David Willima

Africa Regional Coordinator Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

David Willima works as a Maritime Security Research Officer at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria, and is also the Africa Regional Coordinator at the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. His focus areas are maritime security, the blue economy and ocean
governance, climate risk, and human security.
 David has worked to promote maritime security and the blue economy as policy priorities with organisations such as the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA). David is also passionate about driving youth involvement in ocean governance and has represented the continent in various international ocean governance platforms.