Graeme Macfadyen
Director
Graeme Macfadyen is a founding member of Poseidon, and has 30+ years of research and consulting experience in fisheries and the blue economy. He has a BA in Geography from Oxford University (UK) and a Masters in Fisheries Economics from Portsmouth University (UK).
He has worked for NGOs and industry associations, but predominantly for consulting companies on project design/preparation, implementation and evaluation. His experience is especially strong in: fisheries policy and management, MCS, and IUU issues; fisheries economics, value-chain analysis, investment appraisal and cost/benefit analysis; business planning and strategy development; fisheries marketing and trade; and monitoring and evaluation of fisheries/aquaculture projects. He has extensive experience of both capture fisheries and aquaculture, and of marine and freshwater fisheries. Graeme's in-country field experience includes Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cape Verde, China, Comores, Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, U.A.E., Uganda, UK, Vietnam and Yemen. He has also worked on desk study projects relating to Angola, Belize, Caribbean, Cook Islands, Djibouti, EU-wide projects, Eritrea, Federated States of Micronesia, Fjii, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and West Africa. Graeme currently manages a Poseidon office located in France, close to Geneva.