Gorka Akzona

Seafood Chief Buyer
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Session details

10 September – Session 1
14:0014:50Breakout
Communication in Value Chains: Conveying Sustainability Policies to Consumers

Personal statement

There are very few opportunities to join all partners from the value chain to discuss such important topics as responsibility and sustainability, among many others. It is so interesting to take the approach of listening to other’s point of view, and that is the real value that GLOBALG.A.P. offers to us.

About

Gorka is the fresh fish commercial head at Eroski. He is responsible for a buyer team for all fresh fish (bulk and MAP) and chilled products such as smoked, surimi, anchovies, or cooked octopus. Gorka is also involved in category management, coordinating everything related to the fishmonger with all other departments (logistics, selling points, quality, marketing, communication, etc.). 

He participates as a speaker at events in the seafood value chain (AECOC (GS1 Spain), Norge, MSC, GLOBALG.A.P., and more), was previously a member of the GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Technical Committee (2020-2021) and a food analyst at the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) of the UK’s health ministry in Norwich, and is a current member of the AECOC (GS1) committee for seafood products (2014-present).

He holds a degree in Chemistry from the Basque Country University (1997) and a bachelor’s in Science from Strathclyde University, Scotland (1997). 

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