Sarah FOWLER

Area of expertise: • Marine biodiversity conservation and management, particularly the conservation and management of sharks and rays, CITES implementation, CMS, RSCAPs, and RFBs. Education: • BSc First Class Joint Honours Zoology with Marine Zoology, University of North Wales, UK, 1976-1979. • MSc in Conservation, University College London, UK, 1980-1981. Employment: • Deputy Marine Ecologist, Nature Conservancy Council, UK, 1981-1989. • Director/Managing Director, Naturebureau International, UK, 1989-2010, non-executive Director 2011-present. • English Nature (EN) Council Member (Ministerial appointment), UK, 2004-2006. • Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Committee Member (EN representative), UK, 2004-2006. • Member of English Nature and JNCC Audit and Risk Management Committees. 2004-2006. • Save Our Seas Foundation Scientific Advisor (part time), 2011-present. • Ecological consultant (part time), 2011-present. NGO, IGO and volunteer activities: • IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Deputy/Acting/Co-Chair, 1991-2008. • IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Vice-Chair for International Treaties, 2009-2016. • Leader, Chondrichthyan fish Red List Assessment programme, 1996-2008. • Founder of the European Elasmobranch Association, 1996. President for several years, currently Special Advisor. • Founder of the UK Shark Trust, 1997. Executive Director 1997-2000, Trustee 2000-present. • Founder of and Advisor to the Shark Alliance, 2006-2013. Professional bodies, appointments, awards: • British Ecological Society • Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (Founder Member) • Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom • Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 2004 • Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, 2005