147 Dr Alexandra Leeper: smarter ways to create value

Guest bio

Dr Alexandra Leeper is  CEO of the Iceland Ocean Cluster. She is passionate about leadership for the sustainable use of ocean resources. Her role is that of a scientist intrapreneur in the blue and circular economies, from which she draws on diverse experiences from working all over the world in universities, consultancies, and at sea.

Alexandra has a background in marine resources and completed an industrial doctorate in aquaculture and circular economy in 2021 in collaboration with Matís, Food and Biotech Iceland and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

Her work focuses on sustainable value creation, positive impact in the blue economy and supporting the development of ocean clusters around the world. She is committed to promote the visibility and connection of women in the startup sector and is herself a co-founder of Hringvarmi, an agri-tech startup that utilises waste heat for controlled environment food production.

The Iceland Ocean Cluster is a world leader in 100% Fish, supporting, connecting, incubating, investing, and growing startups that create value from material formerly considered waste. The Iceland Ocean Cluster is an industrial cluster fostering collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship in the blue economy: it supports, incubates and invests in startups creating value from under-utilised marine ressources – pushing to do more with less. 

The Ocean Cluster in Reykjavik is a community of over 70 companies and entrepreneurs in the blue economy. It includes companies in aquaculture, fish sales, marine technology, software, design, biotechnology, cosmetics, and more.