INTRODUCTION
Victoria Marsom is an experienced activist and trustee with more than twenty years’ leadership across environmental justice, political campaigning and the cultural sector. She is Interim Director of Communities & Networks at Friends of the Earth, part of the organisation’s senior leadership team delivering its environmental justice strategy. Her remit includes national campaigning, major‑donor engagement, coalition partnerships and oversight of large teams supporting hundreds of community action groups across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. She plays a central role in multi‑million‑pound fundraising bids and frequently represents the organisation in high‑profile donor, media and stakeholder settings.
Previously, Victoria served as Head of England at Friends of the Earth, where she led regional teams and national community‑campaigning programmes. She directed the organisation’s successful campaign against the Whitehaven Coal Mine, integrating legal strategy, community mobilisation and complex coalition management.
Victoria brings significant political experience, having managed winning parliamentary by‑elections and served on the Liberal Democrat Federal Board, where she contributed to national communications and election strategy. Internationally, she was a lead trainer for the Africa Liberal Network Women’s Leadership Programme, developing leadership, campaigning and fundraising training and supporting political development in Botswana.
She is an active cultural‑sector leader as a Trustee of the Birmingham Rep Theatre, where she champions sustainability, governance and youth leadership. She supported the Rep to declare a climate emergency and achieve Green Book Intermediate status