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ExCom

The European Marine Board operations are overseen by the Executive Committee (ExCom). The ExCom is composed of a Chair and six vice-Chairs, elected by the European Marine Board members, and the Executive Director of the Secretariat (ex officio).

The ExCom provides strategic guidance to the Board and Secretariat, oversees implementation of the actions agreed by the Board at plenary meetings, and makes operational and financial decisions.

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