John Connelly is the President of the National Fisheries Institute, a role he has served in since 2003.  NFI is the United States industry trade group representing the seafood industry. He has a master’s in business administration from George Mason University. Connelly has served as Chairman of the International Coalition of Fisheries and helped found the International Coalition of Aquaculture Associations. He also serves on the Marine Stewardship Council and the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation – the global tuna industry’s sustainability organization.  

Cyrille Filott is a global strategist for Consumer Foods at Rabobank. Rabobank is a cooperative bank focusing on international business and rural activities as well as the food and agriculture sector. Filott has a master’s in financial business economics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. As a business economist, he has a wealth of experience in fund management and equity research. He joined Rabobank’s Research Food and Agribusiness in 2008. As of early 2014, Cyrille Filott has served as a strategist in the consumer foods sector. 

Professor Michael Hüther is an economist who has since 2004 served as Director of the German Economic Institute, a private economic research institute in Germany that promotes liberal economic and social order.  Prof Hüther has a Ph.D. from the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, where he studied Economics and History and is an honorary professor at the European Business School. Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the President of the Republic, he has previously held several important positions in research, teaching, and banking, including at Stanford University, the German Council of Economic Advisers, and DekaBank.

Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic author, environmentalist and documentary film director whose work has been translated into 40 languages. As an environmentalist,  Magnason has been active in the preservation of the Icelandic highlands. He has also organized various events to raise awareness of the detrimental effects of global warming on the environment, community and culture.  
He has a bachelor’s in literature from the University of Iceland and his book “On Time and Water” is currently shortlisted for the Nordic Councils Literary Prize of 2021. Andri Snær Magnason was a candidate for the 2016 Icelandic presidential election.