Michael Phillips is Co-Founder and CEO of FutureFish and a leading expert in sustainable food and aquaculture systems. He brings decades of experience advancing innovation, partnerships, and resilient agricultural transformation across Asia and the Pacific. His work focuses on inclusive, climate-smart solutions that strengthen food security, enhance livelihoods, and build nature-positive systems for small-scale aquaculture producers and value chain actors.
At this Forum, Michael offers a strategic perspective on how integrated, data-driven approaches—spanning digital technologies, regenerative practices, and cross-sector collaboration—can accelerate regional food systems transformation. He brings extensive experience catalyzing partnerships among governments, investors, researchers, and enterprises to scale practical solutions that address climate risk, water stress, and biodiversity loss.