Marie-Louise Skafte Martin

Biography

Marie-Louise Skafte is the founder of Skafte Global Law, P.A., a boutique consulting firm. She is licensed to practice law in Canada, the United States and England with over 20 years of success across the transportation, aviation, financial services, marine container leasing and logistics industries as well as supporting professional services firms. She serves as Consultant and provides general advice to global companies, executive management teams and acts as outside General Counsel.

Prior to forming the firm, Marie-Louise worked in San Francisco as Vice President – Global General Counsel, Head of HR and Corporate Compliance with The Cronos Group leading teams in 19 countries. She also worked for Deutsche Post DHL, with operations in 220 countries holding the position of General Counsel for Canada. She has previously held key management positions for DHL Express (USA), Inc., American President Lines Limited, MasTec, Inc., and the Massachusetts Port Authority.

Marie-Louise obtained a JD from Suffolk University Law School, a BA in Labor/Management Relations & Business from the University of Toronto and Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell University, where she earned academic and athletic scholarships.

She serves on various boards, has received numerous industry awards. Marie-Louise is also a commercial pilot and resides in Florida with her husband Roger Martin.