Her Majesty’s Ambassador Laure Beaufils is currently the British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau. She was the Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa of the Department of International Development from 2019 to 2021 and the Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria from 2017 to 2019. Previously she was the head of the UK Department of International Development in Rwanda from August 2014 to February 2017. 

Shantanu Mitra is a Development economist with strategic leadership and management experience. His specialties are economic policy, public finance, health economics, climate change, evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, international aid policy, programme, and people management.

Shaila Shahid, an environmental lawyer from Dhaka, Bangladesh, serves on the advisory board for Tomorrow's Cities, the Urban Disaster Risk Hub, tackling climate and disaster risks for the urban poor. She also advances gender inclusivity in climate action as a GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice board member. Her expertise extends to her role as Senior Advisor to the Pittachhara Forest & Biodiversity Conservation Initiative and her involvement with the National Alliance for Drowning Prevention (NADP).

Christina Kwauk is a gender, education, and climate specialist. She is co-editor of Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action: Toward an SDG 4.7 Roadmap for Systems Change and co-author of “The new green learning agenda: Approaches to quality education for climate empowerment.”