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.

 

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees approves the center’s long-term organizational strategy, annual plan of work and budget and research agenda, and monitors progress toward our mission. It sets and approves programs and policies and financial regulations and exercises oversight of investment and risk management and ensures compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

Senior Management

Ann Fleming

Director of Programs & Impact

Essam Yassin Mohammed

Director General

Jörn Schmidt

Director for 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

WorldFish Lead, India

Benoy Kumar Barman

Interim Country Representative, Bangladesh

Cherry Kek

Global Finance Lead

Cristiano Rossignoli

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

Cynthia Murray

Project Management Lead

Janet Saeni-Oeta

WorldFish Lead – Solomon Islands

Jörn Schmidt

Director for Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems

Madankumar Janakiraman

Resource Mobilization Lead

Mak Sithirith

Country Manager, Cambodia

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

Sunil Niranjan Siriwardena

Officer-in-charge, Nigeria

Veerinder Puri

Global Human Resources Lead

Victor Siamudaala

Country Director, Zambia and Southern Africa

Aditya Parmar

Scientist

Ahmed Nasr-Allah Mohamed

Country Representative, Egypt

Alexander Tilley

Senior Scientist

Arun Padiyar Panemangalore

WorldFish Lead, India

Benoy Kumar Barman

Interim Country Representative, Bangladesh

Chin Yee Chan

Scientist

David Jonathan Mills

Principal Scientist

David Verner-Jeffreys

Senior Scientist

Edward Allison

Principal Scientist

Hampus Eriksson

Senior Scientist

Janet Saeni-Oeta

WorldFish Lead – Solomon Islands

Jharendu Pant

Senior Scientist

Jörn Schmidt

Director for Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems

Mak Sithirith

Country Manager, Cambodia

Mary Lundeba

Scientist

Matthew Gray Hamilton

Senior Scientist

Matthew Owen

Senior Scientist in Aquatic Animal Feeds and Nutrition

Md. Sharif Uddin

Scientist (Fisheries Co-management)

Michael Joseph Akester

Regional Director South East Asia and Pacific (SEAP)

Michelle Tigchelaar

Scientist & Impact Area Lead

Mohamed Eliwa

Scientist

Nahiduzzaman Md

Scientist

Netsayi Mudege

Senior Scientist

Nhuong Tran

Senior Scientist

Rahma Adam

Scientist

Rodrigue Yossa

Director, Aquatic Food Biosciences

Serge Dossou

Scientist

Shafiq Rheman

Scientist

Sunil Niranjan Siriwardena

Officer-in-charge, Nigeria

Thijs Schut

Scientist

Victor Siamudaala

Country Director, Zambia and Southern Africa

Vishnumurthy Mohan Chadag

WorldFish Emeritus Scientist

Wanjiku Gichohi

Senior Scientist & Impact Area Lead

Ahmed Nasr-Allah Mohamed

Country Representative, Egypt

Arun Padiyar Panemangalore

WorldFish Lead, India

Janet Saeni-Oeta

WorldFish Lead – Solomon Islands

Mak Sithirith

Country Manager, Cambodia

Mario Pereira

Country Representative, Timor Leste

Michael Joseph Akester

Regional Director South East Asia and Pacific (SEAP)

Sunil Niranjan Siriwardena

Officer-in-charge, Nigeria

Victor Siamudaala

Country Director, Zambia and Southern Africa