Lisa Wallenda Picard
Lisa was selected as President and CEO for the National Fisheries Institute in December 2022. NFI is the largest seafood trade association in the US, representing the industry from water to table its members include boatowners, producers, processors, importers, exporters, aquaculture operations, as well as retailers and restaurants. She and the NFI team are focused […]
Matt Tinning
Matt Tinning is Chief Executive Officer of the At-sea Processors Association. APA represents the U.S. Bering Sea pollock catcher-processor fleet. The Eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery is the world’s largest whitefish fishery, harvesting approximately 1.3 million metric tons annually. Vessels in the catcher-processor fleet produce more than 1.5 billion seafood meals annually, supplying global markets […]
Gabriel Rodriquez Mateos
Gabriel Rodríguez Mateos is Quality and Environment manager at AVRAMAR, one of the leading Mediterranean aquaculture companies. Based in Spain, he oversees quality management, food safety, environmental performance, and occupational health and safety across AVRAMAR’s farming and processing operations. With a professional background spanning aquaculture and the wider agri‑food sector, Gabriel brings extensive experience in […]
Giovanni Sabino
Giovanni Sabino is the CEO of Panapesca Group, appointed in October 2023, leading one of Italy’s foremost companies in the frozen seafood sector. Drawing on prior leadership roles at Cesare Fiorucci, Galbusera, Findus Italia, and Unilever, he drives Panapesca’s global expansion and strengthens its international seafood production and distribution network.
Pedro Ferreiro
As the Fisheries Governance and Livelihoods Director at Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, Pedro Ferreiro is responsible for bridging the gap between supply and demand for sustainable seafood from small-scale fisheries, with a special emphasis on markets in the Global South and other markets requiring more experimental initiatives. Pedro is a marine biologist with many years of […]
Alejandro Castro
Alejandro Castro Ferreño is a sustainability professional with experience in the implementation and monitoring of initiatives aimed at improving environmental performance in industrial settings. He is currently part of Grupo Profand, where he performs technical duties related to sustainable management and compliance with environmental criteria within the organization.
Christophe Vande Weyer
Christophe Vande Weyer is a policy officer in the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission. He has 15 years experience on the common organisation of the markets for fishery and aquaculture products (CMO). He has been accompanying Member States and operators in the implementation of the reformed CFP and CMO, in […]
John (Jonty) Jankovich-Bésán
John (Jonty) Jankovich-Besan – CA(SA) Jonty has over 30 years of broad industry and leadership experience across both finance and operations, having built his career initially based in the UK, working largely in consulting, international mobile, fixed-line and broadband telecoms industries, before returning to South Africa in 2008. Jonty has 14 years of international fishing […]
Dale Galvin
Dale Gavin is the Founder and CEO of Deliberate Capital, and Founder and Fund Manager of the Meloy Fund I, LP, one of the first impact funds investing in the oceans and fisheries sector. As part of the Meloy Fund, Mr. Galvin founded and is the Managing Member of Aquarev LLC, a venture-backed enterprise focused […]
Shannon Roberts
Shannon Roberts is an Aquaculture & Fisheries Biologist and is part of the sustainability team for Sea Farms Limited, based in the UK. She is responsible for the environmental and social sustainability of aquaculture supply chains. Shannon holds a BSc in Marine Biology from Swansea University (Wales) and over the 8 years with Sea Farms […]