Lauren Fearenga

Lauren Fearenga is a Chartered Biologist, Member of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM).

Before joining ITOPF in 2019, she worked on large infrastructure developments as a consultant ecologist and has an MSc by Research in Biology. Her master’s project studied the effects of anthropogenic noise on coral reef ecology in the context of Marine Protected Areas.

Lauren has attended incidents with ITOPF in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and delivered training to governments, inter-governmental agencies and other organisations in these regions. She also leads ITOPF’s Environmental Damage Working Group.

Lauren has been awarded the WISTA-ICS scholarship for 2026 to undertake the Foundation Diploma in Shipping and Shipping Law.