Marco Lambertini is the Convener of the Nature Positive Initiative.
Marco was WWF International Director General (2014-2022) and Special Envoy (2023). Before joining WWF he was Global Director of Network and Programme and subsequently CEO of BirdLife International.
Marco’s experience and career ranges from ecological field research to high level advocacy and international policy, nature reserve management, integrated conservation and development projects, environmental education, NGO development, communications and campaigning, in many countries all over the world.
Marco is a member of:
- the China Council (CCICED),
- the UNILEVER Sustainability Advisory Council,
- the Board of Directors for the Fondation Prince Albert II of Monaco,
- the Board of Directors of the MedFund,
- a Distinguished Fellow of the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability,
- Advisory Board member of the European Business & Biodiversity Platform
- former co-chair and now Board member of the Belt and Road Initiative Greening Coalition,
- a founding member of the Nature Action Agenda and the Friends of Ocean Action at WEF,
Marco is the lead author of the recently published book “Becoming Nature Positive; transitioning to a safe and just future” (2025, Earthscan Routledge, London) and Executive Director of the film ‘Becoming Nature Positive’ (2026, Open Planet Studios).