Speakers 2023

Peter ter Heide has a background in aquaculture and fisheries and has been working in the shrimp sector over ten years. He started in Asia, where he lived five years, and now he resides in Germany....

Petter Martin Johannessen joined The Marine Ingredients Organisation (IFFO) in September 2018 as Director General. Johannessen has previously worked as Global Business Director for Risk Management and....

Ragnar has been working with Kontali for more than 20 years, focusing on structuring and organizing fisheries and aquaculture data for the benefit of the industry. In 2020, Kontali acquired Seafood....

Rajagopal Choudary Chitturi is the Chairman of Devi Fisheries Limited, India. Devi Fisheries is a vertically integrated company with operations in shrimp hatchery, farming, feed, processing and export....

Rajesh Behal is the Chief Investment Officer in the Global Agribusiness department of the International Finance Corporation, covering equity investments and debt financings globally. He has led IFC....

As the Chief Technology Officer at FAI Farms, Ralf focuses on creating positive impact for people, animals, and the planet through technology. He leads the development and implementation of FAI's....

Mr. Ramakanth Akula is the CEO of The Waterbase Limited. He is a management graduate with rich experience in leadership and business management roles. With key specialization in Marketing and General....

Ravi Kumar Yellanki is the Managing Director of Vaisakhi Bio-Marine Private Limited and Vaisakhi Bio-Resources Private Limited, one of the leading shrimp hatchery operators in India and operates one....

Robert DeHaan is Executive Vice President & General Counsel of the National Fisheries Institute, the USA’s largest commercial seafood trade organization. In that capacity, he leads NFI regulatory and....

Rogier has been working at Fisherman’s Choice for more than 15 years. Originally started at the purchase side and became managing director 3 years ago (as of 2023). Fisherman’s Choice philosophy is....

Ronnie Jin (Chinese: 金光; pinyin: Jin Guang) is Senior Partner & Vice General Manager of Aqua-One and chief consultant of Aqua-Drive. He earned PhD from Ocean University of China in marine biology....

Ronnie currently serves on the advisory board of Calysta, USA; as regional aquaculture consultant with the U.S. Grains Council and is an advisor to BASF, Germany. He also acts as a mentor at Hatch –....