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Ekhosuehi Iyahen is the Secretary-General of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a Public-Private Partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by the World Bank and the United Nations, aiming to enhance the use of insurance to build greater resilience against disasters and to help…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Finance, Private Sector
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Gopalakrishna Bhat is a hydrogeologist. He started his career as a geologist in Ladakh Projects of Geological Survey of India. For over three decades, he has worked on diverse issues including risk assessment, urban climate change resilience, and traditional water technologies such as Qanats &…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Gordon has retired from the USDA Forest Service after working there for 40 years as a Staff Engineer and Project Manager. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 1968, served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for two years, and then received a MS in Geotechnical Engineering from U.C.…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land
Gordon Prain is a social anthropologist and independent consultant who advises Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) Centers on issues related to urban and rural food systems and food security, gender, and agricultural change processes. Most recently he has been advising…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action
Hanna graduated from CSF's Economic Tools for Conservation course in 2009. Prior to ADB, she worked on climate and forest conservation at the Inter-American Development Bank.
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Ilyaz has spent over 20 years in the Insurance industry and has extensive experience in the placement and management of Insurance programs for Corporate clients in Fiji and globally.
He has a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking) from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of…
Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Isaac Anthony was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CCRIF SPC in January 2013. Previously, he served as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs & National Development in the Government of Saint Lucia. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Accounting…
Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Jane Romero is a Technical Assistance Officer in the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). Jane has an engineering and economics background and has worked in various aspects of infrastructure development in many countries in Asia and the Pacific for over 15 years. In her present role in…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Private Sector, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Jazira Asanova has over 20 years of experience, including 15 years with ADB as staff in East Asia Department, Central and West Asia Department, South Asia Department, and Strategy, Policy and Review Department (SPD). In SPD, she led development of ADB’s corporate results frameworks for…
Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Jerry Skees is the Executive Director of Global Parametrics and is also the primary founder and visionary behind Global Parametrics. With a career of 35 years as a professor of agricultural economics at the University of Kentucky, Jerry, and his previous firm, GlobalAgRisk, were at the forefront of…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action