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

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Scope and programme coming soon.

Gorjan Nikolik

Gorjan Nikolik

Senior Industry Analyst

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...

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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

Speakers /

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....

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David Evan Evans

Senior Industry Specialist

David Evans is a Senior Industry Specialist at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) based in Washington DC. IFC, part of the World Bank Group, focuses on private sector investment in developing....

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Diego Xavier Illingworth Torres

Diego Xavier Illingworth Torres

Chief Executive Officer

Diego Illingworth has been CEO of Naqua in KSA since October 2021. Before that he worked in Ecuador at Pescanova operations – Promarisco were he joined in 2008. Prior to joining Promarisco, he had....

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Farshad Shishehchian

Farshad Shishehchian, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Farshad is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Blue Aqua group of companies. The company operates and develops intensive shrimp farms in Singapore, Brunei and Oman. Dr. Farshad has led the....

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Gibran Huzaifah

Gibran Huzaifah

Co-Founder and CEO

As a fish farmer-turned-agriculture tech entrepreneur, eFishery founder and CEO Gibran Huzaifah is revolutionizing the relatively untapped $9.4 billion-valued Indonesian aquaculture market. eFishery....

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José Rincón Sabatino

José Rincón Sabatino

Commercial Director

José Rincón is the Commercial Director for Grupo Lamar, Venezuela’s leading shrimp producer. A family-owned company, Grupo Lamar has been leading the way in the burgeoning shrimp sector in Venezuela....

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Lissy Smit

Chief Executive Officer

Lissy is CEO of Aqua-Spark, a global investment fund, active in 22 countries, building a portfolio of solutions across the aquaculture value chain with the aim to transform the industry into one that....

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Rajesh Behal

Chief Investment Officer, Global Agribusiness

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....

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Tim O'Reilly

Managing Director and Owner

Timothy O’Reilly is the Managing Director and Owner of Taprobane Seafood Group, Sri Lanka’s largest and most fully integrated seafood company, with more than 2000 direct employees, fifteen processing....

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