Jawad Jamil is the new CEO and Co-Founder of Ocean Harvest, a leading land-based aquaculture startup based in Abu Dhabi. He explained on his social media that he "looks forward to delivering success with a phenomenal team, board, and investors."
With a technology that raises all standards to achieve the highest quality local Atlantic salmon, Ocean Harvest continues to make strides in its projects.
The company, founded in 2021 by Robert Kupstas, now Co-Founder and CSO, relies on leveraging patented technology and project execution expertise to produce salmon away from imports.
Thus, through this philosophy and along with its strategic partners BESIX and Tech Group, Ocean Harvest designs its farms from scratch and obtains equipment from leading suppliers in the industry. Moreover, without neglecting the environment. As they explain: "We specialize in modular, low-emission production systems that allow for faster project delivery and less negative impact on the environment."
At Ocean Harvest, Jamil's position fits him like a glove. Jawad is a seasoned executive with over twenty years of strategic leadership and finance experience in private equity, sovereign wealth funds, and professional services firms. Among the positions he has held are numerous leadership roles in sectors such as healthcare and retail. Some of his previous CEO responsibilities have included being responsible for executing growth strategies and mergers and acquisitions. Among them, he played a crucial role in restructuring a subsidiary of Dubai World and worked at Ernst & Young with a focus on the financial sector, large state-owned companies, and retail.
Furthermore, Jamil has experience in startups with the same responsibility. Specifically, as CEO and Co-Founder of an agricultural technology startup, for he has been instrumental in its success and leads core initiatives, fundraising, and go-to-market strategies.