Speakers

Each year, we are joined by outstanding speakers from across the globe, representing diverse sectors within the shrimp industry and beyond. The Global Shrimp Forum 2025 will be no exception.

For reference, you can view the 2024 speakers here.

Adolfo Pino de B. Fontes

Adolfo Pino de B. Fontes

Head of Business Intelligence

Based in the Netherlands, Adolfo leads the global business intelligence team in DSM for Animal Nutrition and Heath. Before joining DSM in 2019, he spent over five years covering agribusiness research....

Alex Bongiorno

Operations Director

Alex Bongiorno, born in France to a Latin American family, is the COO of Eurotrade Fish in Marseille. Passionate about sales and management, he helps grow the company as a top European and MENA....

Alison Hutchins

Alison Hutchins

Director of Innovations

Alison Hutchins is the Director of Innovations at the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), where she leads the development of sustainable aquaculture standards, including those pertinent to the....

Amy Batal

Dr. Amy Batal grew up in Southern California and earned a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She continued her education with a Master....

Andres Marriott

Andres Marriott

Latam North Strategic Marketing & Technology Director

Andres Marriott is the Latam North Strategic Marketing & Technology Director at Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH). With over 15 years of experience in aquaculture nutrition, Andres has worked....

Andrew Campbell

Andrew Campbell

Andrew Campbell is a recognised executive in the global aquaculture industry with over 30 years of experience in the Americas, Europe, and Australasia. Currently, Andrew is the CEO of AQ1 Systems the....

Angel Rubio

Principal Reporter and Economist

Angel Rubio is a Principal Reporter and Economist at Urner Barry by Expana, where he applies econometric modeling and quantitative analysis to oversee multiple commodity markets, with specialized....

Aris Utama

Director, Head of Sales & Marketing

Aris serves as Head of Sales and Marketing at Bumi Menara Internusa. He began his career in the seafood processing industry in 2004. Thoughout his 20-year career at Bumi Menara Internusa, he has taken....

Bastiaan van Tilburg

Bastiaan van Tilburg

Baastian van Tilburg joined Nutreco in January 2019, first at Nutreco’s Livestock feed business line, Trouw Nutrition, as General Manager for the Benelux, Scandinavia and France. He then started his....

Blade Brink

Product Operations Manager

Blade Brink is a supply chain traceability specialist at Wholechain, a platform enabling transparent, secure, and interoperable food supply chains. At Wholechain, Blade leads initiatives related to....

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....

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....