My services
My work combines domain expertise in forests, land use, biodiversity and nature data with strategy, stakeholder engagement and delivery. I’m most useful where several disciplines, teams or interests need to come together around something new.
1. Assessment, strategy and delivery
Need a clearly scoped starting point?
Explore the Independent Cross-Functional Review :
A focused 5–6 day review for initiatives where several teams, disciplines or stakeholders need to line up.
Cross-functional assessmentreview
I look across new or changing initiatives to identify where risk is building between workstreams — for example where objectives, evidence, stakeholder expectations, commercial assumptions and delivery plans do not line up.
The focus is not on replacing specialist assessments, but on identifying the gaps between them: unclear assumptions, conflicting incentives, weak ownership, evidence that does not support the intended claim, or differences between what is planned and what can realistically be delivered.
This can be useful before further investment or scale, or during delivery when several teams are moving but nobody has a clear view across the whole initiative.
What you receive:
A clear view of the main cross-functional risks, gaps and dependencies
Priorities for what needs to be resolved, tested or clarified
Recommendations on ownership and next steps
Example mandates:
Stress-testing a new programme, product or initiative before further investment or rollout
Identifying misalignment between scientific, commercial, stakeholder and delivery workstreams
Reviewing whether evidence, claims and operational reality support each other
Providing independent input during implementation where risks are emerging between teams or stakeholders
Strategy development support and roadmapping
Bringing structure and shared direction to early stage or transitioning initiatives — creating effective workplans with clear prioritisation, governance and accountability. Useful when things are moving but direction isn't fully settled, or when you're building something new and need a solid foundation before committing resources.
What you receive:
A prioritising strategy and roadmap with aligned governance and accountability frameworks.
Example mandates:
Strengthening theory-of-change and impact logic
Aligning strategy, narrative and operational planning
Supporting leadership in defining trade-offs and priorities
Structuring governance and accountability frameworks for early-stage initiatives
Workstream leadership and programme delivery
For initiatives or teams that need more than advice: I embed as a senior workstream lead, own the delivery process, manage stakeholder coordination, and keep the programme moving through the execution phase. I operate as an extension of senior management — working with your existing specialists, not over them. This includes in-person presence where it matters: site visits, team sessions, and stakeholder meetings on the ground. This is ongoing engagement, not a one-off.
Example mandates:
Leading interdisciplinary nature-based solutions workstreams within developer, investor or platform teams
Structuring governance, accountability and delivery models in early-stage initiatives
Identifying bottlenecks and resolving cross-functional misalignment across science, operations and commercial strategy
2. Communications & facilitation
You are active across countries?
I work with you in Spanish, English and German, and can understand your team from Brazil.
Stakeholder engagement, facilitation & communication
Building communication architecture for complex initiatives - from investor-facing narratives to internal alignment, community engagement and reputation risk management. A particular focus on translating across the supply chain: helping demand-side actors understand what supply looks like in practice, and helping project developers communicate credibly to markets. I work in English, Spanish and German, which matters when the story needs to land on both sides of the supply chain.
What you receive:
A communication framework including master narrative, key messages, reputation management FAQs and guidance for your communications team to implement.
Example mandates:
Structuring multi-strand project narratives - distinguishing what is operational today, what is planned, and how the components connect
Supporting business positioning, pitch decks and investor-facing materials
Bridging communication between project developers and international capital or buyers, including Latin America
Stakeholder alignment & systems facilitation
Navigating difficult stakeholder environments: mapping and aligning the people and incentives that determine whether delivery works. I design and run engagement processes, manage expectations across diverse groups, and help translate between communities, technical teams, investors and regulators. This work is often best done in person: I travel to projects and meetings where direct presence changes the dynamic.
What you receive:
A stakeholder map and engagement matrix - identifying who influences what, where alignment gaps sit, and how to approach each group.
Example mandates:
Mapping stakeholder ecosystems and identifying alignment gaps and friction points
Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes across communities, investors, technical teams and regulators
Supporting community engagement and FPIC processes in Latin America and internationally
3. Nature intelligence, standards, and markets
Nature intelligence, monitoring & impact logic
Helping you choose biodiversity indicators, data sources and monitoring approaches that are scientifically sound, operationally feasible and useful for the decisions you need to make.
Good monitoring starts with a clear theory of change and impact logic: understanding what you're trying to achieve, what needs to be measured to know if it's working, and what the data can realistically tell decision-makers.
Part of this work is helping teams understand the trade-offs between different types of evidence — from existing datasets and remote sensing to site-level monitoring — including differences in scale, cost, robustness and what each can credibly support.
Where useful, I visit sites to understand monitoring realities on the ground: not just what the data says, but what it takes to collect it.
What you receive:
A monitoring or nature-data framework and methodology assessment, covering theory of change, indicator selection, evidence requirements and operational feasibility.
Example mandates:
Developing or reviewing theory of change and impact logic for nature and land-based initiatives
Assessing biodiversity data, monitoring technologies and digital tools against ecological relevance and delivery feasibility
Stress-testing whether data quality and granularity are appropriate for the intended decision, use case or claim
Bridging product development, scientific teams, technical teams and user or market needs
Standards, assurance & market orientation
Helping organisations navigate new territory where nature, standards, evidence and commercial delivery start to overlap.
This can include established forestry, certification or land-based organisations moving into areas such as ecosystem services, biodiversity, carbon, nature data or new impact and assurance-related offers. I help teams understand how new ambitions connect with existing systems, what evidence and credibility questions need to be resolved, and where different workstreams or stakeholder expectations need to line up.
I also provide structured orientation for teams entering voluntary carbon, biodiversity and wider nature markets: how the markets work, the role of standards and certification, where the main integrity debates sit, and what matters for the organisation's particular context.
Example mandates:
Supporting forestry, certification or land-based organisations exploring new ecosystem-services, biodiversity, carbon or nature-data offers
Helping teams understand how new standards, evidence requirements or impact claims connect with existing operations and stakeholders
Orienting leadership and investment teams on voluntary carbon and biodiversity markets, standards and integrity debates
Supporting teams entering nature finance to ask the right questions and understand where the main risks and credibility issues sit
Mapping how projects and producers connect with corporate buyers, certification systems and capital flows
"Stefanie’s extensive knowledge on biodiversity and monitoring methods as well as market knowledge meant we could execute a fantastic pilot that is proving to yield exciting results."
COO, nature restoration company*
To get a better idea of how I can help you in specific situations, have a look at my case studies of how I work with clients.
I work with you in the format the work needs.
From a focused sprint or workshop to a longer project or ongoing support.