Natalya Kharadi is an environmental economist at eftec with eight years’ experience. She has been involved in nearly one hundred projects with a primary focus on applying the natural capital approach to ecosystem service valuation, natural capital accounting, and policy appraisal and evaluation. 

Natalya works with both the public and private sector managing the development of natural capital accounts across a range of sectors, scales, and management scenarios. She led the production of the first regional UN SEEA-EA aligned ecosystem accounts in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories (DPLUS109) and co-chairs the associated ecosystem accounting network. She regularly coaches and trains clients on natural capital accounting processes (BSI 8632/UN SEEA-EA) and using economic valuation evidence in decision-making. 

Natalya is heavily involved in research and development of novel ecosystem services assessments and methodologies (e.g., outdoor tourism and leisure for ONS), and uses this evidence in appraising and evaluating management actions in the terrestrial and marine environment. She has developed tools and frameworks with accompanying guidance for various end-users (e.g., NCRAT for the Environment Agency).

Natalya holds an MSc in Sustainable Development and Environmental Economics (with distinction) from the University of St. Andrews and a BSc in Economics with Econometrics from the University of Kent. She works both in English and Swedish. She is a Member of the College of Experts at the The Office for Environmental Protection (2023-present).