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Rhea Katsanakis

Programme Management Officer, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Rhea is a Programme Management Officer at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Headquarters in Geneva. She is currently the Project Lead for the UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. She previously worked as a Tsunami Officer and Programme Officer in the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Richard Jones

Senior Scientific Officer, Met Office Hadley Centre

Prof. Richard Jones holds a PhD in Numerical Analysis (1984-1988) and a BSc in Mathematics (1980-1983) from Imperial College, United Kingdom. He was a post-doctoral research scientist at Oxford University from 1987 to 1990. Richard has been working at the Met Office since 1990. He has been a…

   Topic(s): ICT, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land

Richard Poulter

Chief Risk Officer, Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company

Richard Poulter is a disaster risk finance and insurance specialist with expertise in the design and implementation of financial strategies to build resilience against the effects of natural disasters in low and middle income countries. Richard is a qualified Fellow of the Institute & Faculty…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Robert Rout

Irrigation and Water Resource Management Specialist - Consultant, ADB

Bob Rout is an Irrigation and Water Resources Management specialist with more than 30 years of experience in developing countries, including countries in South Asia, South-East Asia, Central Asia, East Africa and Middle East. His irrigated agriculture experience includes work on community-based…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Robin Lim

Associate Integrity Officer, ADB

Robin Lim is a graduate of Accountancy and is a certified public accountant, certified fraud examiner and a certified internal auditor. He has more than 10 years in working experience in the field of audit and risk management aspects.

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Robin Takashi Lewis

Representative Director, Social Innovation Japan Co-Founder, mymizu

Robin is an award-winning social entrepreneur based in Japan, recently recognized by M.I.T. Technology Review in its inaugural "Top Innovators Under-35" Japan awards. He is Co-founder of mymizu - an initiative to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics and is also Co-founder of Social…

   Topic(s): Environment, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Roger Fairclough

Founder, Neo Leaf Global Limited

Roger Fairclough has 40 years of experience in infrastructure design, construction and government policy. This includes being a member of the Expert Panel for the National Climate Change Risk Assessment Framework for New Zealand, working for the National Infrastructure Unit within New Zealand…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Rohan Schaap

Director, Investigations Division (AIID), Asian Development Bank

    Rohan Schaap is the Director, Investigations Division (AIID), Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI).  As Director, AIID, he provides strategic direction and oversight of OAI’s integrity violation investigations function.  Rohan is a seasoned investigator and a…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Ronilda Co

Director IV, Department of Education, Philippines

Ronilda Co is the Director of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service, Department of Education, Philippines.  She graduated with a Master's degree in Urban Community Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 13: Climate Action

Roselle Rasay

Senior Social Development Officer (Civil Society and Participation), Asian Development Bank

Roselle Rasay has 16 years of experience in the Philippine civil society sector in citizen participation, governance, civic space, NGO management, capacity assessment and organizational development, mentoring and volunteer management, disaster risk reduction, and management and humanitarian…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 1: No Poverty