About the GSSI Expert Working Groups (EWGs)

The GSSI Expert Working Groups (‘EWGs’) execute the mandates of the GSSI Steering Board within defined timeframes. The Steering Board has installed three different EWGs to develop version 2.0 of the Global Benchmark Framework:

&   Governance & Scheme Management EWG
  Aquaculture EWG
  Fisheries EWG

The GSSI Steering Board has assigned one Board member (“Ambassador”) to act as a liaison to the EWGs to ensure effective communication between the Steering Board, GSSI EWGs, and stakeholders; and support and monitor the GSSI EWGs work and progress.

EWG members are operational experts drawn from GSSI Partner Companies, and external experts from public, private and NGO organizations.

More information about experts
  • Experts are individuals who represent their organization with specific expertise in the subject.
  • EWG members are appointed by the Steering Board.
  • EWG members shall serve for a period determined by the GSSI Steering Board according to the workplan.
  • Once the EWG members have been appointed resulting in a representative group, the membership will be closed until the mandate is complete.
  • If an EWG member leaves their organization, he/ she can no longer represent the organization on the EWG. The organization can propose a replacement to the EWG Ambassador and the Chair / Vice-Chair (cc. to the Secretariat). The individual may also apply for membership in the EWG in his/her new capacity.
  • The Steering Board has the discretion to remove and/or replace an EWG member at any time, if it is deemed necessary.

Governance & Scheme Management

Steering Board Ambassador

Lisa Goché

Lead consultant

Bruno Séchet, Integralim

Expert Working Group Members

Joseph Zelasney, FAO (IT)
Dong Hong Pan, CAPPMA (CN)
Kathy Janiga, Mark Foods (New York, US)
Justin Baugh, The Fishin Company (Arkansas, US)
Yoshiyuki Furuya, CGC Group Japan (JP)
Fridrik Fridrikson, BH Grandi (IS)
Mathieu Lamolle, ITC (CH)
Corey Norton, Thai Union (Distr. Of Colombia, US)
Tom Pickerell, Global Tuna Alliance (UK)
Helen Duggan, Seafish (UK)
Logan Kock, Santa Monica Seafood (California, US)
Daniel Underkoffler, Sams Club (Arkansas, US)

Aquaculture

Steering Board Ambassador

Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly

Lead consultant

Nigel Stark, NAP Fisheries

Expert Working Group Members

Uwe Barg, FAO (IT)
Nada Bougouss, FAO (IT)
Dong Hong Pan, CAPPMA (CN)
Kathy Janiga, Mark Foods (New York, US)
Justin Baugh, The Fishin Company (Arkansas, US)
Vorapong Iam, Charoen Pokphand Foods (TH)
Matthew Thompson, New England Aquarium (Massachusetts, US)
S.C. Williams, BJs (Massachusetts, US)
Vorapong Iam, Charoen Pokphand Foods (TH)
Lee Cocker, Seafish (UK)
Logan Kock, Santa Monica Seafood (California, US)
Anders Jensen, Nordic Seafood (DK)
Joseph Chekouras, Mazzetta (Illinois, US)
Francisco Lobos, Multi Export Food (CL)
Miranda Ries, Pacific Seafood Group (Oregon, US)
Steve Disko, Schnuck Markets (Missouri, US)
Santi Roberts, Monterey Bay Aquarium (California, US)

Fisheries

Steering Board Ambassador

Christian von Dorrien

Lead consultant

Graeme Parkes, MRAG Americas

Expert Working Group Members

Nicolas Gutierrez, FAO (IT)
Fridrik Fridrikson, BH Grandi (IS)
Justin Baugh, The Fishin Company (Arkansas, US)
Vorapong Iam, Charoen Pokphand Foods (TH)
Trent Hartill, American Seafoods (Oregon, US)
Anne van der Hoeven, Arctic Storm (Washington, US)
Stephen Fisher, Sea Delight (Florida, US)
Ernesto Godelman, CeDePesca (AR)
Malcolm McNeill, Australian Longline (AU)
Lisbeth Schönemann-Paul, Royal Greenland (DK)
Andrey Buzin, Russian Fishery (RU)
Jozsef Bardos, METRO (FR)
Gregory Jeffers, Gortons (Massachusetts, US)
Alastair Macfarlane, MPI (NZ)
Charlie Kirschbaum, Pacific Seafood Group (Oregon, US)