Britt Groosman

Work

Britt Groosman manages our European work within the Oceans program from London, UK. She leads EDF’s collaborations with policymakers, fishermen and fishery managers and NGO partners in Europe to advocate for healthy and abundant oceans. She focuses on strategies to transform resource management to achieve productive and profitable fisheries in the EU. As part of these efforts, Britt serves as EDF’s primary representative in Europe, acting as a resource for policy makers and fishery managers.

Britt engages scientists, policy experts and others to analyze complex fishery management problems and develop strategies to eliminate overfishing, rebuild depleted fisheries and strengthen commercial and recreational communities through the adoption of rights-based management and other effective accountability measures.

Background

Britt has worked as an economist and policy specialist for 18 years and has analyzed issues ranging from economics and its role in biodiversity conservation to market analysis and climate policy. She began working at EDF in 2008, first as part of our Climate team, then as the Managing Director of EDF’s Office of Economic Analysis and Policy. She has been working with the Oceans program since 2011 as the program began to expand its work into Europe.

Britt holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Ghent and a Master’s in Law and Economics from the Universities of Hamburg, Ghent & Oxford.