Blue Star Foods Adds Two New Members to its Board of Directors
April 25 2022 - 7:00PM
Blue Star Foods
Corp.,
(“Blue
Star,”
the “Company,” “we,”
“our” or “us”)
(NASDAQ:
BSFC), an integrated
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable seafood
company with a focus on Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS),
today announced that it has added Juan Carlos Dalto and Silvia
Alana were appointed to its board of directors on April 20, 2022.
In doing so, the Board of Directors expands from five to seven
members.
About Juan Carlos
DaltoMr. Dalto brings over 30 years of innovative consumer
goods, food and drinks experience to the Board of BSFC. Mr. Dalto
currently serves as the President of Dole Sunshine Company - Dole
Packaged Foods, Americas, and he previously held business
development and executive positions with some of the largest and
well-known nutrition and wellness companies around the world,
including Danone, The Pillsbury Company, Kraft Foods, JDE and
Savencia Fromage & Dairy. Mr. Dalto has a degree in Industrial
Engineering from the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology - ITBA
(Argentina), a Master’s Degree in Strategic Marketing from Adam
Smith Open University (Argentina) and has completed executive
seminars on Strategic Marketing Planning at the University of
Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) and on Leadership at the
London Business School (UK).
“We are thrilled to have someone with Juan
Carlos’ tremendous experience on our board. He brings a wealth of
knowledge in the consumer-packaged goods/innovative foods space,
and in incorporating sustainability model into all the businesses
in which he has been involved. We are fortunate to call upon him
for key strategic advice as we continue to grow the Company.” said
Mr. John Keeler, Chairman and CEO of Blue Star.
“I have watched John Keeler for many years be an
innovator in the sustainable seafood industry and I am excited to
join the board to help him and the other members of his team scale
up what they have been doing,” said Mr. Dalto.
About Silvia
AlanaMs. Alana brings over 10 years of accounting, audit
and internal controls experience to the Board of BSFC. She
currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Blue Star. She
previously held various audit and accounting roles at Brightstar
Corporation, Crowe Horwath, LLP, Carnival Corporation & Plc and
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP. Ms. Alana graduated from Florida
International University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in
2008 and a Master of Accounting in 2009. Ms. Alana is a Certified
Public Accountant.
With the addition of these two new board
members, Blue Star believes it has satisfied the new Nasdaq rule
5605(f) which requires Nasdaq-listed companies to have, or publicly
disclose why they do not have, at least two diverse directors.
About Blue Star Foods
Corp.
(NASDAQ:
BSFC)Blue Star Foods Corp. is an
integrated ESG seafood company that processes, packages and sells
high-value seafood products. The Company believes it utilizes
best-in-class technology, in both resource sustainability
management and traceability, and ecological packaging. The Company
also owns and operates the oldest continuously operating
Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) full grow-out salmon farm in
North America. The company is based in Miami, Florida, and its
corporate website is: https://bluestarfoods.com
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concerning the Company’s business are described in detail in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2020, and other periodic and current reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is under no
obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to,
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of new information, future events or otherwise.
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