Advisory board

The Towards IPOS team, composed of the Ocean Sustainability Foundation, together with consortium of partners won the open call from the EU "Towards an IPOS". This initiative will bring together a diverse global network of leading ocean scientists, interdisciplinary experts, policy makers and civil society stakeholders in support for the establishment of the Towards IPOS initiative. A heartfelt thank you to our partners for embarking on this journey with us.

Current members of the advisory board:

• Sigi GRUBER (🇮🇹 Italy, female) — Formerly Head of the Marine Resources Unit at the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission.

• Peter HAUGAN (🇳🇴 Norway, male) — Chair of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. Formerly Director of the Institute of Marine Research, Norway.

• Maria LAAMANEN (🇫🇮 Finland, female) — Currently Senior Specialist at the Ministry of the Environment, Finland.

• Margareth LIENEN (🇺🇲 USA, female) — Currently Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA.

• David OBURA (🇰🇪 Kenya, male) — Chair of the IPBES. Founding Director of CORDIO East Africa.

• Laura PEREIRA (🇿🇦 South Africa, female) — Currently Researcher at the Centre for Complex Systems in Transition, Stellenbosch University.

• Brune POIRSON (🇫🇷 France, female) — Chief Sustainability Officer at Accor. Formerly Secretary of State for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, France.

• Hans-Otto POERTNER (🇩🇪 Germany, male) — Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Formerly Professor of Marine Biology at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

• Janez POTOČNIK (🇸🇮 Slovenia, male) — Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel. Formerly European Commissioner for the Environment.

• Vladimir RYABININ (🇷🇺 Russia, male) — Formerly Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. Formerly Director of the Department of Climate Change Research at the State Hydrological Institute of Russia.

• Lisa SVENSSON (🇸🇪 Sweden, female) — Global Director for Ocean at the World Resources Institute. Formerly Director of Ocean Governance at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).