Don't miss the opportunity to participate in the largest aquaculture event in the Southern Hemisphere!
Don't miss the opportunity to participate in the largest aquaculture event in the Southern Hemisphere!
Claudio has broad experience across the technical, operational, and commercial dimensions of aquaculture. He began his career as a field veterinarian, working in fish health, production operations, and processing plants, which allowed him to develop a comprehensive understanding of the salmon production cycle. Today, he has more than 25 years of experience in the Chilean salmon farming industry. He later joined Roche, a company that subsequently became DSM Nutritional Products, where he held several technical and management roles before becoming Technical Manager. In this position, he led initiatives related to salmon nutrition and pigmentation, product development, and commercial management, while also participating in the company’s global marketing team. He later served as Commercial Manager at Hendrix Genetics, strengthening his strategic profile in aquaculture genetics and production. For the past four years, he has been part of the Dutch company Corbion, where he serves as Sales Manager for the Aqua market, with responsibility for the development, innovation, and commercialization of aquaculture solutions across Latin America. In the academic and scientific field, he is the author of several publications on salmon nutrition and pigmentation and has participated as a speaker at numerous scientific and technical meetings in the aquaculture sector in Chile and other countries in the region, including Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil.
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Researcher with expertise in genetics and genomics applied to health and productivity improvement in fish.
Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Aquaculture from the University of Stirling (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), a Diploma in Financial Aquaculture from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico, and a B.Sc. in Oceanography from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Mexico. Since joining the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1996, he has led sustainable aquaculture development initiatives in more than 45 countries. He currently serves as Fisheries and Aquaculture Officer at the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Santiago, Chile, where he promotes innovative policies and solutions to strengthen the resilience and sustainability of the sector in the region.
