Fish & Fisheries Team

Nigel Bankes

Chair of the Fish & Fisheries Committee

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Nigel Bankes

As Chairman of the Fish & Fisheries Committee, Nigel Bankes leads the Committee to oversee the Company’s fisheries strategy and decision-making process. His whole working life has been spent undertaking numerous senior roles in the brewing and pub owning business. He served as Prime Warden in 2016-17.

Andrew Wallace

Fisheries Director

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Andrew Wallace

Andrew has overall responsibility for managing the fisheries programme but has particular experience in the area of freshwater fisheries and catchment management, a field in which he has worked for over 20 years. He has previously played a key role in Scottish fisheries management through his work as director of the Association of Salmon Fishery Boards and, latterly, as Chairman of Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland. He then assumed the chairmanship of The Rivers Trust (2015-2019) which represents 65 rivers trusts operating in England, Wales and Ireland. He is vice-president of the Atlantic Salmon Trust and a director of the Tweed Forum. He has also held board positions on the Freshwater Biological Association and FishLegal.

Dr Eleanor Adamson

Fisheries Programme Manager

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Dr Eleanor Adamson

Eleanor works alongside the Fisheries Director to deliver The Company’s Fisheries programmes and grants. As a former academic with a strong international research background in the freshwater fisheries sciences, she provides expertise in science and research, conservation, aquaculture, and education.

Sharmin Rouf

Fisheries Programme Manager

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Sharmin Rouf

Sharmin delivers The Company’s Marine Fisheries and Ocean Conservation programmes, including the bulk of our engagement with the capture fisheries, marine governance and conservation. With a background in tropical marine biology, she draws on experience in the Indian Ocean and remote UK overseas territories, and history working to promote access and equity for early-career researchers and marginalized communities across the marine sciences

Gavin O’Donnell

Charities Communications Manager

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Gavin O’Donnell

Gavin is responsible for communications surrounding the Company’s fisheries and charitable work, raising awareness of the Company’s work both within the sector and the wider public. He manages the Company’s Discover Seafood project, which works to increase consumer awareness of and demand for locally-caught British seafood, and supports the charities teams in communications and project development. He has strong experience in communicating environmental issues to diverse audiences, ranging from beaver reintroduction in Scotland to climate change.

Natasha Taylor

Charities Administrator

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Natasha Taylor

Natasha is the central administrator for business across both the Company’s Charities. She has a background in the charitable advice sector and, before joining Fishmongers’, advised former and current seafarers at a specialist Citizens Advice service.