Javier GARAT

Chairman , ICFA

Javier Garat was born in Spain in 1971. He got a degree in Law and Graduate in European Law by the Complutense University of Madrid (CEU San Pablo) and master’s degree in International and European Law by the Catholic University of Leuven (U.C.L. Belgium).

After working in Brussels for two years (1996 and 1997) in the European Commission and in the Spanish Permanent Representation to the European Union, he was practicing lawyer during four years in the Dutch International Law Firm Nauta Dutilh.

In April 2001, he joined the Spanish Federation of Fisheries Organizations, FEOPE, as Secretary General.

Since July 2007, he is the secretary general of Cepesca. Currently, he is also chairman of Europêche and ICFA, member of the EESC and member of the BoD of ISSF.