Dr. Fiona Grant
Chair
Marine Institute (MI), Ireland
Ms. Rosa Fernández Otero
vice-Chair
Centro Tecnológico del Mar (CETMAR), Spain
Mr. Alan Evans
vice-Chair
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)/NERC, UK
Dr. Katrin Schroeder
vice-Chair
National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Dr. Martin Andreas Pfannkuchen
vice-Chair
Ruđer Bošković Institute (IRB), Croatia
Dr. François Lallier
vice-Chair
Universités Marines (UM), France
Dr. Sławomir Sagan
vice-Chair
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IO-PAN), Poland
Prof. Sheila Heymans
Executive Director (ex officio member)
Previous ExCom members:
Position Name Period
Chair Gilles Lericolais (France) Spring 2019 - Spring 2024
Vice-Chair Jeremy Gault (Ireland) Spring 2017 - Autumn 2022
Vice-Chair Carlos García Soto (Spain) Spring 2017 - Spring 2022
Vice-Chair Yves-Marie Paulet (France) Spring 2018 - Spring 2021
Vice-Chair Ferdinando Boero (Italy) Spring 2017 - Spring 2020
Vice-Chair Jan-Stefan Fritz (Germany) Spring 2015 - Spring 2020
Vice-Chair Mark James (UK) Spring 2015 - Spring 2020
Chair Jan Mees (Belgium) Spring 2014 - Spring 2019
Vice-Chair Erlend Moksness (Norway) Spring 2014 - Autumn 2018
Vice-Chair Gilles Lericolais (France) Autumn 2013 - Autumn 2018
Vice-Chair Alessandro Crise (Italy) Spring 2012 - Spring 2017
Vice-Chair Tarmo Soomere (Estonia ) Spring 2012 - Spring 2017
Vice-Chair Jacky Wood (UK) Spring 2012 - Autumn 2014
Vice-Chair Carlo Heip (The Netherlands) Autumn 2011 - Spring 2012
Vice-Chair Ricardo Serrao Santos (Portugal) Spring 2012 - Autumn 2015
Vice-Chair Peter Haugan (Norway) Spring 2011 - Spring 2014
Chair Kostas Nittis (Greece) Spring 2011 - Spring 2014
Exec. Director Niall McDonough (Ireland) Spring 2009 - Summer 2017
Vice-Chair Beatriz Morales-Nin (Spain) Spring 2009 - Spring 2012
Vice-Chair Çolpan Polat-Beken (Turkey) Spring 2009 - Spring 2012
Vice-Chair Geoffrey O’Sullivan (Ireland) Spring 2008 - Autumn 2011
Vice-Chair Edward Hill (UK) Spring 2007 - Spring 2012
Vice-Chair Antoine Dosdat (France) Spring 2007 - Spring 2012
Chair Lars Horn (Norway) Spring 2006 - Spring 2011
Vice-Chair Jan Mees (Belgium) Spring 2006 - Spring 2011
Vice-Chair Jan De Leeuw (The Netherlands) Spring 2004 - Spring 2009
Vice-Chair Kostas Nittis (Greece) Spring 2006 - Spring 2009
Vice-Chair Kaisa Kononen (Finland) Autumn 2007
Chair Jean-Francois Minster (France) 2002 - 2006
Chair Fauzi Montoura (UK) 1999 - 2002
Chair Daniel Cadet (France) 1995 - 1999
Exec. Director Niamh Connolly (Ireland) 2001 - 2009
Exec. Director Laurent d’Ozouville (Portugal) 1994 - 2001