Martin Koehring

Martin brings over 20 years’ experience as a global sustainability, climate, and ocean expert, including more than a decade in senior leadership roles. Alongside his role as trustee at the New Economics Foundation, he serves on the board of the Marine Conservation Society, the UK’s leading ocean conservation charity. He is currently ocean and finance specialist at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), working with financial institutions to rebuild ocean prosperity, biodiversity, and health.

Previously, Martin was senior strategic expert in blue economy at the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), global director of impact at Forum for the Future, head of The Economist’s World Ocean Initiative, and practice lead for sustainability, climate change, and natural resources at Economist Impact.