Ian Roberts is a graduate of aquaculture and began working with Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) in 1992 in British Columbia, Canada. With seventeen years of production experience raising salmon, he has spent ten of those years working with the Kitasoo/Xai'xais First Nation in Klemtu, where company and Nation jointly produce and process farmed-raised salmon.

Recently, Ian has moved from production to a role as Communications Manager.

Residing in Campbell River, he is a member of the Campbell River Daybreak Rotary Club and is a director on the Campbell River Hospital Foundation board.