Dr. Imogen Webster is the Secretariat's new Programme Development Officer. Imogen's early career in travel was mainly based in Austria and Switzerland. Volunteering on a wide variety of conservation projects led to a PhD in Mauritius, studying spinner and bottlenose dolphins, before returning to her native Australia and working for Murdoch University. Imogen has spent over seven years as a research scientist and coordinator in the western Indian Ocean and has a particular interest in that region as well as in the impacts of whale and dolphin watching interactions. Imogen joined the Secretariat in March and is already leading Secretariat work on a range of programmes including new long-term strategies for ship strikes and underwater noise.