Meet our staff
Magnus Tannerfeldt
Board Member
Karen Martinez-Swatson
Senior Expert Climate Impact
Trista Patterson
Principal Expert, Economics
Miles Macmillan-Lawler
Chief Scientific Officer
Marita Dahl
Administration Coordinator
Jan-Gunnar Winther
Chair
Heidi Pearson
Fulbright Scholar working with the Blue Carbon
Otto Simonett
Cecilie Mauritzen
Louis Dorémus
Intern, Polar and Mountain Programme
Louis Pille-Schneider
Natalie Mangondo
Sustainable Finance for Nature Lead, Staff elected Board member
Helena Rodrigues
Intern, Ecosystems and Communities Programme
Maria Dalby
Strategic Lead Communication and Media
Jock Martin
Maria Tsakona
Senior Expert, Waste and Marine Litter (Consultant)
Steven Lutz
Strategic Lead Fundraising Lead
Mona Edvardsen
Project Financial Controller
Beate Nossum
Kari Johansen
Riyong Kim
Malena Hesping
Christina Tofte
Lucas Plummer
Intern
Helga Kleiven
Deputy Chair to the board
Romain Langeard
Expert, Marine Governance
Kristina Thygesen
Senior Expert, Geological Resources and Ocean Governance
Elaine Baker
Senior Expert, Marine Sciences (Consultant, University of Sydney)
Thomas Maes
Senior Scientist (Consultant)
Clever Mafuta
Impact Lead - Pollution
Tina Schoolmeester
Strategic Lead Innovation Project Development
Richard Dacosta
Senior Expert in Marine Governance
Guendalina De Luigi
Communications Advisor
Anette Sørensen
Human Resources Lead
Lars Stordal
Strategic Lead External Relations and Policy
Nienke Meeuwissen
Elodie Melanie
Oda Bortheim Mulelid
Research Assistant, Polar and Climate
Liana McManus
Consultant Project Coordinator
Mochamad Septiono
Expert
Eirin Husabø
Expert, Pollution
Guri Enodd Hope
Carina Thomassen
Associate Expert, Waste and Marine Litter
Hasan Abbas
Art Lead
Rob Barnes
Creative Lead
Elisabeth Berglihn
Expert, Waste and Marine Litter
Per-Ståle Edvardsen
Chief Financial Officer
Paige Eikeland
Expert (Polar & Climate)
Laurent Fouinat
Senior Expert, Polar and Climate
Tiina Kurvits
Senior Specialist, Ecosystem Management
Karen Landmark
Managing Director
Louise Lieberknecht
Senior Expert, Marine Sustainability (Consultant)
Akvile Rusteikaite
Procurement Coordinator
Swati Sambyal
Principal Expert - Pollution
Janet Skaalvik
Lead Project Support Office
Tobias Gunn
Sabrina Heerema
Senior Expert
Edward Hinkle
Content Producer
Lars Kullerud
President of the University of the Arctic (UArctic)
Elsa Lindevall
Intern, Marine Spatial Planning
Laura Puikkonen
Olivia Rempel
Videographer
Ieva Rucevska
Senior Expert, Deputy Staff elected Board member
Helene Svendsen
Elena van Doorn
Project Communications Officer