Sarah FOWLER

Forty-five years working in marine biodiversity conservation and management, particularly the conservation and management of sharks and rays, including CITES implementation, CMS, RSCAPs, and RFBs. Member of IUCN Species Survival Commission since 1990. 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, 1990-2008. • 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. • 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.