2023

Sara Warden joined Czarnikow in 2021 as a commodity journalist after a brief period covering commodities and leveraged finance at several London-based news outlets. In the four years prior, Sara lived in Mexico City, where she worked as a bilingual journalist and editor across several key industries. Since joining Czarnikow, she has led the creation of content that uses data to present key trends related to agriculture and the food supply chain. She graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 2014 with joint honours in Journalism and Spanish and is currently studying a Master’s degree in Food Policy.

Alex has a wealth of expertise in the commercial and marketing sectors, as well as public services.

Her most recent role as Head of Marketing for NHS Blood and Transplant, focussed on engaging the public to support lifesaving blood and organ donation throughout the pandemic. Before that she was at Head of Marketing at Marks & Spencer, having worked across a number of categories during her time with the retailer, including produce, protein, hospitality, convenience and CSR policy with Plan A. She developed her FMCG experience at Ferrero working across a number of confectionery brands, including Kinder Chocolate and Ferrero Rocher.

She is also a board trustee for UFI VocTech Trust and Chair of their Ventures Committee a charitable trust which exists to further the development and adoption of technology to support vocational training.

Martin Koehring has recently joined Forum for the Future as Global Director of Impact. Before joining Forum, he held various leadership positions at Economist Impact, which is part of The Economist Group. He was the head of Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative, inspiring bold thinking, new partnerships and the most effective action to build a sustainable ocean economy. He also led Economist Impact’s Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources practice in the EMEA region and was the editorial lead of the award-winning Sustainability Project.

Martin’s previous roles at The Economist Group included managing editor, global health lead and Europe editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit. As part of my wider engagement on sustainability, he is a trustee of the New Economics Foundation (a think tank focusing on social, economic and environmental justice); sits on the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Inclusive Economies Advisory Group and the Sustainable Brands Turkey Global Advisory Board. He has also been a member of the Advisory Committee for the UN Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook for Business, a senior rapporteur at World Water Week, a faculty member in the Food & Sustainability Certificate Program provided by the European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability and a judge at the Reuters Events Responsible Business Awards.

Martin earned a bachelor of economic and social studies in international relations from Aberystwyth University and a master’s degree in diplomacy and international relations from the College of Europe.