Marisha Nair is a passionate, curious and dynamic woman who likes to write about herself in the third person.

Graduating with a Bachelor of Communications in 2014, Marisha has over 4 years of marketing industry experience. She has held positions in digital marketing, advertising, events and media.

Marisha completed her Master of Human Rights in 2020, with distinction and currently has over 9 years of industry experience. With a focus on human rights and climate change she has completed roles in fundraising, advocacy, community development and programme management across various sectors, in Melbourne, Geneva, London, New York, Berlin and Asia at large.

Currently she works full-time as the Asia Senior Regional Program Manager for beVisioneers in Berlin, Germany with frequent travel to APAC.

In her spare time, Marisha likes to explore new places, learn Deutsch, volunteer, read sci-fi and hike.

Highlights Include:

  • Scaling the Largest Climate Fellowship in the World

    Starting at beVisioneers 6 months before it launched allowed me to develop high level strategy for all in person community and implement this on the ground. We have grown from 100 to 1,000 fellows and 9 to 76 countries globally, making beVisioneers the largest youth climate fellowship in the world. I have been with the program contributing valuable insights through my work and lived experience to provide cultural context and intersectionality to beVisioneers.

  • Multicultural Community Support

    In my role as Australian Program and Country (National) Manager for ygap, I has successfully led over 18 disadvantaged and culturally diverse founded small businesses, through ygap’s flagship Accelerator Program. I supported these ventures to grow and scale their business by providing knowledge, mentorship and grant funding.

  • Cultural Growth and Training

    In my role as a Cultural Development Officer, I grew the Wyndham Humanitarian Network from 5 to 35 stakeholders in under 9 months and re-designed and recruited 10 new members to a Multicultural Committee for at-risk disadvantaged youth. I also created and implemented a 5-part cultural diversity training for internal City Council staff.

  • Speeches at UN Human Rights Council

    I spoke at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, twice, to raise awareness of human rights abuses committed towards female Tamil Sri Lankan refugees.