Advisors
The GDI Advisory Group
in Phase 2 included the following experts:
Ernest Nti Acheampong
Research Officer, African Technology Policy Studies Network
Nairobi, Kenya
Juan Marco Alveraz
Independent biodiversity expert
(former head of IUCN Business & Biodiversity)
Vaud, Switzerland
James Z. Aquoi
Focal Point, Environmental Protection Agency
Monrovia, Liberia
Cynthia Asafi Wechabe
Project Officer, Indigenous Information Network
Nairobi, Kenya
Constantine Obura Bartel
Senior Advisor to the International Trade Centre
And Senior Editor of the African Technology Development Forum
Geneva, Switzerland
Nicolas Bertrand
Economic Affairs Officer
UNEP
Geneva, Switzerland
Joshua Bishop
Independent environmental economist
(former IUCN Chief Economist)
Nyon, Switzerland
Christine Carey
Environment certification expert
Le Vaud, Switzerland
Catherine Cassagne
Biodiversity finance specialist
Washington, DC, USA
Shuaihua Cheng
Strategic Analysis and China Programme Officer
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Geneva, Switzerland
Juan José Dada
Global Product Specialist, Sustainable Business Advisory, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Nairobi, Kenya
Rili Djohani
Director for the Coral Triangle Program
The Nature Conservancy
Bali, Indonesia
Arthur Eijs
Biodiversity Co-ordinator, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment
Den Haag, The Netherlands
Johnson Ekpere
Independent Consultant
Nigeria
Julian Fennessy
Director, Namibia Nature Foundation
Namibia
Nao Furuta
CBD COP10 IUCN Focal Point
IUCN Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Wim Hiemstra
Programme Leader, ETC Compas
The Netherlands
Joel Houdet
President of Synergiz
and Manager of A@L Integrated Sustainability Services
Johannesburg, South Africa
Alexander James
Company Director
Restauracao Florestal-Agroindustria de Reflorestamento Nativo, Ltda
Marituba, Pará, Brasil
Michael Jenkins
CEO
Forest Trends
Washington, DC, USA
Camille Jepang
Wetlands & Water Program Officer IUCN
Cameroon
Katia Karousakis
Biodiversity economist
OECD
Paris, France
Alexander Kasterine
Senior Market Development Adviser (Trade and Environment)
International Trade Centre
Geneva, Switzerland
Margaret Kinnaird
Executive Director, Mpala Research Centre & Conservancy
Lakipia, Kenya
Eszter Kovács
Associate Professor
Environmental Economics Department
Szent István University
Budapest, Hungary
Robert Lamb
Deputy Head of the Convention Section, CBD NFP, Federal Office for the Environment
Bern, Switzerland
Markus Lehmann
Economics Programme Officer
Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat
Montreal, Canada
Elen Lemaitre-Curri
Chef de bureau
Sous-direction de l’économie des ressources naturelles et des risques / Commissariat général au développement durable
Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logements (MEEDTL)
Paris, France
Raphael Magambo
National Director, A Rocha
Kenya
Merja Makela
Finnish Embassy in Tanzania
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Mita Manek
European Union, Kenya Delegation
Nairobi, Kenya
Vincent Frimpong Manu
Cocoa Programme Manager, West Africa Fair Fruit, Solidaridad
Ghana
Delphine Morandeau
Chargée de mission biodiversité
Sous-direction de l’économie des ressources naturelles et des risques / Commissariat général au développement durable
Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logements (MEEDTL)
Paris, France
Barbara Mueller
Biodiveristy finance expert
Klagenfurt, Austria
Ivo Mulder
Programme Manager – Biodiversity & Water
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Geneva, Switzerland
Ruth Nyagah
Managing Director, Africert
Nairobi, Kenya
Andreas Obrecht
Policy Advisor, Federal Office for the Environment
Bern, Switzerland
Tim O’Brien
Senior Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society
Kenya
Jacoline Plomp
East & Central Africa Expertise Centre, Solidaridad
Nairobi, Kenya
David Raing’o Maingi
National Focal Point, FSC
Kenya
Liz Rihoy
Executive Director
Zeitz Foundation
Nairobi, Kenya
Martin Schneekloth
CBD Focal Point, Ministry of Environment
Copenhagen, Denmark
Alexander Shestakov
Director
WWF Global Arctic Programme
Ottawa, Canada
David Smailes
retired Loylds TSB banking executive
Panama City, Panama
Till Stoll
CEO
Green Destinations LLC
Dubai, U.A.E.
Timothy Swanson
André Hoffmann Chair of Environmental Economics
The Graduate Institute
Geneva, Switzerland
Kerry ten Kate
Director
BBOP (Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme)
Forest Trends
Guilford, UK
Michael J. Van Patten
CEO/Founder
Mission Markets Inc.
New York City, USA
Jerusha Arothe Vaughan
Independent Consultant
Nairobi, Kenya
Richard Vaughan
Executive Director, INCA
Nairobi, Kenya
Lucy Waruingi
Head of Programmes, African Conservation Centre
Nairobi, Kenya
Roger Wilson
Senior Conservationist, World Land Trust
United Kingdom
Etti Winter
Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade
Leibniz University of Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Yibin Xiang
Finance Programme Officer
Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat
Montreal, Canada
Gustami Zainuddin
Head of Incentive & Environmental Fund Division, Ministry of Environment
Jakarta, Indonesia
