Enrico Bachis joined IFFO in 2009 as Business and Information Manager and was then promoted to Market Research Director in 2017. He is responsible for the market intelligence produced by IFFO also representing the industry within the working group on agri-commodities of OECD-FAO. Enrico graduated from Cagliari University in Sardinia with a Political Science degree before obtaining an MSc in Financial Economics and a PhD in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham (UK).

Anne Mette is the Executive Director of EFFOP – Marine Nutrients Europe, the international association representing European fishmeal and fish oil producers. She also serves as Executive Director of Marine Ingredients Denmark, the national association for the Danish fishmeal and fish oil industry. With a strong background in food and fisheries policy, Anne Mette has extensive experience in public management, international relations, and political communication, drawing on her earlier career in the Danish Foreign Service.

Anne Mette has held several leadership and governance roles across the European fisheries sector. She is currently a board member of multiple European market and fishing organisations. From 2014 to 2021, she served on the IFFO Board of Directors, including terms as Vice President (2018–2019) and President (2020–2021). Her presentation, “European Fishmeal and Fish Oil: Production Insights and Regulatory Developments”, will provide an overview of current production trends in Europe and shed light on the evolving regulatory landscape impacting the sector.

Aldo Bernasconi is the VP of Data Science for the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED). His responsibilities include coordinating the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information relevant to omega-3 markets, the development of GOED’s Clinical Study Database, and scientific research on the role of omega-3 fatty acids in health. He holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of Utah. 

Yohei Saratani joined Nissui Corporation in 2001 and currently serves as Manager of the Fish Meal and Oil Section within the Fisheries Business Department 3. With over two decades at Nissui,Mr Saratani brings extensive expertise in fisheries operations, seafood processing, and resource management.

Christian Meinich joined Chr. Holtermann AS, Oslo, Norway in 1987 and is today the Senior Partner of the company. Holtermann is an independent commodity brokerage house est.1916, mainly brokering raw materials for the food- feed- and technical industries. Christian is also past president of FOSFA International, London, a contract issuing and arbitral body covering 85% of the global trade in oils and fats. Christian holds a BSBA degree in Finance from University of Denver and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Darian McBain is a globally experienced Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), advisor and board member. She is a world recognised expert, speaker and author on sustainability, ESG, supply chains, ocean economy, business human rights and sustainable finance. She is a UN SDG Pioneer for a Sustainable Ocean Economy 2021, a Fast Company Most Creative People in Business 2020, and was named one of Asia's Top Sustainability Superwomen.
Darian is the CEO and Founder of Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia (OCSO Asia). In this role she has worked with organisations as diverse as commodity producers in the agriculture sector, WWF, UNEP, Minderoo Foundation, venture capital funds focused on climate and agriculture, and advisor to several startups. She is also a Senior Fellow for a Just Nature Transition with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, working on projects focusing on nature and finance in small scale aquaculture production. Darian was the inaugural Chief Sustainability Officer for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the first CSO for a central bank globally. Prior to this, she was the Global Director of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability for Thai Union, creating an award winning sustainability strategy and working on wild capture and farmed seafoods globally. Darian is an experienced communications professional, working on staff and change engagement, corporate storytelling, brand profile and reputation management. She is a published author, with books, academic articles and blogs published in traditional and social media. She is a regular speaker and commentator at conferences, on television and webinars, and is a member of several not-for-profit boards.

Dr Brett Glencross is the Technical Director of IFFO (The Marine Ingredients Organisation). Prior to this role he was the Professor of Nutrition at the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling in Scotland. Over the past 25 years he has worked in various academic, institutional, and industrial roles across Australasia, the Middle East and Europe. His research achievements over this time have delivered many industrial outcomes resulting in the development of new processes, products, and applications. He was one of the former editors of the journal Aquaculture Nutrition from 2008 to 2016 and the former Chair of the International Society for Fish Nutrition and Feeding (ISFNF) from 2018 to 2024. Brett has a MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Western Australia and a PhD in Animal Nutrition from the University of Queensland.

Véronique joined IFFO in January 2019, bringing over 11 years of experience as Communications Director at the French division of a global water company. Prior to that, she served as a political advisor to local authorities. At IFFO, she leads the Secretariat of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients and oversees stakeholder engagement. Véronique is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and holds a bilingual French-German Master’s degree in Political Science.

Eduardo is one of the founders of IFFO when former IFOMA an FEO were merged, being copresident during its first year. He has then been a Board member almost all the time, including Vicepresidency in 2016-2017 and then President for the 2018-2019 period. Eduardo was the Sales & Marketing Director for the Chilean fishing companies El Golfo, and then Blumar, for more than 20 years until 2015. He has also been a Board member of several other local and international organizations around the world, including being the Executive Director of New World Currents, a five chilean salmon producing companies joint venture to sell in China, and Director and vice President of Exapesca, a Chilean fishoil producers joint venture that sold their products together. He also represented GSI, the Global Salmon Initiative, in the ASC Steering Committee that developed the new ASC Feed Standard. Currently he is vice president of IFFO and also seats in the Governing Body of MarinTrust.

Petter M. Johannessen has been heading IFFO The Marine Ingredients Organisation since 2018. He is passionate about seeing the contribution of marine ingredients to global food production recognised, while supporting continuous improvement and responsible practices. IFFO actively engages in and initiates collaborative efforts, considering them a cornerstone of its operations. Johannessen is notably recognised as a founding member of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients, alongside the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership. Prior to his current role, Johannessen held industry executive positions including Global Business Director for Risk Management and Sourcing at Cargil Aqua Nutrition, as well as serving as Supply Chain Director and Global Sourcing and Purchasing Lead at EWOS Group.

Sergio González Guerrero is a Peruvian lawyer with vast experience in the public sector. He is the current Minister of Production of Peru since April 1, 2024, under the government of President Dina Boluarte. He has worked in the public sector, holding administrative positions in the ministries of Production, Environment and Transport and Communications. He worked at the National Fisheries Development Fund (FONDEPES). He was general manager of the National Superintendence of Labor Supervision (SUNAFIL), director of the General Administration Office of the Ministry of the Environment (2023), as well as advisor to the executive presidency of “Sierra y Selva Exportadora”.

Jesus Eloy Barrientos Ruiz, Vice Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Ministry of Production. He is a lawyer, graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the Peruvian National University of San Marcos, with 19 years of professional experience and postgraduate studies in Business Law and Public Management. He has held several positions: Member of the Advisor’s Cabinet Ministry of Production, General Director of Supervision and Inspection for Fisheries and Aquaculture, among others. He has executive and management experience in both public and private administration, with solid expertise in government control, fisheries supervision and inspection, administrative law, labor law, labor inspection, occupational safety and health, and public management

Hikaru Kondo is fish meal and fish oil trader for Kanematsu corporation, which is trading house company, headquarters based in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating college, working in seafood industry and marine ingredients industry with eight years of experience, professional on trading and marketing of this business. Nowadays, focusing on getting a sustainability certification regarding Japanese fishery, certain species, and production to create new business as Kanematsu.

Professor Manuel Barange is Assistant Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Director of its Fisheries and Aquaculture Division. He is an honorary professor at the University of Exeter, UK, and Visiting Professor at the Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS, China. Barange was Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director of Science at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK) and Chair of the scientific committee of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. Professor Barange is a global fisheries and aquaculture expert, with particular focus on climate and anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems and on the role of aquatic foods in ending hunger and poverty. He has over 130 academic publications and is the lead Editor of the FAO flagship biennial publication “State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture”. He has contributed to several IPCC reports and was Review Editor of the IPCC special report on Oceans and the Cryosphere (SROCC). In 2010 he was awarded the UNESCO-IOC Roger Revelle Medal for his contribution to ocean science.

Olivier Decamp holds a biology degree from the University of Namur (Belgium) and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Leicester (UK). With 25 years of experience in aquaculture, he has specialized in intensive shrimp farming and has worked in various regions such as Asia and the Americas. Olivier had held positions at The Natural History Museum in London (UK), research laboratories in Hiroshima (Japan), The Oceanic Institute in Hawaii (USA), INVE Aquaculture, part of Benchmark Group and Grobest Holding before returning to INVE Aquaculture as the R&D and Business Development Health Director.                                                                                         

Oscar is an Executive Director in Rabobank's global RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness department. He is located in Singapore, and focuses on grains, oilseeds and soft commodities sectors.  He is frequently invited to speak at various Agri commodities outlook conferences. In his previous role, he was Senior Vice President of Freight Research with Oldendorff Carriers Singapore, where he led global supply and demand research of the grains & oilseeds sector.

Oscar holds a Master of Science in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University and Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from Nanyang Technological University.

Robin Harding is the Asia Editor of the Financial Times and is responsible for coverage from Australia to Afghanistan, as well as writing personally on the fast-growing region in the world economy. Previously an editorial writer, a Fed-watcher in Washington DC during the years after the financial crisis and the FT’s bureau chief in Tokyo, Robin combines his own perspective as an economics columnist with a reporter’s access to the politicians and policymakers in charge. He can offer a thought-provoking – and well-informed – perspective on developments affecting the Asian and the world economy.

Robin has lengthy experience as a keynote speaker and a moderator. He has been a panellist or moderated events at the IMF, the World Bank, several regional Federal Reserve banks and the Institute for International Finance. He has chaired contentious press conferences, which required firm control, as well as lighter-hearted events. He always tries to bring clarity and serve the audience. Drawing on his experiences covering monetary policy and his years in Japan – where he interviewed prime minister Shinzo Abe several times – Robin can speak about some of the biggest trends shaping the modern world: ageing demographics and declining interest rates, as well as the growth of China, and the geopolitical tensions that are reshaping Asia. Born in Durham, in the north of England, Robin has degrees in economics from the University of Cambridge and Hitotsubashi University. Before becoming a journalist, he worked in banking, asset management and public policy research.

Following his graduation from The Danish Merchant Marine Academy as Master Marine and a few years at sea, Thue began his shore-based career in 2000 and has held various positions within the group in mainly Latin America and Asia. During his Time in South America he worked in the company’s Chilean country organization and later on as member of the Regional Reefer Management team covering Latin America from São Paulo.
In September 2006 he was asked to start up the dedicated reefer desk in Asia covering the Greater China Area, Hong Kong, and Taiwan a position he held until the end of 2009. In January 2010 Mr. Barfod relocated to Hong Kong, where he is heading Maersk Line's Reefer Business Development efforts in a region covering Asia Pacific, The Middle East and Indian Ocean. In May 2015 Mr Barfod took up the position as Maersk Line’s Global director of the Fish and Seafood Cargo segment a position he still holds today based out of Singapore.

Dr Matt Longshaw joined Calysta in June 2021 and leads the R&D for animal feeds, including for aquaculture and pet food. Between 2013 and 2020, he was a development manager at Benchmark Animal Health, leading the pharmaceutical development programme. Prior to this, he was a senior research scientist at Cefas, the UK government laboratory in Weymouth, Dorset where he headed a team of scientists studying individual and population health. He holds a PhD in veterinary pathology from the University of Plymouth and has published extensively in the areas of health and nutrition.

Dr. Chris Free is an Associate Researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research program focuses on the impacts of climate change on ocean fisheries and on the development of management strategies for mitigating these impacts. Chris serves on the Scientific and Statistical Committee for the Pacific Fisheries Management Council and the NOAA Pacific Marine Mammal Scientific Review Group, among other scientific advisory groups.

Maggie Xu joined IFFO in October 2011 as the China Manager and was promoted in October 2013 to China Director. She was previously a Trade Commissioner responsible for fish, seafood, meat and processed food and beverage products at the Embassy of Canada to the P. R. China for ten years. Maggie has a B.A. degree in English language and completed a summer school jointly given by London School of Economics and Peking University on international finance.

Dr. Bazinet received his BSc from the University of Western Ontario (1998) and completed his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Cunnane at the University of Toronto in 2003.  Dr. Bazinet then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Dr. Stanley Rapoport’s Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health.   Dr. Bazinet joined the University of Toronto in 2006, where he is currently a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Brain Lipid Metabolism as well as the Associate Chair of Research and Innovation.  Dr. Bazinet was the acting Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences in 2023-2024.  Dr. Bazinet is the recipient of several awards, including, Early Career Award from the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (2008); the Jordi-Folch-Pi Memorial Award from the American Society for Neurochemistry (2010); the Future Leaders Award from the International Life Sciences Institute (2011),  Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (2011),  the Young Scientist Award for the American Oil Chemists’ Society (2012), the Early Researcher Award from the Canadian Society for Nutrition (2016), the Chinese Association for Health Promotion and Education (2018),   the Ralph Holman life time achievement award from the Oil Chemists’ Society (2020), the Chevreul Medal from the French Society for the Study of Lipids (2023), the Supelco American Oil Chemists’ Research Award (2025) and the International Award from Society for Chemical Industry Research (2025).   Dr. Bazinet has also received the Faculty of Medicine Early-Career (2011) as well as the Mid-Career (2021) Excellence in Graduate Teaching Awards from The University of Toronto. Dr. Bazinet sits on several editorial boards and is currently Editor-in-Chief of Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids and was previously a Senior Associate Editor of Lipids.  The overall goal of Dr. Bazinet’s research program is to identify the mechanisms that regulate brain lipid metabolism (signaling) and to identify the role of brain lipid metabolism in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders.  Dr. Bazinet’s research is multidisciplinary but focuses on novel approaches to measure the turnover of lipids with an emphasis on translational research.  Dr. Bazinet has published over 200 papers and given over 150 invited lectures, largely in the field of brain fatty acid metabolism and is co-author of the joint WHO/FAO joint expert consultation on dietary fats and the central nervous system during aging and disease and was previously the President and in 2023 became a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids.

Hitoshi Fujita is the current Director-General of the Fisheries Agency, a position held since July 2025. With a career spanning over three decades in fisheries and resource management,  has held key leadership roles, including Deputy Director-General of the Fisheries Agency (2023–2025), Director-General of the Resources Management Department (2020–2023), and Director of various divisions within the Fisheries Agency focused on policy planning, aquaculture, and coastal fisheries. Earlier in his career, served in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, as well as in prefectural government administration, bringing extensive experience in fisheries policy, resource management, and sustainable practices.

Drew Cherry has covered the global seafood, aquaculture and fisheries industries as a journalist, editor, commentator and speaker for over two decades.