Practice & experience
Oceans & fisheries
Deep appreciation of the need to maintain and improve the health of the global ocean for future generations.
Fundamental belief in environmental stewardship as a pathway to a better environment.
Fisheries
Forty years’ experience in Pacific and international fisheries law and policy from negotiations to advice.
Legal Adviser, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, 2025–present.
Chair, First Performance Review Panel for the North Pacific Fisheries Commission.
Chair, First Performance Review Panel for the South Pacific Fisheries Management Organisation.
Ad hoc adviser to North Pacific Fisheries Commission and Forum Fisheries Agency.
Negotiations
Pacific Region
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention.
Renegotiation of Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries between the US and Pacific.
South Pacific Driftnet Fishing Convention..
Multilateral
Multilateral: Ad Hoc Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction.
FAO Port State Measures Agreement.
Litigation
International Court of Justice: Agent, Counsel and Advocate for New Zealand in Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v Japan, New Zealand Intervening).
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Agent, Counsel and Advocate for New Zealand in the Advisory Opinion requested by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission.
Adviser to New Zealand in the Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law.