Michael Lodge

Michael W. Lodge has been Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) since 2016.

He graduated from the University of East Anglia with an LLB, and completed an MSc in marine policy at the London School of Economics. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn.

As Secretary-General of the ISA, Lodge is steering negotiations on what would be the first international regulatory framework for deep sea mining. He has been accused by some diplomats of pushing them to accelerate the commencement of deep sea mining.