The inspiring keynote speakers at the NASF plenary session will share interesting experience and knowledge to motivate and enable seafood executives to make better decisions
Presenting companies: IntraFish Media | Norsk Kylling | Skretting | Rabobank
Chair:
Drew Cherry
Editor - IntraFish Media
Drew Cherry is Editor with IntraFish Media. He joined the group in 2001, and has lived and worked in Norway, the UK and the US covering all aspects of the global seafood industry.
Speakers
From Reputation Challenges to Consumer Favorite
Hilde Talseth
CEO - Norsk Kylling
Hilde Talseth is CEO of Norsk Kylling, a leading broiler chicken producer in Norway, and the first producer in the world to implement the ECC standard for animal welfare throughout the whole value chain. Talseth has had a key role leading the sustainable transition in Norsk Kylling. Amoung other projects, Talseth was responsible for implementing the slow growing chicken breed Hubbard.
Talseth has over the past 15 years had leading roles in the food production industry in Norway. She holds an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
The future of feed
Bastiaan van Tilburg
CEO - Skretting
Before joining Nutreco, Bastiaan worked in various commercial and operational leadership roles at SHV daughter company, Makro in Brazil. Prior to joining Makro, he worked at Royal Dutch Shell for four years.
Bastiaan studied at the University of Groningen and holds a Bachelor and Master of Arts in International Organisation and International Relations.
China: Unsatiable Consumer or Key Competitor in the global seafood industry
Gorjan Nikolik
Analyst - Rabobank
Since joining Rabobank International in 2005, Gorjan Nikolik (45) 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.
