Governance

Stichting Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) is incorporated as a foundation under the laws of the Netherlands. Governed by a Steering Board representing the full seafood value chain, companies, NGOs, governments and international organisations – including the FAO –, GSSI promotes sector-wide collaboration to drive forward more sustainable seafood for everyone.

GSSI charter 2020

gssi deed of incorporation

Steering board members

Hugo Byrnes

Vice President Product Integrity, Ahold Delhaize

Dr. Jason Clay

Senior Vice President, Food & Markets | Executive Director Markets Institute, World Wildlife Fund

Flavio Corsin

Director of Partnerships, Aqua-Spark

Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly

Director of Global Fisheries and Aquaculture, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Bill DiMento (Co-Chair)

Vice President of Quality Assurance, Sustainability, and Government Affairs, High Liner Foods Inc.

Lisa Goché

Vice President, Grobest Global Services, Inc.

Judy Panayos

Senior Director, Sustainability Supply Management, Sodexo

Wakao Hanaoka

Founder/CEO, Seafood Legacy

Dr. Audun Lem

Deputy Director of the Policy and Resources Division in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO

Darian McBain

Global Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Thai Union

Angel Matamoro Irago

Chief Corporate Social Responsibility and Institutional Relations Officer at Nueva Pescanova Group

Elisabeth Vallet

Director, Ethic Ocean

Christian von Dorrien

Leader Fisheries and Environment Research Group, Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries Thünen Institute

Andrea K. Weber

Director Corporate Responsibility, METRO AG

John Garner

Annika Mackensen

Director of Partnerships, Aqua-Spark

Flavio has spent more than two decades working in responsible aquaculture globally for non-profit, intergovernmental, and for-profit organizations. As Aqua-Spark’s Director of Partnerships, he is responsible for driving the development and execution of a robust partner ecosystem that aligns all stakeholders behind a core vision, while supporting Aqua-Spark’s portfolio, network, and goals. Prior to joining Aqua-Spark, Flavio worked for IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, overseeing their Aquaculture Program. He was also IDH Vietnam Country Director, establishing groundbreaking public-private partnerships in coffee, tea, and apparel. He founded and ran the sustainability arm of the Vietnam association of farmers and fishers (VINAFIS). He has worked as an expert for over 20 international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Flavio holds an M.Sc. in Aquaculture from the University of Stirling and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology, the study of diseases in populations, from the University of Liverpool.

Vice President Product Integrity, Ahold Delhaize

Hugo Byrnes joined Ahold in 2006 and was subsequently appointed to the position of Vice President Product Integrity. He is responsible for Ahold Delhaize’s food and non-food product policies, which cover product safety and responsible products. This includes social compliance, animal welfare and environmental issues. Hugo Byrnes has a Dutch Law degree from the State University Leiden, the Netherlands. He is a food lawyer whose career has focused on the food business and in particular on quality management and standardization.

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Steering board members

Hugo Byrnes

Dr. Jason Clay

Flavio Corsin

Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly

Bill DiMento (Co-Chair)

Lisa Goché

Judy Panayos

Wakao Hanaoka

Dr. Audun Lem

Darian McBain

Angel Matamoro Irago

Elisabeth Vallet

Christian von Dorrien

Andrea K. Weber

John Garner

Annika Mackensen

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Flavio Corsin

Director of Partnerships, Aqua-Spark

Hugo Byrnes

Vice President Product Integrity, Ahold Delhaize