Dr Jose Matheickal is currently the Head, Technical Co-operation Coordination & Major Projects Section of the IMO’s Marine Environment Division. His 25 years of experience in the field of environmental management includes the implementation of major environmental infrastructure related projects in developing countries, development and implementation of public-private sector partnership programmes, coordination of large-scale technical cooperation projects dealing with marine environmental issues and research and development in the field of environmental technology development and commercialization. He studied environmental engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India and obtained his Ph.D. from Griffith University, Australia.