with potential to disrupt food and agriculture systems for environmental sustainability and financial growth. This includes launching multi-stakeholder platforms, designing and piloting new business strategies and models, and facilitating their adoption. In her career, Julia has […]
Michael Griff
Michael Griff is Director, Seafood Engagement with World Wildlife Fund US Oceans Futures team and is responsible for the development, management, and execution of sustainable seafood policy and sourcing strategies with US as well as global companies. Michael has over 15 years of experience working within seafood sustainability and the seafood industry. He has also […]
Dave Martin
Dave Martin is responsible for overseeing Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP)’s work on marine ingredients and engagement in multispecies fisheries, leads SFP’s efforts to protect human rights and promote ethical treatment of workers in seafood, and is a member of the aquaculture team. Dave has been involved in conservation efforts for more than 25 years, focusing […]
Mark Kaplan
Mark is Chief Sustainability Officer of Wholechain, a standards based traceability system and leads the Better Food Future initiative in support of UNGC Ocean Stewardship Coalition. Previously, Mark was CEO of the award-winning sustainable seafood sourcing company Envisible and was the Global VP of Sustainable Solutions for Unilever.
Roberto Alonso
Roberto Alonso is Secretary General of ANFACO-CYTMA, a private organization with 122 years of history and which brings together more than 250 companies from the Spanish sea-industry complex, including a leading Technological Center with more than 100 researchers. In his professional work, he represents and defends the strategic elements for the competitiveness of companies, interacting […]
Shirlene Maria Anthonysamy
Shirlene is Fishery Officer (Markets) with the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFIMT) of FAO in Rome. She supports areas related to fisheries and aquaculture market analysis throughout NFI and other FAO areas and she is also the coordinator of the GLOBEFISH project in NFIMT. Among these responsibilities are the supervision of the GLOBEFISH Highlights, the European Price […]
Sergio Lozano
Mr. Lozano is a licensed United States Customs Broker who has conducted Customs business before Customs & Border Protection and the other Partner Government Agencies in various ports of entry throughout the United States. Mr. Lozano was raised with international trade in his blood. He has been raised in the industry due to his […]
Dr. Nomi Prins
Nomi Prins, PhD, is an independent journalist, author of seven books, and an engaging, captivating and extremely well-informed speaker. Dr. Prins is widely sought-after globally for her unique perspective that bridges the divide between the world of politics, finance and the economy. She is the author of the best-selling book, Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged […]
Kate O’Rourke
Kate O’Rourke is the Deputy Executive Director of FishWise, where she leads organizational strategy, smallholder fisher and farmer engagement, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning to strengthen responsible seafood supply chains. She previously served as Chief of Party for USAID’s global SALT project to advance seafood traceability, counter-IUU fishing, and improve government–industry collaboration. Kate draws on […]