The Marine Biodiversity Hub is hosted by the University of Tasmania – which has a signed Funding Agreement with the Australian Government through the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (previously Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts).

STEERING COMMITTEE
Chair
Ian Cresswell - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship

Members
Nic Bax - University of Tasmania (Director)
Colin Buxton - Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute/UTAS*
Charlton Clark - Assistant Secretary, Temperate Marine Conservation Branch, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Clinton Foster - Geoscience Australia
David Galeano - Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Ian Kean - Sustainable Tourism CRC
Ghislaine Llewellyn - World Wildlife Fund-Australia
Mark McCallum - Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Limited
Ian Poiner - Australian Institute of Marine Science
Gail Richey - Commonwealth Fisheries Association
Ilona Stobutzki - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Roles and responsibilities

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Chair
Nic Bax - University of Tasmania (Director)

Members
Brendan Brooke - Geoscience Australia, Canberra
Daniel Gledhill - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Hobart
Colin Buxton/Neville Barrett - Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute/UTAS*,  Hobart
Peter Doherty - Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville
Michaela Guest  - Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Hobart (Knowledge Broker)
Roland Pitcher - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Cleveland
Vicki Randell - University of Tasmania, Hobart (Executive Officer)
Keith Sainsbury - University of Tasmania, Hobart (Science Advisor)
Chris Wilcox - CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Hobart

* Note:
In 2010, the University of Tasmania (UTAS) established the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, which includes the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute - https://www.imas.utas.edu.au/