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Torsten Thiele

Torsten Thiele

Honorary Fellow

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Torsten Thiele is an Affiliate Scholar at the Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS) , Germany, with a focus on ocean governance and finance, drawing on over 20 years’ experience in project and infrastructure finance with leading financial institutions. He is Founder of Global Ocean Trust, advises international bodies on ocean governance and policy, marine biodiversity and innovative blue finance and is a frequent conference speaker on ocean solutions. Recent publications address coastal infrastructure finance, nature-based solutions and innovative ocean funding mechanisms. Torsten holds graduate degrees from the universities of Cambridge, Bonn and Harvard.