Queenette has over 10 years of professional experience across the public and private sectors in Africa and Europe, in the field of sustainability and environmental policy, governance advisory, legal and regulatory compliance, project management, litigation, research, and academia.
Some of her notable roles include serving on various United Nations–supported projects on climate change, maritime crime, and terrorism as a Federal Prosecutor with the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja. She also co-developed a regional fisheries co-management report for the Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in support of their Blue Economy Strategy. She also supported high-level dialogues on climate action, sustainability, and policy innovation at the 2022 Forum for Global Challenges and contributed to developing a compendium of solutions addressing global sustainability challenges.
Queenette has also engaged in global climate advocacy as a Max Thabiso Edkins Climate Ambassador with the World Bank’s Connect4Climate and the Global Youth Climate Network (GYCN), where she advocated for stronger sustainability policies at national and international levels. As a member of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s Now Generation Network (NGN), she actively engages in high-level policy discussions on governance and sustainable development across Africa.