Sophie Seeyave is the CEO of the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), based at Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the UK. She provides leadership to POGO, an international organisation and UK charity, whose membership consists of 55 oceanographic research institutions in 31 countries, working together towards global ocean observations, through innovation, capacity development and outreach/advocacy. Her role involves engagement with other international and intergovernmental initiatives, such as the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). She holds a BSc in Oceanography and a PhD in marine ecology from the University of Southampton (UK).
