Employees

Marina Metić is NAMMCO’s new intern. She comes from Croatia but has lived in Norway for the past two years. She fell in love with the sea and marine mammals, particularly whales, as a kid and [...]

Maria is a marine mammal biologist. She moved from Greece to Ireland to do a master’s in marine biology, and stayed there to complete her PhD at University College Cork. Her doctoral [...]

Naima El Bani Altuna is the newly appointed Deputy Secretary, responsible for Communications at NAMMCO. With a background in geology (BSc in Geology and MSc in Paleoceanography), Naima has [...]

Ian is from Canada and his areas of expertise include business administration, project management, and communication. With a diverse professional background spanning various business [...]

Jana is from Germany and recently acquired her M.Sc. in Marine Biology from Stockholm University. She formed interests in conservation, species distribution modelling and the impact of [...]

Albert has a PhD in Population Ecology (University of Barcelona, 2013) and ample international experience as a researcher in animal population dynamics. Before joining NAMMCO, Albert worked as [...]

Josephine is a marine scientist with a particular interest in the field of acoustics and behaviour of marine mammals and their interactions with human activities. As an avid surfer, she moved [...]

Heleen is a dedicated marine scientist who has both an academic background in environmental research and hands-on experience with marine mammals. She is particularly interested in human impacts [...]

Charlotte Winsnes main areas of responsibilities are hunting methods and animal welfare issues, the NAMMCO Observation Scheme, and NAMMCO finances and budgets. Charlotte Winsnes is Norwegian [...]

Geneviève Desportes is French and stepped into the office of General Secretary of NAMMCO on 1st April 2015. She has been living in three of the four NAMMCO member countries: five years in the [...]