Ms. Marie Bourrel-McKinnon
Senior Policy Officer – Special Assistant to the Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Marie Bourrel-McKinnon is working at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) as the Senior Policy Officer and Special Assistant to the Secretary-General where she has led the development of the first Strategic plan and High-Level Action Plan for 2019-2013. She is alsoresponsible for mainstreaming and monitoring capacity-building/development activities and led the review of all capacity-building programmes implemented by ISA between 1994 and 2019. Marie is the focal point for gender equality and empowerment and leads the implementation of the ISA’s commitment to “Enhancing the role and participation of women in deep-sea research” (#OceanAction15467). Prior to joining ISA Marie worked for the Pacific Community (SPC) as Legal Adviser for the maritime transport programme and for the SPC-EU Deep Sea Minerals project. Marie also worked for governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector in the field of shipping, law of the sea, ocean management and marine policy in the South Pacific, Africa and Europe. Marie holds a PhD in international law and two Master of Laws degrees (Law of the Sea and shipping; International Law and Economics). She has published more than thirty articles on the international law of the sea, international and environmental law, oceans policy and related issues.