Maria Damanaki is serving as an advisor for Oceans5 (USA) and Rockefeller
Brothers Foundation (USA). She is a member of the Friends of Ocean Action of the
World Economic Forum. She co-chairs the network of the High-Level Ocean Panel
and she sits on the Boards: Monaco Ocean Foundation and Oceanographic Institute,
European Marine Regions Forum (Berlin), Global Fishing Watch (Partnership of
Google and Oceana, USA), Marine Stewardship Council (MSC-London), Global
Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR UN New York), Beneath the Waves (USA), Hellenic
Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). She also serves as a visiting
professor on Marine Policy in NOVA University of Lisbon.
She served for five years as the Global Managing Director for Oceans at The Nature
Conservancy USA. She also served as the European Union Commissioner for
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. She was a Greek politician for many years and the
first woman leader of a Greek political party.