Meet our staff
Marco Vinaccia
Expert, Climate Change
Anna Sinisalo
Principal Expert, Polar and Climate
Romain Langeard
Expert, Marine Governance (Consultant)
Carina Thomassen
Associate Expert, Waste and Marine Litter
Clever Mafuta
Head of Programme, Waste and Marine Litter
Maria Tsakona
Senior Expert, Waste and Marine Litter (Consultant)
Jan-Gunnar Winther
Chair
Edward Hinkle
Communications Officer, Production and Communications Office
Alicia Medina Villanueva
Intern
Steven Lutz
Senior Programme Officer, Blue Carbon Lead
Trista Patterson
Principal Expert, Economics
Eirin Husabø
Heidi Pearson
Fulbright Scholar working with the Blue Carbon
Tina Schoolmeester
Head of Programme, Polar and Climate
Miles Macmillan-Lawler
Chief Scientific Officer
Lars Kullerud
President of the University of the Arctic (UArctic)
Oda Bortheim Mulelid
Research Assistant, Polar and Climate
Laurent Fouinat
Senior Expert, Polar and Climate
Louise Lieberknecht
Senior Expert, Marine Sustainability (Consultant)
Louis Pille-Schneider
Elaine Baker
Senior Expert, Marine Sciences (Consultant, University of Sydney)
Thomas Maes
Senior Scientist (Consultant)
Richard Dacosta
Senior Expert in Marine Governance (Consultant)
Kari Johansen
Natalia Skripnikova
Expert, Transboundary Governance and Environmental Crime
Hasan Abbas
Senior Animator, Production and Communications Office, Deputy Staff elected Board member
Magnus Tannerfeldt
Board Member
Jock Martin
Anette Sørensen
Chief Cultural Officer
Helga Kleiven
Deputy Chair to the board
Rob Barnes
Senior Outreach Coordinator, Production and Communications Office
Sabrina Heerema
Polar Communications Officer
Akvile Rusteikaite
Procurement Coordinator
Lucas Plummer
Elena van Doorn
Project Communications Officer
Valentin Emelin
Head of Programme, Transboundary Governance and Environmental Crime
Torill Sæterøy
Head of Programme Marine Environment
Paige Eikeland
Expert (Polar & Climate)
Dave Messing
Expert, Waste and Marine Litter
Olivia Rempel
Digital Video Expert, Production and Communications Office
Tiina Kurvits
Senior Specialist, Ecosystem Management (Consultant)
Helena Rodrigues
Intern, Ecosystems and Communities Programme
Mona Edvardsen
Project Financial Controller
Louis Dorémus
Intern, Polar and Mountain Programme
Elisabeth Berglihn
Lars Stordal
Senior Expert, Waste and Marine Litter, Staff elected Board member
Ieva Rucevska
Senior Expert
Christina Tofte
Janet Skaalvik
Head of Project Support Office
Remco Lameijer
Associate Expert, Production and Communications Office
Mario Caña Varona
Expert, Ocean Governance
Guendalina De Luigi
Communications Officer, Expert, Production and Communications Office
Kristina Thygesen
Senior Expert, Geological Resources and Ocean Governance
Georgios Fylakis
GIS and Cartography, Production and Communications Office
Riyong Kim
Marita Dahl
Administration Coordinator
Mochamad Septiono
Guri Enodd Hope
Lorna Little
Head of Production and Communications Office
Svein Rasmussen
Expert, Production and Communications Office
Gro Njølstad Slotsvik
Expert, Marine Environment
Maria Dalby
Head of Media Relations
Cecilie Mauritzen
Ramia Al Khaldi
Assistant
Jessica Fuller
Expert
Helene Svendsen
Per-Ståle Edvardsen
Chief Financial Officer
Kristal Ambrose
Patricia Arenas
Beate Nossum
Aditya Narsapurkar
Consultant
Laura Puikkonen
Karoline Andaur
Chair of the Board
Yannick Beaudoin
Kaja Fjærtoft
Lucile Génin
Intern, Environmental Crime
Thirze Hermans
Malena Hesping
Nienke Meeuwissen
Elodie Melanie
Elise Moret
Nicole Rokicki
Tom Skarning
Juliane Vatter
Jacqueline Vervik
Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez
Tobias Gunn
Petter Sevaldsen
Graphic Designer, Production and Communications Office