Key contacts

Director General - Dr. Stephen J. Hall
Dr. Stephen J. Hall was appointed Director General of The WorldFish Center in March 2004. He was previously Director of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and was a member of Prime Minister’s Steering Committee on Mapping Australia’s Innovation System from 2003 until 2004.  He also served as Director of Lincoln Marine Science Center, Australia, worked in Flinders University as Professor of Marine Biology, and as Section Head (Fish Biology) in the Scottish Office Agriculture Environment and Fisheries Dept, Marine Lab Aberdeen, UK. In January 2005, Dr Hall was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding service as Director of the Australian Institute of Marine Science. In 2001, he was awarded a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation in recognition of his contributions to fisheries and marine science in Australia.  He has published extensively in the scientific and development literature on tropical fisheries and aquaculture. Dr. Hall has a Ph.D. in Marine Ecology and a B.Sc. in Marine Biology and Biochemistry. He is also a Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors. s.hall@cgiar.org

Deputy Director General, Research Director - Dr. Patrick Dugan 
Dr. Dugan is responsible for the development of the Center's scientific research strategy and for regional programs across Africa. From 1984, till he joined the Center in 2000, Dr. Dugan was attached to IUCN-The World Conservation Union. During that period he held various positions, the last being the Global Program Director based in Switzerland. Over the course of his career he has worked extensively in Africa, Asia and Latin America at local, national and regional levels. Dr. Dugan has a Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Zoology. p.dugan@cgiar.org

Aquaculture and Genetic Improvement - Dr. Malcolm Beveridge
Dr. Malcolm Beveridge joined The WorldFish Center as the Discipline Director of the Aquaculture and Genetic Improvement discipline in April 2006. Dr. Beveridge obtained his Ph.D. in Aquatic Ecology from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. Dr. Beveridge has more than 25 years research experience in aquatic resources management including aquaculture and fisheries and their impacts, GIS, habitat restoration, limnology and fish ecology cumulating in 150 scientific papers, books and articles. He has 20 years experience of implementing research and capacity building projects with multidisciplinary partners in both tropical and temperate parts of the world. Dr. Beveridge was previously the Director of the Fisheries Research Services Freshwater Laboratory in Scotland. M.Beveridge@cgiar.org

Policy, Economics, and Social Science – Dr. Charles Crissman
Charles Crissman joined WorldFish in August 2010. He was previously at the International Potato Center posted in the Lima HQ and in offices in Quito and Nairobi. His most recent job at CIP was as Deputy Director General – Research from 2005 until 2010. Previously he had been CIP’s regional leader for SSA and program leader for uptake and utilization. Originally from North Carolina in the USA, Charles is an agricultural economist with his doctorate from the University of California-Davis and M.Sc. from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Specialized in production economics, his research focused on seed systems management, impact assessment, and the agricultural, environmental and human health impacts of pesticide use by small farm households. His 25 years in international agricultural research in Asia, Africa and Latin America has given him a long view of changing context of the CG system and the use and utility of well planned impact assessment as part of the research process. c.crissman@cgiar.org

Natural Resource Management - Dr. Neil Andrew
Ph.D. in Fisheries Ecology, University of Sydney (Australia). Neil has participated in a wide range of fisheries and ecological research globally, including assessing stocks in shellfish fisheries, rocky reef ecology, fishery observer programs, prawn trawl by-catch, invasion ecology, echinoderm population biology, ecological effects of fishing, stock enhancement, population biology of seaweeds, experimental design and analysis. He is skilled at liaising with community and stakeholder groups to design and execute fisheries research programs, and at translating research outputs into management outcomes. He came to WorldFish from New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in 2005. Neil’s publishing credits include 48 articles in refereed journals, two books as editor and six book chapters, and dozens of refereed reports on New Zealand fisheries.n.andrew@cgiar.org

Communications and Donor Relations - Ms. Fiona Chandler
Ms. Fiona Chandler joined the Center in August 2010 as the Director of Donor Relations and Communications. She was previously the Scientific Liaison Officer for the interim Consortium Office (the evolution of the Office of the Alliance of CGIAR Centers). Fiona has more than 17 years experience in the field of public international agricultural research and sustainable development both in developing and developed countries built on private and public sector business experience.  Fiona holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Coastal Management (University of New England) and Masters of Environmental Management and Development (Australian National University) and brings to the position broad experience in resource mobilization, fund raising, partnership development and networking and knowledge management. She also has extensively knowledge of the CGIAR System having previously attached to not only the Consortium (Alliance) but also the system-wide Information, Communication, Technology and Knowledge Management (ICT-KM) Program of the CGIAR, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and The World Agroforestry Centre. F.Chandler@cgiar.org

Corporate Services -  Mr. Wayne Rogers
Mr. Wayne Rogers joined the Center in Oct. 2007 as Director – Corporate Services. Mr. Rogers obtained his professional qualification at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Mr. Rogers brings to the position a wide range of experience, in both financial and general management areas. He has worked as Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director for several international companies. Mr. Rogers has been a senior executive with excellent financial skills including accounting, treasury and cash management, capital raising, foreign exchange, and tax and relationship management. W.Rogers@cgiar.org

Africa - Ms Tabeth Matiza Chiuta
Tabeth Chiuta has had 18 years experience with IUCN and GWP (Global Water Partnership) in various positions and has been successful in raising over $33m of donor funds during her time at IUCN as well as managing her internal financial budgets during her various positions. For the past two years, she has been working as a private consultant for WATENN Consultants who specialize in water, environment and natural resources. She developed, launched and managed the implementation of IUCN Regional Office for Southern Africa Field Programs for 4 years. This entailed providing leadership in the development and coordination of all IUCN Regional Offices in Southern Africa field operations in 12 countries and supervising program implementation team comprising of 20 professional and support staff located in a decentralized structure in 5 countries. Tabeth holds an Masters of Science from the University of East Anglia, UK and has had considerable experience supervising team members and coordinating projects both within IUCN as well as external project members. t.chiuta@cgiar.org

Solomon Islands - Dr. Anne-Maree Schwarz
Dr. Anne-Maree Schwarz is a freshwater and marine ecologist with more than 20 years experience as a research scientist in coastal ecosystems. Her research experience includes ecology and management of seagrass, macroalgae and mangrove habitats and their relationships to coastal fisheries. Her work is published in more than 45 publications in refereed journals and numerous reports for government agencies, research institutes and donor organizations. Since 2005 her work at WorldFish has focused on community-based management of small scale fisheries in Solomon Islands including disaster recovery responses of coastal fishing communities. She works closely with the national government to integrate lessons from WorldFish research into national policies and strategies. a.schwarz@cgiar.org

Zambia - Dr. Simon Heck
Dr. Simon Heck is a social scientist specializing in institutional and policy analysis. He has coordinated research programs and worked directly with policy makers in policy and strategy formulation in Africa. His research experience includes livelihoods analysis, food security, national reforms, and regional cooperation in the natural resources and food economy sectors. He has worked on fisheries and aquaculture in Africa with the UK Department for International Development and IUCN – The World Conservation Union before joining WorldFish in 2003. At WorldFish, he has helped to build partnerships with regional research networks and regional economic communities in Africa and has initiated collaborative research work on fisheries and human development. He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology. worldfish-zambia@cgiar.org