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Altaf Iqbal

M&E Specialist/Economist/Financial Analyst, ACE Pvt Limited

Dr. Altaf Iqbal is an economist with over 35 years of international consulting experience across diverse projects, including agriculture, water management, and infrastructure development. He has excelled in developing policies, conducting institutional reforms, and performing economic evaluations.…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Angelique Songco

Protected Area Superintendent, Tubbataha Management Office, Philippines

After serving in the Armed Forces of the Philippines for five years, Angelique Songco worked as a diving professional on liveaboards boats in the Tubbataha Reefs for ten (10) years. She represented a local NGO in the multi-sectoral Tubbataha Protected Area Management Board. In 2001, she headed…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Anthony Green

IFRM Specialist, JBA Consulting

Dr. Anthony Green has over 35 years of professional experience in all forms of flood risk management in the UK in Asia. Tony has lived in the Mekong region since 2009 and manages the JBA office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tony graduated from Imperial College London in Civil Engineering and then…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Armine Yedigaryan

Safeguards Specialist (Environment), ADB

Armine Yedigaryan is an Environment Specialist representing ADB Office of Safeguards based in ADB HQ- Manila. She is involved in environmental safeguard management for projects in the Central and West Asia countries. Prior to joining ADB, she worked for 15 years on environmental assessment and…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Christian Wertli

Head of Infrastructure Solutions, SwissRe

​Christian Wertli is Head of Infrastructure Solutions and part of the Swiss Re Public Sector Solutions (PSS) team. The PSS team is dedicated to helping governments, government agencies as well as international organizations at all levels to strengthen their resilience strategies. In his role,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, 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 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ekhosuehi Iyahen

Secretary-General, Insurance Development Forum

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

Hanna Uusimaa

Senior Climate Change Specialist, PARD, ADB

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

Hayato Nakamura

JICA Expert, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

Experience: Working on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in various areas: from Governance incl financial institution, community based DRM, Information Dissemination of DRM, to Science based analysis. Dealing with engineering matters by coordinating various experts. Having experience…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jane Romero

Technical Assistance Officer, The Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility

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

Jane Toothill

Flood Risk and Insurance Specialist, JBA Risk Management

Dr. Jane Toothill holds a BSc and Ph.D. in natural hazard studies and has over 20 years of experience in the modelling of flood hazards to assess financial losses and to support the development of financial mechanisms, particularly in the insurance sector. Jane is JBA’s Director for its specialty…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals