Mr. Gabino Gonzelz currently serves as the Head of Office for IMO/UNEP Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC). He has over fourteen years of international experience, including nine years in three regional implementing bodies governed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Expertise includes intergovernmental cooperation, preparedness for and response to marine pollution in the Wider Caribbean, West and Central Africa and Mediterranean, covering a total of seventy countries.