Aimee Gonzales, Executive Director, Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince of Monaco
Ana Spalding, Centre Director Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative, Smithsonian, Panama
Andrew Forrest, Chairman, Minderoo Foundation
Angélique Pouponneau, Chief of Staff, United Nations Climate Action Team
Anna Marsden, Managing Director, Great Barrier Reef Foundation
Àrni Mathiesen, Senior Adviser, Iceland Ocean Cluster; Chairman of the Board, Better Transport
Asha de Vos, Founder and Executive Director, Oceanswell
Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Atsushi Sunami, President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Ocean Policy Research Institute
Barkha Mossae, Regenerative Blue Economy, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Carlos Duarte, Director, Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Charles Fox, Executive Director, Oceans 5
Charles Goddard, Editorial Director and Executive Director of World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group
Cherie Nursalim, Vice-Chairman, GITI Group
Chris Gorell Barnes, Founder, Ocean 14 Capital
Claes Berglund, Director, Public Affairs and Sustainability, Stena; Vice Chair of the International Chamber of Shipping
Cristian Sampier, Managing Director and Leader of Nature Solutions, Bezos Earth Fund
Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier, Co-Founder, SeaLegacy, Mexico
Cynthia Barzuna, Deputy Director, Ocean Program and Director, Ocean Action 2030 Coalition, World Resources Institute
Daniela V. Fernandez, Founder & CEO of VELAMAR
Danny Faure, Former President of the Seychelles and African Union Champion on the Blue Economy
David Obura, Chair, IPBES; Founding Director, Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)
David Osborn, Director of the Marine Environment Division, International Maritime Organization
Diva Amon, Scientific Advisor, Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory; Founder and Director, SpeSeas
Dona Bertarelli, Co-Chair, Bertarelli Foundation
Douglas McCauley, Professor, University of California Santa Barbara; Director, Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory
Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation
Gina Grillo, Ambassador for the Ocean and Environment, Costa Rica
GUO Jingjing, Olympic diving champion; Ambassador, Key Connect; Ocean Program Director, Global Green Technology Center (GGTC)
Ilana Seid, Permanent Representative of Palau
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme
Ingrid Reumert, SVP, Global Stakeholder Relations, Orsted
Isabella Lövin, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Member of the European Parliament
Jan-Gunnar Winther, Pro-Rector, Research and Development at UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Jane Lubchenco, University Distinguished Professor and Valley Professor of Marine Biology, Oregon State University
Jennifer Morris, CEO, The Nature Conservancy
Jim Leape, Co-Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University
Julie Packard, Board of Trustees Member, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Julio Cordano, Director of Environment, Climate Change and Ocean, Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC)
Jyotika Virmani, Executive Director, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Karen Sack, Executive Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)
Katherine Garrett-Cox, CEO, Gulf International Bank (GIB) Asset Management, UK
Kathlyn Tan, Director of Philanthropy, Rumah Group, Singapore
Kerstin S. Forsberg, Co-Founder and Director, Planeta Océano
Khaled Asfahani, Co-chair, International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Board member, Seabed 2030
Kimberly Mathisen, CEO, HUB Ocean
Kirsten Schuijt, Director-General, WWF International
Kristian Teleki, CEO, Fauna & Flora
LI Jianping, Dean, Academy of Future Ocean and Innovation, Ocean University of China
Marc R. Benioff, Chairman and CEO, Salesforce
Marco Lambertini, Convener, Nature Positive Initiative
Maria Damanaki, Co-Founder of Leading Women for the Ocean; senior advisor on ocean, climate change and blue economy
Maria Helena Semedo, Former Deputy Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization, Cape Verde
Martha Rojas Urrego, Executive Secretary, International Whaling Commission, Colombia
Minna Epps, Director, Global Ocean Policy, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Executive Director, BBNJ High Ambition Coalition Secretariat
Naoko Ishii, Professor and Director, Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo
Nina Jensen, CEO, REV Ocean
Pascal Lamy, President Emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute
Patricia Ricard, President, Institut Océanique Paul Ricard
Peter de Menocal, President and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean
QIAO Fangli, Deputy Director, First Institute of Oceanography
Rashid Sumaila, Director, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
Razan Al Mubarak, President, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Managing Director, Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
HRH Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud, Founder, WAVE, Saudi Arabia
Richard Brisius, Race Chairman, The Ocean Race
Rolly van Rappard, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, CVC
Rupert Howes, CEO, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Rym Benzina, Chairwoman of La Saison Bleue, Forum Mondial de la Mer Bizerte and Blue Africa Summit Tangier, Tunisia
Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director, UN Global Compact
Santiago Wills, Director, Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division, World Trade Organization
Serge Raemakers, Chief Executive Officer, ABALOBI, South Africa
Shen Guojun, Founder and Chairman of Yintai Group; Board Member of The Paradise International Foundation
Stephen Widdicombe, Director, Sharjah Marine Science Research Centre (SMSRC)
SU Jilan, Professor of Oceanography, Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Susan Gardner, Director of the Ecosystems Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Sylvia Earle, President and Chairman, Mission Blue
Tatsuro Watanabe, Managing Executive Director, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
Thomas Thune Andersen, Chairman, Lloyd’s Register, United Kingdom
Tiago Pitta e Cunha, CEO, Oceano Azul Foundation
Tony Long, CEO, Global Fishing Watch
Victoria Attwood Scott, Global Head, Corporate Responsibility and Compliance, Mercuria Energy Group Holding SA
Vidar Helgesen, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Norway
Wakao Hanaoka, Founder and CEO, Seafood Legacy
WANG Songlin, Founder and President, Qingdao Marine Conservation Society
Wendy Watson-Wright, Chair, UN Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP)

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