Zihan is a youth climate advocate with the Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He is the Co-Lead of the COP26 Global Youth Statement, a representative and inclusive climate policy document drafted in consultation with more than 40,000 young people from more than 135 countries around the world. Hailing from Shanghai and Singapore, he serves as the Regional Youth Focal Point (Eastern and South-Eastern Asia) for the United Nations International Federation of Youth (UN1FY) for Water and Climate.

Fiorella (Lala) joined the World Bank as a senior water supply and sanitation specialist in Manila in 2020. She is leading the Metro Manila flood management project and is also working on all water-related initiatives of the Bank. Prior to joining the Bank, she has worked for more than 20 years in the water private sector in the Philippines.

Jude has over 20-years’ planning experience in identification, concept and design, and implementation of international multidisciplinary projects in the public and private sector. Over the last nine years Jude has worked with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and has been responsible for sovereign operations in urban development, climate resilience, energy, transportation, and housing sectors. During that period, he has served project processing and administration in the Pacific, Central West and Asia, and South Asia.

Nijhof has extensive experience in the worlds of both government and business. As the Director-General of Water at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (now Infrastructure and Water Management), she was responsible for water policy in the Netherlands. She then turned her hand to a business career as the CEO of consultancy and engineering firm Tauw. Presently, she is figurehead Top Sector Water & Maritiem and chair of the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP).

Dr. Barry Hankin is JBA’s Head of Environmental Modelling specializing in integrated modelling across urban-green and NBS.  He is an award-winning expert in modelling NBS, and a widely published co-investigator on the Natural Environment Research Council (UK) NBS research program.  Using his unique combination of skills in whole-system modelling and integrated risk analysis, he has evaluated the resilience of measures to enhance natural capital across urban and rural areas at local and national scales.

Dr. John H. Matthews is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), a global network developing, crowd-sourcing, and mainstreaming the emerging practice of climate resilience, especially with regard to water management. His work blends technical and policy knowledge for climate adaptation and water management for practical implementation.