Ivan Lopez van der Veen
Iván López van der Veen has over 25 years of experience in the fisheries sector, with experience in both in the extractive and procesing side of the business. Curently he is the General Manager of Pesquera Ancora, a company operating a trawler targeting cod in Spain. With an acadenic background in International Affairs and International […]
Yolanda Molares
Yolanda Molares holds a BBA and an MA in International Studies from the University of Durham. She brings more than 25 years of experience in sustainable development, with a strong focus on the Blue Economy, fisheries, aquaculture, and coastal development. She has worked with regional and national sectoral institutions, leading strategic planning processes, technical studies, […]
Melissa Karadana
Melissa Karadana is a Programme Lead at the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), specialising in responsible purchasing practices (RPP). She has worked on RPP-related projects across food, mined minerals and metals, and apparel and textiles, supporting companies to review purchasing practices, strengthen buyer–supplier engagement, and improve labour conditions and human rights using the Common Framework for […]
Pedro Zapata
Pedro Zapata is an international leader in ocean conservation with more than two decades of experience advancing sustainable fisheries, marine policy, and blue economy initiatives. He currently serves as Associate Vice President for Global Oceans Strategies at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), where he guides high‑level global engagements, shapes ocean governance priorities, and leads strategies […]
Hannah Richardson
Hannah Richardson is the Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Manager at Tesco, where she leads the delivery of the company’s marine strategy across both wild-caught and farmed seafood. Her work focuses on safeguarding fish stock health, minimizing impacts on non-target species, and protecting the broader marine ecosystem. Before joining Tesco, Hannah headed the fisheries programme at […]
Miguel Ruano
Current position as Global Fisheries Analyst and Project Lead on Fisheries Welfare at Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP). Work is focused on the data-driven assessment of fishing stocks worldwide and fishing operations, assessing SFP’s global impact in the seafood landscape. By running analyses of biological and management data to evaluate the sustainability and environmental impact of […]
David Dietz
David Dietz is GSA’s Manager of Standards Oversight, responsible for the development and revision of all BAP and BSP certification standards. David oversees the complete standards development process at GSA, including the formation of Technical Committees, public comment response, management of GSA’s Standards Oversight Committee, and maintaining standard’s alignment with external benchmarks. Outside of this […]
Bertrand Charron
Bertrand has for ~30 years been monitoring ESG/sustainability & other topics material to seafood & ocean stakeholders. He has a pluri-disciplinary background in biology, natural resources management & journalism (foreign correspondent in Eire and Northern Ireland, science writer, freelancer & editor). He’s one of the co-founders of IntraFish.com in the late 1990s. He authored of […]
Jess Rattle
As Head of Blue Marine Foundation’s Investigations Unit, Jess works to research, expose and combat harmful and unsustainable fishing practices. Having worked on campaigns ranging from electric pulse fishing in the North Sea to deep-sea mining in the Pacific, Jess’s current focus is on the unsustainable fishing methods and harmful influence exhibited by the European […]
Robin Teets
Robin has worked broadly with seafood industry leaders, conservation organizations and philanthropies to help advance collaborative efforts to improve fisheries and ocean ecosystems. A seasoned facilitator and strategic planner, Robin has extensive experience in helping organizations and collaborative groups surface opportunities and issues, and to find the common ground required to move opportunities forward. Robin […]