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

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

Sunil Niranjan Siriwardena

Officer-in-charge, Nigeria

Veerinder Puri

Global Human Resources Lead

Victor Siamudaala

Country Representative, Zambia

Aditya Parmar

Scientist

Ahmed Nasr-Allah Mohamed

Country Representative, Egypt

Alexander Tilley

Senior Scientist

Arun Padiyar Panemangalore

Country Representative, India

Benoy Kumar Barman

Senior Scientist

Chin Yee Chan

Scientist

David Jonathan Mills

Principal Scientist

David Verner-Jeffreys

Senior Scientist

Edward Allison

Principal Scientist

Emmanuel Mbaru

Scientist

Esther Magondu

Scientist

Fariba Izadi

Senior Scientist

Hampus Eriksson

Principal Scientist

Haytham Abd El Ghaffar

Scientist

Hazrat Ali

Scientist

Janet Saeni-Oeta

WorldFish Lead – Solomon Islands

Jérôme Delamare-Deboutteville

Scientist

Jessica Fuller

Scientist

Jharendu Pant

Senior Scientist

Jörn Schmidt

Director, Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems

Joshua Aboah

Scientist

Kimberley Hunnam

Scientist

Kosal Mam

Scientist

Lorenzo Longobardi

Scientist

Mariska Bottema

Senior Scientist

Marleen Schutter

Scientist

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

Senior Scientist & Impact Area Lead

Mohamed Eliwa

Scientist

Murshed-E-Jahan Khondker

Scientist

Nahiduzzaman Md

Scientist

Netsayi Mudege

Senior Scientist

Peerzadi Rumana Hossain

Scientist

Rahma Adam

Senior Scientist

Rodolfo Dam Lam

Scientist

Rodrigue Yossa

Director, Aquatic Food Biosciences

Samuel Bekele Mengistu

Scientist

Serge Dossou

Scientist

Shafiq Rheman

Scientist

Shwu Jiau Teoh

Scientist

Sourabh Kumar Dubey

Scientist

Sunil Niranjan Siriwardena

Officer-in-charge, Nigeria

Thijs Schut

Scientist

Timothy Manyise

Scientist

Victor Okomoda

Scientist

Victor Siamudaala

Country Representative, Zambia

Wanjiku Gichohi

Senior Scientist & Impact Area Lead

Ahmed Nasr-Allah Mohamed

Country Representative, Egypt

Arun Padiyar Panemangalore

Country Representative, India

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)

Sunil Niranjan Siriwardena

Officer-in-charge, Nigeria

Victor Siamudaala

Country Representative, Zambia