Michael W. Lodge | |
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Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority | |
In office July 2016 – Present | |
Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Oceans | |
In office 2011–2016 | |
Visiting Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford | |
In office 2012–2013 | |
Associate Fellow of Chatham House, London | |
In office 2007–2007 | |
Counsellor to the Round Table on Sustainable Development, OECD | |
In office 2004–2007 | |
Legal Counsel to the International Seabed Authority | |
In office 1996–2003 | |
Legal Counsel to the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency | |
In office 1991–1995 | |
Personal details | |
Alma mater |
University of East Anglia London School of Economics |
Michael W. Lodge has been Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) since 2016. [1]
He graduated from the University of East Anglia with an LLB, and completed an MSc in marine policy at the London School of Economics. [2] He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn. [3]
As Secretary-General of the ISA, Lodge is steering negotiations on what would be the first international regulatory framework for deep sea mining. [4] [5] [6] He has been accused by some diplomats of pushing them to accelerate the commencement of deep sea mining. [7] [8]