Quentin Marchais

Focus

Quentin Marchais joined ClientEarth in October 2019, having worked in the marine environmental NGO sector for the past five years.

Quentin has been working in the environmental field for close to 10 years, mainly specialising on ocean policy and governance as well as seafood supply chains. Quentin worked in and led ClientEarth’s seafood team for 5 years, and subsequently took on a senior advisor position in the organisation, helping to build its strategy on Food Systems and the ocean.

In his free time, Quentin aim to spend as much time in, or on the ocean, kitesurfing and diving.

Experience

Originally from France, Quentin started his career in the financial sector, developing remote greenfield micro-finance institutions in Namibia and Mozambique. 

Previously, he worked at Fauna & Flora International as the Marine Programme Manager for the Americas and Caribbean region where he was overseeing a range of projects in Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua, working in close collaboration with local NGOs and government institutions. He started his career in the financial sector, developing remote greenfield micro-finance institutions in Namibia and Mozambique.

Education

He holds a Masters in Management and Finance and a Masters in Environmental and Sustainable Development.

There is increasing awareness of the threats of human activities on nature and people. In many instances however, actions to enforce increased environmental justice are still scant and the acceptance of the status quo is still the norm. Working at ClientEarth, an organisation that unites law, policy research and science, is a unique chance to participate in constructively challenging this status quo and proposing alternative solutions to systematic degradation.