Satya Nandan

Who is Satya Nandan?

Satya N. Nandan, CF, CBE, a diplomat and lawyer from Fiji specializing in ocean affairs, is Chairman of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, where he began a two-year term on 1 January 2009. Until that date, he had been the first Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, a position he held for three consecutive four-year terms since March 1996.

Nandan is a Fiji Indian who holds a Law degree from the University of London and is a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln’s Inn, England. He is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Fiji. He was a representative of Fiji at the United Nations and was Fiji’s Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. He has served as Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Fiji.