Last week, Ocean Grown Abalone (OGA) welcomed Tomoki Uragami from KYOKUYO CO. LTD, one of Japan’s largest seafood importers to Augusta. For his first time in Australia, Mr. Uragami received the royal abalone treatment –…
Ocean Grown Abalone Limited (ASX: OGA) released a 161% increase in sales growth in the first half of the 2018 financial year, complemented by a 114% growth in production. On 31st January, OGA released its…
Chinese New Year is upon us and our unique, greenlip abalone is one of the delicacies, which will be enjoyed during this special time of year. Our first shipment of retail ready abalone arrived into…
Chinatowns the world over will come alive this Friday for Chinese new year, with highly prized abalone one of the delicacies that will be enjoyed by a lucky few during the festivities. West Australian producer…
Stories about the so-called “dining boom” mostly focus on Australia’s potential to export more fruit, vegetables and meat to Asia. Exporting seafood to emerging markets gets less attention from stockmarket investors, even though fish is…
Ocean Grown Abalone Ltd (OGA) was last night recognised when it won the Seafood Industry Producer Award at the 2017 Western Australian Seafood Industry Awards. The Awards event, recognising excellence in the WA seafood industry,…
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Dimitri Bacopanos
Non-Executive Director
Dimitri Bacopanos brings more than thirty years’ experience in debt advisory, operational reviews, business restructuring, corporate finance and strategic business planning across a variety of sectors. Mr Bacopanos has served as Executive Director in the Transaction Advisory Services team at Ernst and Young, overseeing a number of mergers and acquisitions. He also brings a significant level of product market entry expertise for primary industry products into new markets throughout the Asia Pacific region.
Ignazio (Ian) Peter Ricciardi
Non-Executive Director
Ian has been involved in the Western Australian Fishing Industry since 1975. The Ricciardi Family group have interests in Shark Bay prawn trawlers. Ian has worked on and operated trawlers in Shark Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria and Kimberly Prawn Fisheries. Ian also has interests in the South West Trawl Fishery, through One Sea Pty Ltd – Rottnest Island Scallop. The Ricciardi Family built and operated an Export Food Processing Facility in North Coogee and holds 50% interest in Fremantle City Coldstores. Ian held the position of Chairman of Shark Bay Prawn Association for 10 years and has significant experience in WA Fisheries-related processes.
Ian has been a Director of and served in an executive capacity for Rare Foods Australia Limited (formerly Ocean Grown Abalone Limited) since July 2013.
Paul Italiano
Chairman & Non-Executive Director
Paul Italiano joins Rare Foods following a forty-year career across the Insurance, Corporate Finance and Energy sectors, culminating in CEO roles with both Transgrid and Western Power. Paul brings a unique blend of government and private sector expertise, combined with both an operational and capital market understanding.