Martin Koehring - Global Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Member | TEDx Speaker | I help create multi-stakeholder partnerships & impactful research on 🌏 Climate 🌏 Nature 🌏 Blue Economy

Remembering Lord Bob Kerslake

Along with my fellow trustees and staff of the New Economics Foundation I am heartbroken by the news that our wonderful chair, Lord Bob Kerslake, has passed away after a short battle with cancer.

I joined the board of NEF in 2022. As chair of NEF’s board Bob immediately made me feel welcome and valued my contributions. I got to know him as an empathetic and inclusive leader with a deep passion and commitment to positive economic, social and environmental change. His leadership and mentorship will be sorely missed. I will strive to work with the other board members to build on Bob’s great contribution to NEF.

In memory of our chair, Lord Bob Kerslake. His absence will be felt deeply by all of us. Read NEF’s obituary here.

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Martin is a global ocean, climate and sustainability expert and futurist with 20+ years of experience. His recent roles include Global Director of Impact at the international sustainability NGO Forum for the Future, Head of The Economist’s World Ocean Initiative, Practice Lead for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources at Economist Impact (The Economist Group), Senior Strategic Expert in Blue Economy for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Director/Trustee of both the people-powered think tank New Economics Foundation and the Marine Conservation Society (the largest marine conservation charity in the UK).

A prolific global speaker, Martin has chaired the World Ocean Summit since 2019 and has spoken at other major global events such as London Climate Action Week, Climate Week NYC, Economist Sustainability Week, edie, COP26/World Biodiversity Summit, World Water Week, Blue Earth, Sustainable Foods, the World Green Economy Summit and the UN Ocean Conference.

Martin is known for accelerating the growth and impact of the World Ocean Initiative, helping to establish Economist Impact’s Sustainability Project (winner of a Webby Award for “Best Writing – Editorial”), serving as project director for the award-winning Food Sustainability Index, and giving a TEDx talk on “How a just & regenerative mindset can help us navigate the polycrisis”.

Martin is open to consulting and speaking opportunities.

Martin Koehring - Global Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Member | TEDx Speaker | I help create multi-stakeholder partnerships & impactful research on 🌏 Climate 🌏 Nature 🌏 Blue Economy

Martin’s TEDx talk about the power of mindset shifts

Remembering Lord Bob Kerslake

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