FOUNDER

Maria Damanaki

Former EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

FOUNDER

Akie Abe

Former First Lady of Japan

MEMBER

Phoebe Koundouri

Athens University of Economics and Business & Technical University of Denmark, Chair World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations, Chair SDSN Global Climate Hub,Director of AE4RIA

MEMBER

Aspasia Pastra

World Maritime University-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute/Assistant Professor Research/Ocean Sustainability, Governance & Management

MEMBER

Vera Alexandropoulou

Vice President, Thalassa Foundation/VA LAW

MEMBER

Tatiana Der Avedissian

Head of business development World Ocean Initiative at The Economist Group/ communications and sustainability advisor, Board member

MEMBER

Zefi Dimadama

Lecturer, Phd, Msc, fmr Secretary General of Equality Greece

MEMBER

Olga Stavropoulou

Director General of Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association

MEMBER

Eugenia Papathanasopoulou

Director Legal Affairs & Corporate Governance, Secretary to the BoD, AIA, CERR Accredited Mediator

MEMBER

Nicole Trudeau

Strategic Engagement & Partnership Lead- United Nations Capital Development Fund – Global Fund for Coral Reefs

MEMBER

Elisabeth Lipiatou

European Commission Head of Unit, Ph.D.

MEMBER

Judith Weigand

Programme Director & Deputy Chair of the Management Board – Blue Action Fund

MEMBER

Margaux Monfared

International Policy and Advocacy Director, Blue Pangolin Consulting and the International Coral Reef Initiative

MEMBER

Maria Panayiotou

Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Cyprus

MEMBER

Berta Herrero

Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Huawei Europe; Founder & Director, The European Leadership Academy

MEMBER

Liesl Hotaling

Director of Program Development for the Marine Technology Society

MEMBER

Kendra MacDonald

CEO of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster

MEMBER

Nausica Palazzo

NOVA School of Law

MEMBER

Gemma Parkes

Head of Communications, Nature Positive Initiative

MEMBER

Josheena Naggea

André Hoffmann Fellow at the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions and the World Economic Forum

MEMBER

Rocky Sanchez Tirona

Managing Director, Fish Forever at Rare Inc.

MEMBER

Meg Caldwell

Ocean Director, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

MEMBER

Wendy Watson-Wright

Former Executive Secretary and Assistant Director General of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission/Vice Chair and Gender Focal Point of UN Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection

MEMBER

Andrea Capurro

Former Antarctic Science Policy Advisor to the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Strategic Ocean Conservation and Marine Sustainability Leader. Agenda Antártica NGO Advisory Board

MEMBER

Kathlyn Tan

Director, Rumah Foundation

MEMBER

Maguy Maccario Doyle

Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada

MEMBER

Silvia Guzzini

Programme Lead, Ocean Action Agenda, World Economic Forum

MEMBER

Ingrid van Wees

Asian Development Bank Vice President for Finance and Risk Management

MEMBER

Minako Suematsu

The Japan Times Chairperson and publisher

MEMBER

Margaret Spring

Monterey Bay Aquarium Chief Conservation and Science Officer

MEMBER

Susan Rockefeller

OCEANA Trustee and chairwoman, Ocean Council

MEMBER

Teresa Ish

Walton Family Foundation Program officer

MEMBER

Sarah Hogan

David and Lucile Packard Foundation Program

officer

MEMBER

Kathy Matsui

MPower Partners Fund, Co-Founder/Goldman Sachs Japan, Former vice chair / The Nature Conservancy, Asia Pacific Council Board Member

MEMBER

Kira Coley

Strategic Leader in Ocean Science Communication; Advisor & Consultant for IOC UNESCO; Head of Communications, The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census; Head of Communications at Nekton Mission; Former Expert Advisor for the United Nations Ocean Decade Communications Group; Ocean Writer, Editor & Storyteller.

MEMBER

Asmiati Malik

Expert on Maritime Policy and Blue Economy, Assistant Professor at Universitas Bakrie Indonesia and Research Associate of Institute of Economic and Finance (INDEF), Board of Trustee of Youth Maritime Nusantara Indonesia, Universitas Bakrie, INDEF, and Youth Maritime Nusantara

MEMBER

Melissa Walsh

PhD, Director, Blue Finance and Scaling, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)

MEMBER

Charlotte Birkmanis

PhD, Director and Principal Scientist, Blue Biome Foundation, Research Fellow, UWA Oceans Institute and Max Planck

SECRETARIAT

Ioanna Patelarou

Climare Solutions Officer

SECRETARIAT

Marta Marrero Martin

Oceans 5 European Programme Director

SECRETARIAT

Minako lue

Sailors for the Sea Japan Chair & CEO