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Break-out session: Finance and Investment (part 2)

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Scope /
Scope and programme coming soon.
Gorjan Nikolik
Rabobank
Chair
/ Gorjan Nikolik

Since joining Rabobank International in 2005, Gorjan Nikolik has been an industry analyst focusing on the global seafood sector including aquaculture, wild-catch, seafood trade and processing. In his primary role, he works as a senior sector expert to Rabobank departments such as Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Finance, Venture Capital, Credit Risk Management and the Relationship Bankers. He is a regular speaker on global seafood and aquaculture conferences and has published research reports covering the seafood industry. He also has experience as a commodity analyst having covered the sugar industry. Gorjan holds a masters degree in Finance and Business Administration from the University of Maastricht and an MBA from Maastricht School of Management.

Program /
9:05-10:15
CEO visions

Presented by:

José Rincón Sabatino, Director, Lamar Group

Diego Xavier Illingworth Torres, CEO, National Aquaculture Group

Farshad Shishehchian, CEO, Blue Aqua International Group

Tim O'Reilly, Owner & Managing Director, Taprobane Seafoods

10:15-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-11:10
Panel discussion: CEO visions

Panelists:

Diego Xavier Illingworth Torres, CEO, National Aquaculture Group

Farshad Shishehchian, CEO, Blue Aqua International

José Rincón Sabatino, Director, Lamar Group

Tim O'Reilly, Owner & Managing Director, Taprobane Seafoods

Moderated by Hanna Gezelius

11:10-11:30
Presentation and Q&A: The Aquaculture Industry's First Unicorn—eFishery

Presented by Gibran Hufaizah, CEO, eFishery

11:30-12:00
Panel discussion: Pioneering investment in shrimp value-chains

Panelists:

Basola Valles, CEO Europe, Captain Fresh

David Evans, Industry Specialist, International Finance Corporation

Lissy Smit, CEO, Aqua-Spark

Rajesh Behal, Chief Investment Officer International Finance Corporation

Moderated by Hanna Gezelius

12:00
Closing remarks
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