Leading Executives in Seafood Distributors
Joe Bundrant
Chief Executive Officer, Trident Seafoods
CEO who leads the largest vertically integrated seafood company in the United States, spanning harvesting, processing, and global distribution; stewarded major portfolio changes to keep the fleet and communities strong.
Ivan Vindheim
Chief Executive Officer, Mowi ASA
Group CEO since 2019 of the world’s largest farmed-salmon company, integrating aquaculture, processing and distribution under the MOWI brand worldwide.
Paul Jewer
President & Chief Executive Officer, High Liner Foods
Former CFO elevated to President & CEO in December 2023, now leading one of North America’s top value-added frozen seafood suppliers to retail and foodservice.
Thiraphong Chansiri
President & Chief Executive Officer, Thai Union Group
Longtime President & CEO steering one of the world’s largest ambient and frozen seafood groups (incl. Chicken of the Sea), setting Strategy 2030 targets and exiting Red Lobster to refocus on core businesses.
Frank Dominic Dulcich
President & Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Seafood
Third-generation leader who expanded Pacific Seafood into one of North America’s most vertically integrated seafood firms and publishes an annual CSR report underscoring sustainability.
Roger J. O’Brien
President & Chief Executive Officer, Santa Monica Seafood
CEO credited with scaling revenues from $60M to nearly $700M and expanding via acquisitions, keeping the Southwest’s largest specialty seafood distributor resilient through market shifts.
Sean O’Scannlain
Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Fish & Gourmet
Founder-CEO who built Fortune into one of the largest seafood and specialty food distributors in the U.S.; partnered with Investcorp in 2020 to fuel growth.
Dirk Leuenberger
Owner, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aqua Star
President & CEO of one of North America’s largest retail frozen seafood brands and a major importer with global sourcing and processing reach.
Cora Campbell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Silver Bay Seafoods
Fishermen‑owned processor-distributor’s CEO since 2019; led expansion including the 2024 acquisition of Trident’s Ketchikan plant and 2025 integration leadership at OBI facilities.
John Hanrahan
Chief Executive Officer, OBI Seafoods
Promoted to CEO in late 2023 to run one of Alaska’s largest processors and distributors of wild seafood after the Ocean Beauty–Icicle merger.
Juan Lopez Martinez
Chief Executive Officer, Stavis Seafoods (Profand Group)
Named CEO in May 2024 to lead the Boston-based importer/distributor as part of Spain’s Grupo Profand’s North American platform.
Joel Knox
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Inland Foods (formerly Inland Seafood)
Founder-CEO of the Southeast’s largest seafood distributor; led the 2024 rebrand to Inland Foods to reflect an expanded premium-proteins portfolio.
Christian Maas
President, Seattle Fish Company
Succeeded Derek Figueroa as President in March 2024 at the Rocky Mountain West’s preeminent seafood distributor (a Founders Group company).
Glenn Cooke
Chief Executive Officer, Cooke Inc. (True North Seafood)
Co‑founder and CEO who scaled Cooke into one of the world’s largest privately held seafood companies, integrating farming, wild fisheries, processing and distribution (True North Seafood in North America).
Kimberly (Kim) Gorton
President & Chief Executive Officer, Slade Gorton & Co.
Third‑generation leader and longtime CEO of one of the largest U.S. importers and distributors; continued as CEO after Cooke’s 2023 acquisition.
Joseph Furtado
Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Fisheries
CEO of the world’s largest scallop harvester and a global importer/distributor serving leading retailers, foodservice distributors and wholesalers.
Wayne Reichle
President, Lund’s Fisheries
President (and co‑owner) driving expansion into MSC‑certified squid and fresh‑scallop offerings via New Bedford; multigenerational processor‑distributor with national reach.
George McManus III
Owner & Chief Executive Officer, J.J. McDonnell & Co.
Owner-CEO who built one of the Mid‑Atlantic’s leading seafood distributors and early Sea Pact member focused on supply‑chain sustainability.
Louis Rozzo
President, F. Rozzo & Sons
Fifth‑generation president of a storied NYC wholesaler supplying elite restaurants, who also pivoted to serve consumers during the pandemic.
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