Alexander Farthing is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Alune Aquaculture, an aquaculture financial solutions company accelerating access to capital in the Indonesian shrimp industry. Alex is also Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at DELOS, a science-driven aqua-tech company seeking to disrupt the traditional and fragmented aquaculture industry in Indonesia, with eyes on South Asia as a whole.

Alex is motivated by the leaps in creation that can be achieved when science and business combine. Educated in business at the dinner table and in science at a world-leading aquaculture university, his passion for solving problems in aquaculture has led him to be an advisor and founder to some of the most prominent aquaculture start-up companies in the world.

Alex has a personal network of shrimp farmers and C-level aquaculture contacts that include the largest shrimp producers in Indonesia, 2 listed aquaculture companies and leading multinational feed companies.

Alexander has a MSc in aquaculture from Plymouth University, UK, with a specialisation in mechanical engineering and water chemistry. He was professionally trained in technology development in London and has co-designed world-leading healthcare products.