Filippos Papageorgiou
Aquaculture Consultant
Filippos Papageorgiou is Aquaculture Consultant with more than 30 years of experience across the private sector, public administrations and international organizations. His work spans the national and international development of the aquaculture sector, strategic planning, responsible governance, business planning and operational improvement.
Throughout his career, he has led and contributed to numerous national and international projects in collaboration with key institutions and organizations such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, FAO’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP), and the Spanish Aquaculture Observatory Foundation (FOESA). He has also worked closely with major aquaculture production companies (Nireus and Kefalonia Fisheries), as well as producer associations in Greece and abroad.
From 2002 to 2008, he served at the Hellenic Management Organization Unit for Development Programmes (MOU S.A.), within the Managing Authority of the Operational Programme “Fisheries 2000–2006”. Between 2016 and 2019, he served as Technical Consultant to the Saudi Aquaculture Society (SAS), where he designed and managed Saudi Arabia’s first national aquaculture biosecurity programme, promoted the adoption of international third‑party certification schemes, and developed the country’s National Code of Responsible Aquaculture Practices together with its national certification and labelling scheme. He subsequently joined the National Livestock and Fisheries Development Program (NLFDP) of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, where he held senior leadership roles as Director of Aquaculture and later Vice President of Operations until February 2025, overseeing national aquaculture development operations and a large strategic project portfolio. He currently serves as a Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for TOPIAN Aquaculture, part of the wider NEOM development in Saudi Arabia. He is also an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN), Greece’s oldest environmental NGO.
In 2021, he was selected as a Global Expert in the “Sustainable Aquaculture 2030” Working Group of the Blue Food Partnership (World Economic Forum & Friends of Ocean Action). Between 2021 and 2023, he led the development of FAO/GFCM’s Principles for Responsible Investment in Aquaculture, adopted by Member States in November 2024. Since 2023, he has been serving as Coordinator of FAO/GFCM’s Technical Advisory Group on Governance & Responsible Investment in Aquaculture.
He frequently contributes to FAO’s GFCM as an expert on selected projects, and most recently led the development of the Roadmap for the Rehabilitation and Sustainable Development of Aquaculture in Ukraine.
He holds a BSc in Marine Biology/Oceanography and an MSc in Aquaculture and Fisheries from the University of Wales (UK), as well as an MBA in General Management and Marketing from the University of Leicester (UK).
Filippos Papageorgiou
Aquaculture Consultant
Filippos Papageorgiou is Aquaculture Consultant with more than 30 years of experience across the private sector, public administrations and international organizations. His work spans the national and international development of the aquaculture sector, strategic planning, responsible governance, business planning and operational improvement.
Throughout his career, he has led and contributed to numerous national and international projects in collaboration with key institutions and organizations such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, FAO’s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP), and the Spanish Aquaculture Observatory Foundation (FOESA). He has also worked closely with major aquaculture production companies (Nireus and Kefalonia Fisheries), as well as producer associations in Greece and abroad.
From 2002 to 2008, he served at the Hellenic Management Organization Unit for Development Programmes (MOU S.A.), within the Managing Authority of the Operational Programme “Fisheries 2000–2006”. Between 2016 and 2019, he served as Technical Consultant to the Saudi Aquaculture Society (SAS), where he designed and managed Saudi Arabia’s first national aquaculture biosecurity programme, promoted the adoption of international third‑party certification schemes, and developed the country’s National Code of Responsible Aquaculture Practices together with its national certification and labelling scheme. He subsequently joined the National Livestock and Fisheries Development Program (NLFDP) of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, where he held senior leadership roles as Director of Aquaculture and later Vice President of Operations until February 2025, overseeing national aquaculture development operations and a large strategic project portfolio. He currently serves as a Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for TOPIAN Aquaculture, part of the wider NEOM development in Saudi Arabia. He is also an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN), Greece’s oldest environmental NGO.
In 2021, he was selected as a Global Expert in the “Sustainable Aquaculture 2030” Working Group of the Blue Food Partnership (World Economic Forum & Friends of Ocean Action). Between 2021 and 2023, he led the development of FAO/GFCM’s Principles for Responsible Investment in Aquaculture, adopted by Member States in November 2024. Since 2023, he has been serving as Coordinator of FAO/GFCM’s Technical Advisory Group on Governance & Responsible Investment in Aquaculture.
He frequently contributes to FAO’s GFCM as an expert on selected projects, and most recently led the development of the Roadmap for the Rehabilitation and Sustainable Development of Aquaculture in Ukraine.
He holds a BSc in Marine Biology/Oceanography and an MSc in Aquaculture and Fisheries from the University of Wales (UK), as well as an MBA in General Management and Marketing from the University of Leicester (UK).