Ali Hood

Ali Hood is the Director of Conservation for the Shark Trust, a UK-based conservation charity representing members in more than 40 countries. She has led the Shark Trust conservation programme over the past two decades, with a focus on shark and ray policy concerns in the UK as well as the European Union and its Member States. Ali advises the UK government with respect to Regional Fishery Management Organization negotiations and domestic policy. She has a long history of participating as an invited member of several expert working groups at UK and EU levels, and regularly engages with the European Commission and the UK Devolved Administrations with respect to key fishing and trade decisions. She is the past president of the European Elasmobranch Association and currently serves as the society’s Secretary.