Speakers 2024

Cameron Maclean

Cameron MacLean

Head of Shrimp Supply Chain

Cameron MacLean is a graduate of the School of Fisheries, the Australian Maritime College, with over 30 years in the seafood industry. He started his career on shrimp trawlers in the Gulf of....

Camiel Derichs

Program Development Director

Camiel holds a BSc and MSc from Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) in Business Administration, and a MSc from Tromso University (Norway) in International Fisheries Management. Before joining....

Carlos Díaz

Carlos Díaz is the CEO of BioMar Group, a Danish global feed company that produces aquaculture feeds for over 45 different fish and shrimp species for more than 90 countries. Carlos is an educated....

Carlos Mera

Managing Director, Agri-Commodities Market Research

Carlos Mera heads Rabobank’s Agri Commodity Market Research team (ACMR) based in London. He joined Rabobank in 2015, having spent over seven years at a large physical commodity trading house. Carlos....

Karuturi Subrahmanya Chowdary

Choudary Karuturi

Managing Director

Choudary Karuturi is a seasoned player in Shrimp Industry with over 20 years of experience. He is currently the Managing Director of Apex Frozen Foods - India, that is involved in Hatchery, Farming....

Chris Ninnes

Chris Ninnes was appointed CEO of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) in October 2011. He was appointed as Chairman of the Global Shrimp Forum Foundation in February 2022. Before joining the ASC....

Cormac O'Sullivan

Cormac O’Sullivan

Senior Fellow, Global Aquaculture Science

Cormac O’Sullivan is the Senior Fellow for Global Aquaculture Science with Seafood Watch. With a master’s degree in Environmental Protection and having farmed salmon, trout and char in Ireland for....

Dane Klinger

Senior Director, Blue Foods

Dane Klinger is Senior Director, Blue Foods at Conservation International (CI), where he leads CI’s global programs on sustainable tuna fisheries and aquaculture governance and management, finance....

Darian McBain

Darian McBain, PhD

Darian McBain is a globally experienced Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), advisor and board member. She is a world recognised expert, speaker and author on sustainability, ESG, supply chains, ocean....

Dave Robb

Group Sustainability Lead

Dave Robb is the Group Sustainability Lead for Cargill’s Aqua Nutrition businesses. With 20 years of experience in sustainability issues related to aqua feeds, he has a comprehensive understanding of....

David Castro

Director General

David is the Director General of Mexican seafood supplier Manta Bay. He is also co-founder and co-chair of the Global Shrimp Council. Driven by the magnetism of the sea, Jose David Castro has....

David Danson

Managing Director BU Shrimp

David Danson studied Fisheries and then specialized in Aquaculture at Aberdeen University, Scotland, UK. During his studies, he developed a real passion for aquaculture. With over twenty years of....