Charlotte is responsible for implementing MAVA’s strategy for West Africa, overseeing all projects and partner relations in the region, and managing the regional office in Dakar. Together with the other Programme Directors and the Director-General, she manages MAVA’s overall project portfolio, including their global projects. Before joining MAVA in 2014, Charlotte worked with FIBA for a decade as the marine protected area programme coordinator supervising the establishment of the first regional network of marine protected areas in West Africa (RAMPAO). She holds a Master’s degree and a PhD in conservation biology from the University of Goettingen, Germany.