Martin Koehring | Development Finance & Sustainable Finance

Aquaculture: The role of seafood in creating sustainable food future

Martin Koehring is a development and sustainable finance leader working at the intersection of capital systems, environmental sustainability and international development.

He currently serves as Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Centre for Private Finance in Development at ODI Global, where he works on how private capital can be mobilised more effectively to support sustainable development outcomes.

Over more than 20 years, he has held senior roles across multilateral institutions, think tanks and global initiatives. Most recently, he served as Ocean & Finance Specialist at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), contributing to the development of innovative ocean finance mechanisms including the One Ocean Finance Facility and the BBNJ Finance Advisory Group linked to implementation of the High Seas Treaty.

Previously, he held senior and leadership roles at The Economist Group, Forum for the Future and UNIDO. He currently serves as Trustee of the Marine Conservation Society and the New Economics Foundation.