Valentin Pitiot

Head of Market Development at Kelp Blue

Speaker

Having a background in agronomy and a specialization in international markets and geopolitics, he worked for the World Bank exploring the global demand for seaweed and their components of interest. Amazed by the potential of seaweed in ocean restoration and creating planet-friendly products like biostimulant, he decided to join Kelp Blue in the beginning of 2021. His role at Kelp Blue is o 4-fold:

• Sales and logistics: delivering the different products to generate revenue.
• Regulatory affairs: registering the products to be able to sell them.
• Marketing: market research, benchmarking, content creation for the website.
• Product development: field trials, developing long term University partnerships for ongoing research into biostimulant efficacy and impacts on soil, crop and planet health.