Marilyn Larden

Director, UK Operations, Sustainable Travel International, UK

Marilyn Larden is the UK operations director of Sustainable Travel International (STI), a non-profit organisation with offices in the US and EU. With a career in the computer industry in senior sales and management roles; Marilyn is well equipped to understand corporate thinking and priorities. It also enabled her passion for travel, both for business and importantly for pleasure.

Shifting career in order to 'make a difference', and reaffirmed by a month long trip to South America, Marilyn began working for NGO's. She developed the national awareness-raising 'Taste for Life' exhibition at the Fairtrade Foundation, and whilst at the Campaign to Protect Rural England, was a national judge for the Calor Village of the Year.

Marilyn is a MBA and has a MSc in Environmental Sustainability, with experience that spans studying eco-tourism ventures in Wales, to standards auditing and the carbon offset market. She profoundly believes that 'good for business' and 'good for the planet' do not have to be at odds, which is actively pursued in her work at STI.