Port cities sit at a sensitive health crossroads: they are potential entry points for global health threats, sites of industrial exposure for residents, while at the same time can gather the best conditions for improving everyday wellbeing, with access to water and green spaces. This session examines how port authorities and municipalities can build coordinated responses that span pandemic preparedness, environmental health, and citizen wellbeing.
Born in the UK in 1971. He worked in the humanitarian aid sector in the Balkans and the Middle East before joining the port of Barcelona where he held the position of Strategy Director for 20 years. He is now the Secretary General of the Mediterranean port association and works as a free-lance consultant as well. He is the author of there books (the latest published this year titled “The new world disorder” and regularly contributes to national newspapers such as La Vanguardia.
