John Tanzer is Director of WWF’s Global Marine Programme. He was appointed as the inaugural Chair and Chief Executive of Queensland’s Fisheries Management Authority (QFMA) when it was first established in 1994. In 1998 he was appointed as Executive Director of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). Most notably from 2001 onwards he was the Executive responsible for the oversight of the spatial rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park based on the Representative Areas Program. Between July 2008 and December 2011 he has been employed by various NGOs as Advisor to The Coral Triangle Initiative. Since early 2011, John Tanzer leads WWFs Global Marine Programme, and has helped reshape its global strategy to focus on sustainable development and a blue economy, where marine conservation is key to providing ecosystem services for people.