Our leadership team is a diverse and global group of experts who bring decades of experience in scientific research, international and organizational development and communications.

 

Senior Management

 

Ann Fleming

Director, Programs and Impact

Essam Yassin Mohammed

Director General

Jörn Schmidt

Director, Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems

Rodrigue Yossa

Director, Aquatic Food Biosciences

Syon Niyogi

Chief Operating Officer

 

Our people

Ahmed Nasr-Allah Mohamed

Country Representative, Egypt

Arun Padiyar Panemangalore

Country Representative, India

Charles Iyangbe

Country Representative, Nigeria

Cherry Kek

Global Finance Lead

Cristiano Rossignoli

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and Impact Assessment Research Leader

Cynthia Murray

Project Management Lead

Faruk-Ul Islam

Country Representative, Bangladesh

Janet Saeni-Oeta

WorldFish Lead – Solomon Islands

Jörn Schmidt

Director, Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems

Madankumar Janakiraman

Resource Mobilization Lead

Mario Pereira

Country Representative, Timor Leste

Michael Joseph Akester

Regional Director South East Asia and Pacific (SEAP)

Patric Lim

Management Information System and Procurement Lead

Rajita Majumdar

Global Communications Lead

Sean Austin

Country Representative, Cambodia

Steve Korir

Director of Ethics and Business Conduct

Veerinder Puri

Global Human Resources Lead

Victor Siamudaala

Country Representative, Zambia

Aditya Parmar

Scientist

Inclusive Market Systems

Ahmed Nasr-Allah Mohamed

Country Representative, Egypt

Alexander Tilley

Senior Scientist

Data Systems & Digital Innovations Lead

Arun Padiyar Panemangalore

Country Representative, India

Benoy Kumar Barman

Senior Scientist

Aquatic Animal Farming Practices Lead

Chin Yee Chan

Scientist

Production Systems

David Jonathan Mills

Principal Scientist

Production Systems

David Verner-Jeffreys

Senior Scientist

Aquatic Animal Health Lead

Edward Allison

Principal Scientist

Governance & Policy

Emmanuel Mbaru

Scientist

Governance & Policy

Esther Magondu

Scientist

Aquatic Animal Farming Practices

Fariba Izadi

Senior Scientist

Genetics

Hampus Eriksson

Principal Scientist

Inclusive Market Systems

Hamza Altarturi

Post Doctoral Fellow

Data & Digital Innovation

Haytham Abd El Ghaffar

Scientist

Aquatic Animal Farming Practices

Hazrat Ali

Scientist

Production Systems

Janet Saeni-Oeta

WorldFish Lead – Solomon Islands

Jérôme Delamare-Deboutteville

Scientist

Animal Health / One Health

Jessica Fuller

Scientist

Inclusive Market Systems

Jharendu Pant

Senior Scientist

Aquatic Animal Farming Practices

Jörn Schmidt

Director, Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems

Joshua Aboah

Scientist

Inclusive Market Systems

Kimberley Hunnam

Scientist

Inclusive Market Systems

Kitinya Kirina

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Climate Data for Climate Action

Kosal Mam

Scientist

Governance & Policy

Lorenzo Longobardi

Scientist

Data & Digital Innovation

Mariska Bottema

Senior Scientist

Inclusive Market Systems Lead

Marleen Schutter

Scientist

Governance & Policy Lead

Mary Lundeba

Scientist

Aquatic Animal Farming Practices

Matthew Gray Hamilton

Senior Scientist

Aquatic Animal Genetics Lead

Matthew Owen

Senior Scientist

Animal Feeds & Nutrition Lead

Md. Sharif Uddin

Scientist (Fisheries Co-management)

Governance & Policy

Michael Joseph Akester

Regional Director South East Asia and Pacific (SEAP)

Michelle Tigchelaar

Senior Scientist

Climate & Environmental Sustainability Lead

Mohamed Eliwa

Scientist

Aquatic Animal Farming Practices

Murshed-E-Jahan Khondker

Scientist

Production Systems

Nahiduzzaman Md

Scientist

Production Systems

Netsayi Mudege

Senior Scientist

Inclusive Market Systems

Peerzadi Rumana Hossain

Scientist

Climate & Environmental Sustainability

Rahma Adam

Senior Scientist

Social & Economic Inclusion Lead

Rodolfo Dam Lam

Scientist

Production Systems

Rodrigue Yossa

Director, Aquatic Food Biosciences

Samuel Bekele Mengistu

Scientist

Genetics

Serge Dossou

Scientist

Animal Feeds & Nutrition

Shafiq Rheman

Scientist

Animal Health / One Health

Shwu Jiau Teoh

Scientist

Data & Digital Innovation

Sourabh Kumar Dubey

Scientist

Aquatic Animal Farming Practices

Thijs Schut

Scientist

Climate & Environmental Sustainability

Timothy Manyise

Scientist

Production Systems

Victor Okomoda

Scientist

Aquatic Animal Farming Practices

Victor Siamudaala

Country Representative, Zambia

Wanjiku Gichohi

Senior Scientist

Nutrition & Public Health Lead

Ahmed Nasr-Allah Mohamed

Country Representative, Egypt

Arun Padiyar Panemangalore

Country Representative, India

Charles Iyangbe

Country Representative, Nigeria

Faruk-Ul Islam

Country Representative, Bangladesh

Janet Saeni-Oeta

WorldFish Lead – Solomon Islands

Mario Pereira

Country Representative, Timor Leste

Michael Joseph Akester

Regional Director South East Asia and Pacific (SEAP)

Sean Austin

Country Representative, Cambodia

Victor Siamudaala

Country Representative, Zambia