Mark Opel

Finance Lead - CAMPAIGN FOR NATURE

Mark is an independent conservation finance consultant. Currently serving as Finance Lead for the Campaign for Nature, which advocates for protecting at least 30% of the planet by 2030, mobilizing financial resources to ensure protected areas are effectively managed and approaching biodiversity conservation in a way that fully integrates and respects Indigenous leadership and Indigenous rights. He has led CFN’s finance and resource mobilization efforts since 2018. Mark recently served as finance adviser to the Frankfurt Zoological Society, helping develop Legacy Landscapes initiative, with goal to provide long-term funding to protected areas in developing countries that achieve measurable biodiversity outcomes.