Sandra Bessudo

Who is Sandra Bessudo?

Sandra Bessudo Lion is a Marine Biologist from the Ecole Pratique de Hautes Etudes in Paris, with a Master in Life and Earth Sciences Studies in Perpignan. Professional diver, with over 5,000 immersions in open water. Sandra Bessudo is a professional strongly committed with the conservation of the marine biodiversity and the protection of the environment. She was High Presidential Counselor for Environmental Management, Biodiversity, Water and Climate Change until January 2012, when she took on the General Direction of the recently created Presidential Agency of International Cooperation of Colombia, governmental entity in charge of managing, technically coordinate and leading the public and private international cooperation received and granted by the country.

As Director of the Malpelo and Other Marine Ecosystems Foundation, she was an active promoter in the establishment of the Isla Malpelo Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, achieving not only that the Sanctuary was positioned before the international press, but to be scored as a “Particular Sensitive Area” by the International Maritime Organization, headquartered in London.