Lyndon works to advance NBS in cities and communities to maximize outcomes for people and nature. He leads efforts to implement and scale nature-based and green infrastructure projects that improve water quality and provide local communities with climate resilience and other co-benefits. He collaborates closely with government agencies and the water sector, including utilities, researchers, and policymakers. Lyndon is a city and environmental planner who can work at multiple scales, from watershed-wide planning to site-specific design.

Erik is a senior project lead for TNC’s Nature for Water Facility, a specialist team that helps local programs analyze, develop, and execute NBS for water security. Erik led Nature for Water’s first project and has since directly supported 15 NBS programs worldwide with various detailed analyses. As a trained economist, he typically focuses on return on investment, economics, sustainable finance, and governance, as well as developing “program intelligence” analyses and dashboards. Before joining TNC, Erik worked at Pegasys, a management consultancy based in Cape Town.

Neka has multi-country experience in the processing and implementation of ADB-funded projects and technical assistance. She has been an independent financial consultant since 2018 covering various sectors with knowledge and experience in financial due diligence, fiduciary and governance assessment, financial and tariff modeling, and financial management capacity building. Before moving to individual consulting, she worked for over eight years for Deloitte Consulting Overseas Projects managing USAID-funded energy and governance programs.

Luc Verelst is an ICT/GIS specialist with more than 25 years of professional experience in the use of GIS, ICT, and Remote Sensing for Ecosystems Engineering and Asset Management. He has confirmed experience in designing irrigation Asset Management Systems in combination with irrigation modernization programs in the Philippines (ADB TA-9971) and Vietnam (ADB TA-9681) and irrigation asset inventorying in Tajikistan (Zarafshan basin, EU) and Afghanistan (Amu Darya Basin, EU) through extensive field surveys.

Tim Stats is a design and construction professional specializing in the delivery of resilient infrastructure in the Pacific.

He has been working as a Technical Assistance Officer for the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility, based in Suva, for the last three years coordinating work on Local Content, Improving Building Codes, and Value for Money in the Procurement of Pacific Infrastructure.

Dr Amit Chanan is an experienced senior executive with a career spanning over two decades within the international water industry and infrastructure services.

Ms.Selina Lekeleka joined Tonga Water Board in 2020 as an Executive Secretary and is now the Customer Service and Debt Collection Manager.  She has extensive experience in resource utilization and general business administration. In her current role she works closely with the Finance Team in collecting revenue.

Mr. Kre has been with Water PNG for the last 15 years attached to Operations Division and now Commercial Division.

His experience encompasses business management, strategic/tactical planning, resource utilization, revenue growth, cost reduction, and general administration of business centers.