Alexis Grosskopf

Founder & CEO at OceanHub Africa

Discussion leader

Alexis Grosskopf is the Founder and CEO of OceanHub Africa, an ocean-impact accelerator focusing on strengthening the development and adoption of new sustainable ocean solutions in Africa. Alongside OceanHub Africa, Alexis co-founded the annual Ocean Innovation Africa summit to promote innovative technologies, policies and finance to further sustainable blue growth continentally. He holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering, an MSc in Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London and an Impact Finance certificate from Oxford University. Former management and sustainable development consultant, he has since been working in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation for over 12 years, including 7 in Africa. In addition to OHA, he holds leadership positions on several initiatives such as within the 1000 Ocean Startups coalition, the Great Blue Wall initiative, the UN Ocean Decade task force for Africa, OECD expert for Blue Economy ODA guidelines and the AU/EU-backed Ocean Governance Strategy Group.