SHARKS - Key Persons

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• Leader, WWF and TRAFFIC 's Sharks: Restoring the Balance, WWF - Hong Kong

Andy Ieads Sharks: Restoring the Balance, and oversees its responsible consumption and management strategies. He is the WWF network's representative among the core partners of the Global Sharks and Rays Initiative, and co-author of Global Priorities for Conserving Sharks and Rays: A 2015-2025 Strategy. Andy Ieads the WWF and TRAFFIC's global shark and ray conservation programme, and oversees its responsible consumption and management strategies. He is the WWF network's representative among the core partners of the Global Sharks and Rays Initiative, and co-author of Global Priorities for Conserving Sharks and Rays: A 2015-2025 Strategy. Andy also co-authored - and was instrumental in introducing - Hong Kong's first sustainable seafood guide, while serving as Conservation Director for WWF-Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012. During that time he also led shark-fin advocacy efforts and the "Save Our Seas" campaign, which led to a permanent ban on all trawling. Prior to this, after gaining his doctorate in reef fishes, Andy worked for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in American Samoa and taught fish and fisheries-related undergraduate courses at the University of Hong Kong. He is a keen underwater photographer with a long-standing interest in sharks and rays, and has published several papers relating to diet, reproduction and pollutant loadings in bamboo sharks, as well as the field-guide Reef Fishes of Hong Kong.

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• Fisheries Trade Programme Leader, TRAFFIC
• TRAFFIC 's Fisheries Trade Programme Leader
• Vice Chair of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group

Glenn Sant is TRAFFIC's Fisheries Trade Programme Leader and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong's Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, where he is based. As the TRAFFIC leader in the Global Sharks and Rays Initiative (GSRI) partnership, Glenn has been able to help lead the development of the strategy associated with responsible trade, a key part of which involves issues associated with the implementation of CITES. As the TRAFFIC leader in the Global Sharks and Rays Initiative (GSRI) partnership, Glenn has been able to help lead the development of the strategy associated with responsible trade, a key part of which involves issues associated with the implementation of CITES. He has served in TRAFFIC for 24 years, specialising in research and management of trade in marine species. Glenn has published extensively in this area, particularly in regard to sharks, RFMOs and trade-related measures, CITES, and most recently, risk assessment work of aquatic species in trade and traceability of products in trade. Prior to working for TRAFFIC he worked in fisheries research within Australia (W.A., N.T. & University of Melbourne). Glenn is involved in regional fisheries agreement meetings and expert consultations. He has participated in numerous CITES Conferences of the Parties, and has been involved in conducting CITES trade reviews of Tridacnidae species, participated in CITES Animals Committee and the shark working group, CITES Standing Committee working group on introduction from the sea and intersessional working group on sharks, as well as several other CITES activities. Glenn serves as a Vice Chair of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group and is a member of the IUCN SSC Marine Subcommittee. He has also assisted the Convention on Migratory Species MOU Sharks Advisory Committee and the Conservation Working Group as a recognised expert in the field.

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Between 2013 and 2018, Ian headed up the Pacific Shark Heritage Programme, where he oversaw engagements with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, while serving as the WWF's leader for the shark tourism guide. He is a fisheries specialist with more than 20 years' experience in marine conservation, working in the public, private and NGO sectors. Ian began his career as a field assistant on a variety of shark projects at the Bimini Biological Field Station in 1994. In 1997, Ian served as a commercial diver, working on both inshore and offshore oil facilities. In 2004, Ian graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a Masters in Environmental Science before taking up employment as a marine ecologist for a commercial survey company. In 2007, he managed inshore fisheries in the United Kingdom as a Sea Fisheries Officer before moving into developing policy matters for the UK's statutory nature conservation body Natural England. In 2011, Ian worked on the reform of the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy for the Pew Charitable Trusts before joining the WWF's Global Shark and Ray Initiative in 2013. During his tenure at WWF in 2013-2018, Ian led the WWF's work on shark and ray management out of Fiji.

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• Senior Communications Officer, Sharks: Restoring the Balance, WWF - Hong Kong
• Staff

Magda leads communications for Sharks: Restoring the Balance. She is a communications and PR specialist with experience gained in the UK and Hong Kong and a passion for shark conservation. Magda leads communications for Sharks: Restoring the Balance at WWF and is based in Hong Kong. She is an experienced communications professional with international PR and communications experience gained in the UK, Hong Kong and across Asia. Passionate about shark conservation, she joined the team in 2019.