Bernal Vilela
Associate Director
Bernal Vilela is based in Denmark and has over 20 years of experience in the fisheries sector.
He holds bachelors degrees in Marine Sciences and in Environmental Sciences, and an International Master’s degree in Food, Society, and International Food Governance. Bernal has extensive expertise in fisheries value-chain analysis and development, marine resource management, and fisheries policies, with a strong focus on small-scale fisheries. He has managed complete project cycles, including identification, design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. For more than 12 years he lived and worked overseas in several African and Asian countries, primarily with international NGOs and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). His recent work has included contributing to the development of fisheries improvement projects in the Philippines and supporting the FAO’s FISH4ACP program, where he has supported fisheries value chain developments through improved management, product innovation, and the creation of new market opportunities. Bernal is fluent in Galician, Portuguese, Spanish, English, and French.