We'll introduce our eight nominees this week, highlighting the achievements they made last year that won them a spot at the top of our list.

Samuel Dyer Coriat

Title: CEO, Copeinca

Job Description: Oversees Copeinca, one of the world’s leading fishing companies.

Nominated for leading consolidation in the Peruvian fishing sector, and having the foresight to list his firm on a fish-friendly stock market, the Oslo Stock Exchange.

When Peruvian fishmeal and fish oil firm Copeinca listed its shares on the Olso Stock Exchange in January 2007, it broke some new ground.

For one thing, it was the first time a non-Norwegian seafood company listed its stock on the Oslo exchange.

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