Appointed from 8 April 2024 to 7 April 2029.
More about Wez Norris
Wez is a career fisheries professional, with 25 years’ experience working in numerous fisheries from small scale hand collectibles to prawn trawl and industrial tuna fisheries.
He was recently appointed for his second term as the Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, a role that he has filled since 2019.
Prior to taking up the CEO role, Wez worked in Queensland and in the Pacific, where he spent 5 years as the Deputy Director-General at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, in the Solomon Islands.
Wez’s focus is on organisational leadership of AFMA to ensure that Commonwealth fisheries management is fit-for-purpose in the changing marine and geopolitical environment to ensure the correct balance between sustainability and economic returns to the Australian community.
Wez has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Natural Systems and Wildlife Management from the University of Queensland.