Tom is the Director of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB), the UK trade association for wild-caught and cultivated shellfish. Before taking on this role Tom was the Fisheries Policy Officer for WWF UK, and also worked in a variety of roles in the Fisheries Directorate of Defra. He spent 9 years in academia completing a degree in Marine Biology, a master’s degree in Analytical Biology and a PhD in the use of genetics in scallop aquaculture. Tom currently sits on the European Commission Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (ACFA) and is a trustee of Billingsgate Seafood Training School.