The Lisbon Oceanarium, Europe?s largest informational and educational space on the oceans, is operated by a foundation launched by Portugal?s Dos Santos family. Image by Paulo Maxim
Claudio de Sanctis, the new Global Head of Wealth Management at Deutsche Bank, has been passionate about the oceans since he was young. He now sees the blue economy ? the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth ? as a major and necessary target for investments. LUX speaks with him to discover why
Claudio de Sanctis
LUX: How did your interest in ocean conservation arise"

Claudio de Sanctis: It?s something that goes back to my childhood. I was brought up in Italy and school summers there are very long. I spent a good portion of that time in the water snorkelling and skin diving in the Mediterranean and I developed an incredibly strong connection to the sea and the life in it. You carry forward that passion for animals and life in the sea; and then, if you are 47 as I am now and you are still spending your holidays diving in the sea with your family, you witness first-hand the changes that have gone on. You have this passion, you have witnessed this crisis, and there is a part of you that says something needs to be done. Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
LUX: You have personally noticed the environmental changes in the sea"

Claudio de Sanctis: One hundred per cent. If you don?t dive or spend time underwater, the ocean may seem like a beautiful, big, blue expanse an...