Investment highlights
RAS is well positioned to become the third pillar in global seafood supply
Wild catch and traditional aquaculture face limitations in seafood supply
The Kingfish Company consistent with RAS-sector performance leaders
Deep in-house expertise enabling biological outperformance and cost leadership among land-based peers
Leader in a highly attractive market with clear ESG angle
Operating in the fundamentally strong Yellowtail Kingfish market with a first-mover position
Proven unit economics
On track to become profitable
Unique business case maximizing the strategic advantage of RAS
High value species that perform well in the RAS system, while being sold to import dependent markets
Financial calendar
11 April 2024
FY 2023 Annual Report and Q4 2023 Financial Results
8 May 2024
Q1 2024 Financial Results
19 June 2024
Annual General Meeting
24 July 2024
Q2 2024 Market Update
05 September 2024
H1 2024 Interim Report and Q2 2024 Financial Results
06 November 2024
Q3 2024 Financial Results
Corporate governance
Management board
Vincent Erenst
Vincent Erenst brings a strong international, operational, and transformational track record with more than 35 years of experience leading aquaculture companies. Most recently, he worked as Chief Operating Officer at Barramundi Group.
Prior to this role, he worked as COO of Avramar and for more than 10 years he worked as Managing Director of Mowi Canada West, where he was responsible for strong profit growth through an increase of harvest volumes, efficiency improvements and strengthening of the market position in North America.
Jean-Charles Valette
Jean-Charles Valette has held various financial leadership positions at food and production companies, both in listed and private environments. Most recently, he worked as the Vice-President Finance of Dott, a fast growing scale-up. Prior to this role, he worked as senior Vice-President Finance for CEVA Logistics, where he was directly involved in generating USD 1.2 billion through a successful IPO on the SIX Swiss stock exchange. Jean-Charles brings great added value towards building, growing and transforming companies. Furthermore, he has strong expertise in corporate finance, process optimizations and transformations.
Supervisory board
Jeroen Scheelbeek
Mr. Scheelbeek (1968) is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and served on the company’s 1-tier board of directors prior to the conversion of the company to a public limited liability company. Mr. Scheelbeek currently works at Bauhinia, an independent financial advisory boutique firm. In addition, he acts as senior financial advisor to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. He is also board member and chairman of the risk committee of Moza Banco, a regulated financial institution in Mozambique. Mr. Scheelbeek served, amongst other roles, as global head of structured finance, head of corporate clients and head of corporate finance Asia, in the Rabobank wholesale clients division. He has also acted as member of the highest credit risk committees of the bank. Mr. Scheelbeek has participated in executive management courses at Harvard, IMD, Insead and Kellogg University. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Free University of Amsterdam. Mr. Scheelbeek is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Protix.
Alexandre Van Der Wees
Mr. Van Der Wees (1991) is a member of the Supervisory Board and served on the company’s 1-tier board of directors prior to the conversion of the company to a public limited liability company. Mr. Van Der Wees was an Investment Associate at Creadev International S.A.S. where he specialized in aquaculture and agriculture investments, and from where he invested amongst others in InnovaFeed, M2i Life Sciences and Toopi Organics. Prior to joining Creadev, Mr. Van Der Wees worked as financial advisor at Accuracy in Paris. Mr. Van Der Wees holds a Master’s degree in Finance (MSc) from Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB).
Hans den Bieman
Mr. Den Bieman (1959) served as the company’s former (interim) CEO and Chairman of the Board. He is currently a shareholder and director of Sealand – the largest smolt producer in Chile. Amongst various top management positions in the field, Mr. Den Bieman served as COO of Nutreco Aquaculture (2000–2005) and as CEO of the Netherlands-based Marine Harvest, the world’s largest fish-farming company, listed on Oslo Børs (now Mowi ASA) (2005–2007). He holds a Master’s degree in Aquaculture (Msc,) from Wageningen University. Via his personal holding company, Mr. Den Bieman held 2 171 331 shares in the capital of the company on 31 December 2023.
Jordi Trias Fita
Mr. Trias Fita (1977) became President of Stolt Sea Farm in January 2018 after joining the business as Managing Director in 2016. Prior to this he spent 14 years with GBFoods, where he held several positions in marketing, sales and business unit management, located in Spain, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Senegal. Mr. Trias Fita holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Barcelona, a Master’s degree in marketing, and an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. He is a citizen of Spain. Mr. Trias Fita held no shares in the capital of the company on the Record Date. Mr. Trias Fita also serves as a President of Stolt Sea Farm, part of Stolt-Nielsen M.S. Ltd which owns ~8,3% of the shares in the capital of the company on 31 December 2023.
Noam Kleinfeld
Updates
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The team behind
The Kingfish Company
Vincent Erenst
CEO
Jean-Charles Valette
CFO
Tom Sorby
Operations Manager
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Bram Rohaan
Head of Production
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Bob van Son
Business Development Manager
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Gudo klein Gebbink
Head of Sales
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Kim Tiebie
Head of Quality & Sustainability
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Sander Ruizeveld de Winter
Head of Hatchery
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Hope Kitterman
Head of Marketing
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Martina Sponga
Business Development Manager
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Huibert Cornelisse
Technical Manager
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Christiaan de Wet
Head of Design & Engineering
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Sarah Holmyard
Business Development Manager
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Lauren Enz
VP of Sales
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