Martin is a passionate advocate of the power of digital systems and impact communications to empower grassroots organizations to share their stories, connect with like-minded change-makers, foster a unified movement for change, and accelerate their impact. Committed to community-led conservation for over 20 years, he is an award-winning writer, published and exhibited photographer, digital designer, front-end developer, and experienced multi-channel marketer.

Martin has a Ph.D. in climate change adaptation and conservation policy from the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, focusing on advanced GIS and socio-ecological modeling, working with stakeholders at multiple scales, from site practitioners to international policymakers. His research and teaching on conservation and environmental management took him around the world, from the peat swamps of Kalimantan to community forests in West Africa to living for a year off-grid with the Payamino community in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Before Maliasili, Martin spent ten years as a senior leader within the international marine conservation social enterprise Blue Ventures, where he built the digital and communications team – playing a central role in the incredible journey of growth they pursued while transforming stories of their work from across their international teams into a wide variety of interactive digital and print media – websites, blogs, photo stories and more – leading Blue Ventures’ open source approach to proactively raise the voices and build the capacity of the coastal communities they work with. Martin is a solutions-oriented, calm, pragmatic and nurturing leader, committed to the well-being and success of his team while remaining driven by the urgency and scale of our mission.