Blair is a modelling and flood risk specialist with over 17-years’ experience in flood risk and infrastructure design projects. Blair has worked on resilience, design, and environmental studies through Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Blair’s original master's degree was centered on coastal geomorphology and has since focused broadly on metocean design, resilience, and the environmental impact of coastal infrastructure.

Doug has a background in coastal management and engineering with particular expertise in the areas of coastal processes, coastal engineering and shoreline management, coastal hazard and risk assessment, disaster risk reduction, climate change and adaptation, environmental assessment, and community participation. The first ten years of his career was spent at HR Wallingford in the UK where he was involved in coastal management projects across the UK, Europe, Caribbean, South America and SE Asia.

Alessio Giardino is a climate adaptation and disaster risk management specialist with over 18 years’ experience of professional experience in the water sector, including both specialized consultancy and research. His current focus at ADB is on the development and implementation of innovative methodologies and techniques to enhance climate resilience in water projects.

Brett Sutton is an agronomist and environmental scientist with ADB PSOD's agribusiness investment team. He works to optimize development impact imparted by agribusiness investment and technical assistance projects, including through improving climate and disaster resilience of smallholder farmers and food supply chains.