Ronnie KH Tan

Ronnie Tan joined the Calysta Scientific Advisory Board in 2016. He is Vice-President at Blue Archipelago – the largest integrated shrimp enterprise in Malaysia, responsible for downstream operations including sales & marketing, branding and the processing plant. He is concurrently a non-executive Director at Regal Springs Group – the largest tilapia integrator in the world.

An aquaculturist by training, he has over 30 years’ experience in international marketing, supply chain and general management in multinational chemical and feed companies such as Rhone Poulenc and Imperial Chemical Industries. In addition to aquaculture and feed, he has working knowledge of the oleochemical and zero calorie natural sweetener industries. He was a board member of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board and ICI’s representative to RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil).

Mr. Tan, who is Malaysian, read Environmental Biology at King’s College, University of London and obtained his MSc. in Aquaculture from University of Stirling. He holds a business diploma from Henley Management College, UK.