Amer Bazl Khan is the founder and director of MaritimEA Research based in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a Maritime Archaeologist with 20 years experience working in Pakistan and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Amer has worked extensively on underwater archaeological site investigations, cultural heritage management, maritime heritage protection policy, marine protected area management, and regional capacity development initiatives. He is an expert member of the International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH), an international scientific committee for the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) that advises the UNESCO Secretariat in matters related to the 2001 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. He is also a member of the ICOMOS Pakistan National Committee. Amer has served on the Executive Council and as Vice President of the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology and is the South Asian regional representative for the Ocean Decade Heritage Network, a recognised partner of the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. He is also a member of the Maritime Archaeology Committee of the International Congress of Maritime Museums. Amer is an active scuba diver and enjoys exploring shipwrecks in his free time.