Damien Claire

Damien Claire is Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Atlantic Sapphire, the Oslo-listed company raising Atlantic salmon on land in Homestead, Florida under the Bluehouse brand, beside the Everglades. He joined the executive team in September 2020 after leading Platina Seafood, until then Atlantic Sapphire's main US sales channel. Before aquaculture he spent five years at South Pacific Specialties (2009 to 2014) and four at Global Outsourcing in Chile (2004 to 2008), and began his career in technology at a Wall Street hedge fund. He speaks regularly on sustainable seafood, including at Seafood Expo North America in March 2026 on whether current politics are changing the industry's approach to sustainability, and has described the Florida farm's goal plainly: taking an industry normally done in Norway and Chile to a place where no one has seen a salmon raised. He holds a BA in Computer Science and Business Administration from Lander University. At Founding Blue he joined the panel "The Journey from Seed to IPO".