Emma Seal BSc, MA

DASSH Strategic Projects Manager

emmsea@mba.ac.uk

I conduct project management for the Data Team, providing coordination, reporting and strategic guidance on the securing, tracking and successful delivery the department’s contracts. This also includes facilitating collaboration between the DASSH and other data repositories and seeking out funding and contracts to support the great work of the team.

I joined in 2025 after having worked in project and data management for over a decade. Prior to the MBA, I managed and delivered international maritime intelligence programmes countering illegal fishing, human rights abuses and other illicit at-sea activities. In 2019, I completed my master’s in Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Costa Rica, where I researched the impact of the nexus between drug trafficking and illegal fishing on small scale fishers. Previous to this, I managed a range of conservation programmes, including plant conservation and seed banking projects in the Caucasus for RBG Kew, and rainwater harvesting initiatives and training in Kenya and India for Sand Dams Worldwide.