Core team

Jackie moved into the position of Deputy Leader in 2011 and in January 2014, she became the leader of the Coral Triangle Programme.

Jackie is an experienced programme manager, with a background in policy and advocacy, regional development, marine conservation, strategic planning, communications, and media.

Through her engagement with the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF), Jackie has developed an understanding of natural resource management and sustainable economic development issues affecting the Coral Triangle and Pacific Islands region and gained cross-cultural experiences through work in the Pacific and South East Asia programmes.

Prior to joining WWF, she worked in regional development for 12 years as a Project Manager and Export Trade Advisor for the Mid West Development Commission (MWDC), a Western Australian government statutory authority.

Other roles throughout her career include being a journalist/newsreader with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and three years as Senior Public Relations and Communications Officer for a Western Australian mining company.

Geoffrey is active within the WWF Network promoting Standards and best-practice management approaches relevant to the needs of small-scale fishery and aquaculture enterprises to enhance and improve their performance, as well as the role of rights-based management and sustainable financing to achieve conservation outcomes.

He has been an author or co-author on numerous reports, scientific publications and peer reviewed papers on seafood supply chains, food security and livelihoods, markets and trade, EAFM and aquaculture and speaks regularly at forums and conferences around the Asia-Pacific region.

Geoffrey studied at the University of Tasmania and Queensland University before receiving his Ph.D. in Fisheries Economics from James Cook University.

Keith also helped develop Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in Vietnam, working with market actors to improve market linkages, building key constituencies and cultivating industry-led initiatives.

Keith worked in Pacific Canada on marine and fisheries management, including acting as lead NGO representative at Integrated Groundfish Management and Rockfish Conservation Strategy technical planning tables.

He also co-chaired the marine conservation sector's representation and input into the MSC processes on salmon and Pacific halibut.