Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Ishbel Matheson currently serves as the Chief Communications Officer at the Marine Stewardship Council, focusing on marketing, public relations, and stakeholder engagement within sustainable seafood certification. Previous roles include Consultant Director of Comms at Bryden Wood, Vice President and Global Director of Corporate Communications at WorldRemit, and Director of Public Affairs and Communications at the Overseas Development Institute. Ishbel has also held significant positions at Save the Children UK and the Minority Rights Group, where notable achievements include enhancing media presence and rebranding efforts. Earlier in the career, Ishbel worked as an East Africa Correspondent for the BBC, earning a UN Foreign Correspondent Award for coverage of Darfur. Educational qualifications include a Master of Arts in English Literature and Language from Edinburgh University and a Master of Laws in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex.
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Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
The Marine Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organisation. We recognise and reward efforts to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies for the future. We want future generations to be able to enjoy seafood and oceans full of life, forever. Our vision is of the world’s oceans teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations. Our mission is to use our blue fish label and fishery certification programme to contribute to the health of the world’s oceans by recognising and rewarding sustainable fishing practices, influencing the choices people make when buying seafood and working with our partners to transform the seafood market to a sustainable basis.