Green Queen Team
Sonalie Figueiras – Founder & Editor-in-Chief
AsiaGlobal Fellow 2025, 2021 Women of Power, 2019 GEN T Honouree, V Label Global Hero, and two-time TEDx Speaker: serial social entrepreneur and trends forecaster Sonalie Figueiras is a sustainability expert, food futurist, and eco-powerhouse. Known globally as the Green Queen, she is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Green Queen, the co-founder and CEO of organic sourcing platform Ekowarehouse and climate tech SaaS Source Green. Additionally, Sonalie is a global keynote speaker, an advisor to multiple mission-driven startups and NGOs, and a venture partner and advisor to several venture capital funds.
Anay Mridul, Lead Reporter
Anay is Green Queen’s resident news reporter. Originally from India, he worked as a vegan food writer and editor in London, and is now travelling and reporting from across Asia. He’s passionate about coffee, plant-based milk, cooking, eating, veganism, food tech, writing about all that, profiling people, and the Oxford comma.
Nicola Spalding, Future Food Weekly Newsletter Editor
Nicola Spalding is a trends analyst and content writer based in the UK. She has over ten years’ experience in UK and international retail, including a stint as a trend and innovation specialist for Morrisons supermarkets. A born foodie who loves words, it made sense for her to start writing about all the exciting innovation in the foodtech space.
Marlana Malerich, Climate Feed Program Manager
Marlana Malerich is a PhD candidate at University of Sussex Business School focused on the Plant-Based Industry in the U.K. and Europe. Prior to the PhD, she has worked over ten years at the intersection of food and sustainability, and has served as an adjunct assistant professor, focusing on animal agriculture and the future of protein.