Ilya Kazakov
Commercial Manager

Ilya holds Specialist degree in Economics and Engineering from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Diploma in International Business from Hogeschool Rotterdam
His journey started in 2014 successfully getting a position for his 1-year internship in Sanofi Russia Head office in Trade Marketing department. One of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies in the world, it provided a head start for his career and vast experience in various fields.
He then switched to supply chain management and business development, securing position in Russia-based seafood importer and started his Seafood journey establishing new source channels and managing day-to-day operations related to seafood import and distribution. Based on his results, in 2017 he was offered to join Oceana Fisheries Co., at that time one of the leading seafood producers in Seychelles, to lead sales department and develop business after change of shareholders. In a course of 3 years company made successful transition to become profitable and in March 2020 Ilia decided to pursue new goals outside of Seychelles, however Covid pandemic affected those plans.
After initial lockdown in April 2020, Ilya launched his own company and started to provide consulting services for a number of Russian-based seafood importers and establishing his own trading business on the international market.
By 2021, it led him back to Seychelles, when he started to cooperate as Sales consultant for Marlu Seychelles which eventually grew to another level of partnership and Ilia joined Marlu in 2022 to develop sales and commercial activities of the company even further