Marcus joined the FAIRR Initiative in September 2025. As the Interim Director of the Investor Outreach team, he is responsible for the development and implementation of a global investor outreach strategy to strengthen and expand FAIRR's investor network.
Working at FAIRR
Marcus leads FAIRR's Investor Outreach activities to ensure that the investment community is aware of the risks and opportunities in the global food system and how to integrate them into their investment decision-making processes. This includes activities aiming to integrate investor priorities across FAIRR teams and into FAIRR’s offering, strengthening FAIRR's presence across different countries, tailoring FAIRR’s offer to the needs of asset owners and asset managers based on regional priorities and acting as spokesperson for the organisation on topics related to investor priorities in the food and agriculture sector.
Experience
Marcus brings nearly twenty years of experience in sustainable supply chains and finance. Most recently, he was the ESG lead for the consumer staples sector at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Before his career in responsible investment, he held strategy and operations positions at H&M, Waitrose, and Primark, where he was responsible for sustainable supply chains in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Marcus holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics.
