Roy D Palmer
CEO
Ramesh Babu K
Technology
Theressah Helna
Accounts/Finance
Joly Ghanawi
Projects
Clarissa Garza de Yta
Head of Digital Commerce
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Roy D Palmer
CEO
- Roy was born in England and as a child always looked forward to the Friday night ‘fish’n’chips’ but memory suggests that was where fish/seafood was on the family menu. Once he started work, he recalls having an interest in seafood, but it was only when having eaten a meal at a Windsor public house that his life changed. That meal saw him be hospitalized for 1 month and off work for 3 months as he recovered from Salmonella typhimurium.
- The hospitalization saw him make a friend of an Australian and once over the disease he applied to move to Australia. As fate would have it, he joined a seafood import/export company, and the rest is history.
- Roy is a believer in continuous improvement and in collaboration and always striving for innovative ways to improve.
- Now retired, he believes he has much to offer in increasing people’s seafood knowledge and consumption. Recently he became an MBA Candidate and the idea of assisting seafood consumers globally has grown through that process.
- Seafood is the most traded food commodity in the world, it is an essential product for the health of humans, and it is critical for many underdeveloped countries for food security and nutrition. Roy believes that aquaculture will become the most important farming that the world does.
- “We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.” Jacques Cousteau.
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Ramesh Babu K
Technology
- Ramesh has over 3 decades of experience in the Data Analytics, Business Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Content Management industry. Along with global IT leaders, he has been engaged in the analytical modules of complex projects like Automated Clearing House for Banks, e-Filing of Income Tax, Indian Atomic Energy Research Bureau and similar mission mode projects. He has executed and managed projects in several geographies across various technologies that covered Fuzzy logic, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.
- Ramesh is the CEO of Rosemallow Technologies which develops and deploys disruptive solutions supporting the digital transformation of businesses.
- Though a strong enthusiast of technology adoption by businesses, he believes technology is only a means to the business objective and should be treated only as such.
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Theressah Helna
Accounts/Finance
- Helna is the Accountant for the Seafood Consumers Association, Australia. Based in Australia, she brings professional experience in accounting and taxation across Australia, Canada, and India.
- Her background includes bookkeeping, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and taxation services, with experience supporting small businesses and not-for-profit organisations. With exposure to multiple regulatory environments, she contributes to establishing sound financial systems, maintaining transparent records, and supporting ACNC compliance for the Association.
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Joly Ghanawi
Projects
- Joly brings extensive expertise in sustainable fish farming and industry development, with a strong focus on advancing responsible seafood production. Her work supports the delivery of high-quality, environmentally responsible seafood to consumers by guiding producers in implementing regenerative practices that align with circular economy principles. Through knowledge-sharing and capacity-building, Joly aims to bridge the gap between ethical production and informed consumption, ensuring that consumers can trust the sustainability of the seafood they choose.
- With Bulgarian heritage and having lived and worked in Lebanon and Scotland Joly hopes to bring different dimension to our Advisory Council.
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joly-ghanawi-b71232b5/?originalSubdomain=uk
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Clarissa Garza de Yta
Head of Digital Commerce
- Mrs. Garza de Yta is a seasoned communications professional with expertise in event and project coordination, media strategy, and advertising campaigns focused on seafood consumption promotion.
- A graduate in Communications from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, she began her career as a concept developer for advertising strategies at CRC Studios. She later joined TV Azteca as a news anchor, where she was recognized as both a state and national-level reporter. Her media work expanded to health programming, as host of a wellness show, and into sports journalism as co-producer and host of a program on W Radio.Her professional trajectory includes developing tourism and event projects with Grupo Anderson, directing and producing independent advertising campaigns, and serving as editor and columnist for ibalpe.com. She held the role of Seafood Consumption Coordinator at the National Commission for Aquaculture and Fisheries in Mexico (CONAPESCA), leading national outreach initiatives to increase seafood awareness.
- Mrs. Garza de Yta was a founding member and CEO of A MAR MIO, a specialty Mexican seafood shop, and served as General Manager LATAM for Perendale Publishers, overseeing regional communications and publications.
- Currently, she is the Director of Communication for the Mexican Aquaculture Society (SOMEXACUA) and serves on the Board of Directors for Aquaculture without Frontiers Latin America, contributing to regional development and advocacy efforts within sustainable aquaculture.