Primary Job Title Mission Director & Chief Executive Primary Organization 
Nekton Foundation
Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Oliver Steeds is responsible for developing the mission strategy, running operations at sea and piloting one of the submersibles. He is a leading explorer, a critically acclaimed broadcast journalist, TV presenter and communications specialist having worked with NBC, ABC, Discovery Channel and Channel 4. His expeditions, reporting and adventures
have taken him to 100 countries and he’s the youngest explorer featured in ‘Faces of Exploration: Encounters with 50 Extraordinary Pioneers’. He is also the co-founder of Digital Explorer (www.digitalexplorer.com) and the Ocean’s Academy, set up to inform and engage young people in global environmental issues.
