Ms. Charlyn Pendang has worked with various UN agencies. As HOCCI city coordinator, Ms. Pendang is in charge of supporting city governments and their local stakeholders to facilitate project activities such as planning workshops, technical charrettes, consultations and training, data gathering and validation, and meetings to ensure agile and demand-driven cooperation systems to demonstrate locally customized actions to reduce marine plastic litter and advance circular plastics economy.

Brahm Prakash is a development and management professional from India with an academic background in commerce, economics, and education. He graduated from the University of Toronto (1976) with a Ph.D., and has since been engaged in teaching, research, policy analysis and training in a number of institutions, including the Asian Development Bank (1990-2004). He has many publications and has worked with a number of multilateral and national agencies.

Mr. Billy Fairburn leads the management and development of BirdLife’sCommunities and Livelihoods work-stream. He supports the Regional Flyway Initiative as a technical expert in capacity needs assessment. Billy has a strong track record in capacity assessment, strategic planning, and organizational strengthening. He supports stakeholders in building capacity to deliver high impact, sustainable conservation across Africa and Asia.