Speakers 2023

Bas Geerts

Head of Sustainability

Educated in marketing and communications, Bas broadened and deepened his knowledge with a study on sustainability. Experienced in event management, fundraising, new business development and, mainly....

Basola Valles

Basola Valles is a seasoned leader with a diverse background spanning over 2 decades. Her previous positions at Amazon, Salesforce, and CTS Eventim have helped her gain invaluable insights into the....

Blake Stok

Chicken of the Sea

Director of Sustainability, Thai Union North America

Blake is the Director of Sustainability for Thai Union North America, working alongside leaders in Europe and Asia to design and meet Thai Union’s ambitious goals laid out in SeaChange® 2030. He’s....

Brendan Curran

Brendan Charles Curran

Brendan Curran is VP Procurement at Aqua Star, one of North America’s most dynamic and innovative seafood sales, manufacturing, and marketing organizations. His scope of purchase responsibility....

Brett Dodge

Lead, Human Rights in Agriculture and Food Systems

Brett Dodge is Ergon Associates’ Lead on Human Rights in Agriculture and Food Systems. Brett conducts and leads projects aimed at understanding and addressing labour and human rights impacts in....

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 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....

Carlos Miranda

General Manager, Skretting Ecuador

Economist with more than 25 years of experience in aquaculture. Current General Manager in Skretting Latam. Vice President of the board in Ecuador’s National Chamber of Aquaculture in two periods....

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....

Claus Norup

Head of Frozen Seafood

Claus Norup has been in the seafood sector for 25 years. He joined I. Schroeder KG. nearly 6 years ago, starting their seafood department from scratch. Before joining ISKG, he been working for around....

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....