Delilah AL KHUDHAIRY

Dr. Delilah Al Khudhairy is the Director for Maritime Policy and Blue Economy in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, DG MARE. The Directorate drives forward maritime policy and supports and stimulates the creation of knowledge, innovation and investment to unlock the ocean’s economic potential, while fostering dialogue and cooperation on maritime issues among countries and stakeholders by developing common initiatives in the European sea basins. The Directorate co-leads with DG RTD the development of the EU Mission Ocean & Waters and provides open access to reliable marine data and stimulates investment of risk capital in the blue economy. It also leads on EU Aquaculture policy, on the EU Algae initiative, on maritime spatial planning and the Common Market Organisation. It coordinates the implementation of the EU Maritime Security Strategy, including by promoting cooperation between authorities carrying out coastguard functions. The Directorate provides socio-economic analyses of the fisheries management and of the sustainable blue economy. It also coordinates the work in DG MARE on the EU Better Regulation Agenda.

Priorly, Delilah was the Director for Strategy, Work Programme and Resources for several years, followed by a short spell as Director for Competences, at the European Commission’s in-house Science and Knowledge service, the Joint Research Centre. Delilah graduated with a 1st class honours B.Sc (Eng.) and Ph.D degrees in Materials Science Engineering from London University. She was employed at British Gas PLC before joining the European Commission in 1990.