Secretariat/staff

The OSPAR Commission Secretariat facilitates the work of the Contracting Parties by supporting and organising an annual cycle of meetings together with intersessional work programmes.

The international staff comprises an Executive Secretary, five Deputy Secretaries and eight Officers.

Executive Secretary

Executive Secretary

Executive Secretary


+44 (0) 7494332213

The Executive Secretary, Dominic Pattinson, is the Head of the OSPAR Secretariat. His main role is to ensure support to OSPAR's 16 Contracting Parties in their efforts towards delivering the objectives of OSPAR, as laid down in the OSPAR Convention and the North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy. The Executive Secretary leads the work of the Secretariat towards contributing to the delivery of agreed products and preparing the work for consideration of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies at different decision-making levels.

Deputy Secretaries

Laura De la Torre

Laura De la Torre


+44 (0) 7494 332040 or +44 (0) 2038489681

Responsible for NSN, OIC and RSC

Carole Durussel

Carole Durussel


+44 (0) 207 430 5200

Responsible for OSPAR's Coordination Group (CoG) and its subsidiary bodies. Supporting OSPAR’s work on the Arctic (AOWG), climate change and ocean acidification (CCEG, ICG-OA, WG COCOA), ecosystem assessment and cumulative effects (ICG-EcoC), economic and social analyses (ICG-ESA), the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (ICG-MSFD), the Quality Status Report (ICG-QSR), joint assessment and monitoring (JAMP), the Science Agenda (OSA), and measures and actions (TG-MAP). Also supporting OSPAR’s international engagement and the implementation of the Collective Arrangement (CollArr). Image credit: Kathleen Friedrich Photography.

Debbie Hembury

Debbie Hembury


+44 (0) 207 430 5200
Alejandro Iglesias Campos

Alejandro Iglesias Campos


+44 (0) 7507272162 or +44 (0) 2038489684

Responsible for the HASEC committee and subsidiary groups as well as ICG-MSFD

Philip Stamp

Philip Stamp


+44 (0) 7932 088831

Responsible for the EIHA committee and subsidiary groups

Officers

Olle Åkesson

Franziska Bils

Eleanor Dening

Corinne Michel

Barbara Middleton

Chris Moulton

Sean O'Tuathail

Lucy Ritchie

The OSPAR Secretariat is based in the UK, at offices in central London.

OSPAR Commission
The Aspect
12 Finsbury Square
London
EC2A 1AS
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7430 5200
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