MA Jun
Ma Jun published his book “China’s Water Crisis” in 1999. In 2004, he was selected for the Yale World Fellows Program. In 2006, he founded the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), and led the development and launch of China’s first environmental public database, as well as the Blue Map, a mobile app that […]
Allison George
Allison George is an internationally recognised mining and resources executive and board-level adviser, specialising in geopolitics, sustainability and responsible resource governance, with more than 20 years’ experience across Africa, EMEA, Latin America and Asia. Her career includes senior public- and private-sector roles with the World Bank, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the Tony […]
Isabelle Ramdoo
Isabelle Ramdoo is the Director of the IISD-hosted Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development (IGF). She is responsible for overseeing the Secretariat’s operations and executing its mission. An economist with over 25 years of experience in trade and industrial policies, Ramdoo has extensive expertise in trade negotiations across Eastern and Southern Africa. […]
Claudia Peña
Claudia A. Peña, is an Accredited Verifier, member of the International EPD System (IES) Technical Committee and Co-Director of the HUB EPD Latin America. She is also a shadowing verification trainer for IES, having reviewed LCA and EPD of products of different sectors and categories (such as mining and metallurgy products, steel products, construction sector’s products, […]
Merlyn Van Voore
Ms. Merlyn Van Voore is the Head of the Secretariat for the International Resource Panel (a UNEP based initiative established in 2007, focusing on the science-policy interface in the area of natural resource management). Merlyn joined the United Nations in 2009, at UNEP’s Headquarters in Nairobi, and has held several leadership positions. She served as […]
Peder Jensen
European Environment Agency Dr. Peder Jensen is heading the Energy and Transport group at European Environment Agency (EEA) and serves as an circular economy and resource efficiency expert. Prior to his position at EEA, Peder was heading the Secretariat of the International Resource Panel (IRP) which is located in the offices of UN Environment in […]
Janez Potočnik
UNEP International Resource Panel Dr. Janez Potocnik was born in 1958. He graduated with honours from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana. He continued his studies at the same University where he did his Master’s degree in 1989 and a Ph.D. degree in 1993. For several years (1989-1993), he worked as a […]
Harry Lehmann
UBA – German Federal Environment Agency Since 2004, physicist Dr. Harry Lehmann is head of the division “Environmental Planning and Sustainable Strategies” of the German Federal Environment Agency. After working in the field of fundamental research in physics, he founded and owned 1984 the Engineering Consultancy “UHL Data” for systems analysis and simulation in the […]
Cornis van der Lugt
Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa Cornis van der Lugt (PhD MBA / Stellenbosch, Paris) is Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa (University of Stellenbosch Business School), as well as Geneva-based consultant with over 20 years’ experience in the sustainability field at international level. From 2009-2011 he was Coordinator of […]
Alice Kaudia
Eco-Entrepreneurs Ltd. From Kenya, Alice holds degrees in agriculture and forestry extension and is an experienced designer of institutional capacity building, network coordinator and inter-agency collaboration facilitator. She has recently worked as a technical adviser in community participation to the Zambia Forestry College, and has many years of experience in participatory research, participatory project formulation, […]