Participants Bio - Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Participants Biography
23-25 November 2015
Hotel Swissotel Nai Lert Park
Bangkok, Thailand
Name
1.
Ahmed
Biography
Kamal
Mr. Ahmad Kamal is currently serving as Member (DRR) at
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Pakistan. He
has over 25 years of experience in the field of disaster
management, water resource management, and flood
management with focus on both structural and non-structural
interventions. He represents NDMA at several national and
international forums as well as acts its official spokesperson. He
has studied Civil Engineering Hydrology & Environmental
Management.
mdrr@ndma.gov.pk
2.
Airlie
3.
Am
Taylor
Ms. Airlie Taylor is the Consortium Manager for the Myanmar
Consortium for Community Resilience, a 6-member consortium
led by ActionAid supporting the institutionalization of inclusive
community-based DRR in Myanmar. Prior to moving to Myanmar,
Airlie worked with ActionAid UK on institutional funding and with
ActionAid’s International Humanitarian Team in communications
and information management. She holds a degree in Spanish
and Portuguese from Nottingham University, UK.
Airlie.taylor@actionaid.org
Phirum
Mr. Am Phirum is currently the Deputy Director at the Department
of Agricultural Land Resources Management in Cambodia. With a
master’s degree in Agriculture, he has acquired knowledge and
experience in climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster
risk reduction in the agriculture sector. His technical expertise is
within the areas of soil conservation, integrated nutrient
management, integrated pest management and agrometeorology. Mr. Am Phirum is a member of the Climate Change
Technical Team (CCTT) as well as a member of the Technical
Review Team on National Action Plan for UNCCD.
amphirum@yahoo.com
4.
Aminath
Shooza
Ms. Aminath Shooza is currently working with UNDP as
Programme Associate in Male, Maldives. For the past 13 years,
she has been working on Environment and Energy related
projects. Ms. Aminath is leading the implementation of Disaster
Risk Reduction projects of UNDP in Maldives. She has also been
selected as UNDP’s innovation Ambassador for Asia Pacific. Ms.
Aminath is focusing on finding innovative options to address
disaster related work in the country.
aminath.shooza@undp.org
1 5.
Amelie
6.
An
Yan Gouiffes
Amelie spent 17 years working in humanitarian aid and disaster
risk reduction with NGOs, Red Cross movement, UN and ECHO.
With the same commitment to relieve suffering and to contribute
to making the world a better place, she now dedicates to life and
leadership coaching, public speaking and training. She believes
that when people are supported to unleash their full potential and
to shine, they bring to the world happiness, greatness and
contribution.
amelie@bblifecoaching.com
Un Gyong
Ms. An Un Gyong is currently working as Admin/Finance Assistant
and Focal Point for Gender with the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Prior to joining FAO, Ms. Gyong has worked with Ministry of
Commerce and also with the UN World Food Programme as Local
Food Production Assistant.
An.UnKyong@fao.org
7.
Angeline
8.
Andrew
Tondiono
Angeline has been supporting the knowledge and information
management initiative of the IFRC South-East Asia Regional
Delegation. She has worked in a similar assignment for the French
Red Cross in Indonesia. Coming from legal and human rights
educational background, Angeline finds that she never stops
learning !
Angeline.tandiono@ifrc.org
Schroeder
Mr. Andrew Schroeder is the Director of Research and Analysis for
Direct Relief, where he has been recognized by Esri and others for
his work in applied geographic information systems (GIS) for
global health and humanitarianism. He is a member of the core
organizing group for UAViators and coordinator of the
Humanitarian UAV Working Group for Nethope.
andrew@uaviators.org
2 9.
Anne
Elizabeth Leclerc
Anne E. LECLERC is a humanitarian professional with over twentyfour years’ experience in the field of international development
and relief programs. She has been working in South and South
East Asia, North and West Africa as well as in Europe. She has
recently served as Head of North Africa Region (2003-2010)
before joining South East Asia. She is currently the Head of
Regional Office for South East Asia.
anne.leclerc@ifrc.org
10.
Anthony
De La Cruz
Mr. Anthony de la Cruz is the Regional Specialist for Environment
and Disaster Risk Reduction with the UN Volunteers Regional
Headquarters for Asia and the Pacific. Prior to that, he worked
with the UN Coordination Office and Handicap International in
the Philippines in post-crisis rehabilitation and recovery, disaster
risk reduction/climate change adaptation, land administration and
solid waste management.
11.
Armen
anthony.cruz@undp.org
Grigoryan
Mr. Armen Grigoryan is the Disaster Risk Reduction Team Leader
and Regional Advisor at the UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub. He has
20 years of experience working in the United Nations in Europe
and CIS. He has studied at the Yerevan State Institute of Foreign
Languages, Haigzaian Business College, Central European
University.
armen.grigoryan@undp.org
12.
Arlynn
Aquino
In charge of the general programme management of Manila Field
Office ; Appraise, monitor and evaluate projects including
financial assessment of proposals submitted by partners ;
Formulate reports on the humanitarian situation, including any
political, economic and security events relevant to the analysis of
the humanitarian situation in the Philippines
Arlynn.aquino@echofield.eu
3 13.
Aslam
Perwaiz
Mr. Aslam Perwaiz is the Head of Department of Disaster Risk
Management Systems at the Asian Disaster preparedness Center
(ADPC) in Bangkok, Thailand. He has been working with ADPC
since 2005. Having worked in the development sector for more
than twenty years, he has extensive experience of disaster risk
management in South and Southeast Asia. Mr. Aslam works with
governments on strengthening the institutional and legal
frameworks for disaster risk reduction and with capacity building
at national and sub-national levels.
aslam@adpc.net
14.
15.
Aung
Thaung Shwe
Aung
yazar.aung50@gmail.com
Kyaw
Soe
Mr. Aung Thaung Shwe is currently working as a Deputy Director
of the Myanmar Red Cross Society. He has been working with the
Myanmar Red Cross Society since 2006 in various capacities. He
also served with the Social Security Board of the Ministry of Labor,
Myanmar. Mr. Aung Thaung Shwe has responded to a number of
emergencies in different parts of the country during his
professional career. He has a special interest and experience in
community preparedness and response.
Mr.Aung Kyaw Soe is currently working as a Project Coordinator
for DIPECHO IX project at Actionaid Myanmar (Safer Costal and
Urban community through Inclusive Community Base Disaster
Risk Reduction Project). Prior to joining ActionAid, he was working
as a volunteer and Field facilitator for emergency response,
recovery and rehabilitation at Link Emergency Aid and
Development (LEAD). After Cyclone Giri, he worked at Help Age
International as Community Development Officer.
Aung.Soe@actionaid.org
16.
Bevita Dwi
Meidityawati
Ms. Bevita is Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist at World Vision,
Indonesia. She has five years of work experience in community
development and ten years of experience in Disaster Risk
Reduction with humanitarian organizations in disaster-prone,
conflict-affected, rural and urban across Indonesia. She has a keen
interest in capacity building, community development, disaster
preparedness, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation
and health promotion.
bevita_meidityawati@wvi.org
4 17.
Bhichit
Rattakul
bhichit@adpc.net
18.
Bill
Ho
Dr. Bhichit Rattakul has over twenty years of experience of
industrial science and technology research in policy and
management, disaster management, and environmental
education and research. He has been elected as a member of the
parliament of Thailand for three times, and has served as science
and technology portfolio cabinet member of the Royal Thai
Government. Dr. Bhichit has also served as governor of Bangkok
as well as a board member in many state enterprises in Thailand.
As a doctorate in biotechnology, Dr. Bhichit has given lectures at
the Faculty of Science of the Chulalongkorn University in
Bangkok. He is an active advocate and promoter of communitybased disaster risk reduction in the region.
Mr. Bill Ho is Department Head Communication at ADPC. His
main responsibility is to liaison between ADPC and international
organizations. He is also involved with information sharing
activities at ADPC. Mr. Bill has a background in project
management and coordination, and he has extensive experience
bill@adpc.net
19.
Bounyuon
g
Phommachak
working throughout USA, Southeast Asia and China.
I was working with lao red cross since Oct 2007, now I am deputy
head of disaster prepardness of disaster management
department.
yonglrc@gmail.com
20.
Bouthong
21.
Brian
Philavong
bouathong81@gmail.com
Heidel
Brian Heidel is the Regional Advisor for USAID’s Office of U.S.
Foreign Disaster Assitance (USAID/OFDA) in the East Asia &
Pacific region. Brian has worked on disaster-related issues and
development issues in the Southeast Asia and South Asia regions
for 25 years. Prior to joining USAID in 2009, he has worked with
many different international NGOs.
22.
Caitlin
Wiesen
Ms. Catlin Wiesen is the Chief of the Regional Policy and
Programme Support at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. Ms.
Wiesen has over 20 years’ experience in development, working
on issues of poverty reduction, governance, civil society
empowerment, gender, sustainable human development, HIV
and health.
caitlin.wiesen@undp.org
5 23.
Caroline
Zastiral
Ms. Caroline Zastiral is currently working as Regional Climate
Change Coordinator with Plan International in Bangkok, Thailand.
Prior to joining Plan International, Ms. Caroline worked with UNDP
in Thailand as a Technical Researcher and a Gender Consultant.
She also worked with UNDP in India in addition to her stint at the
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute in Ahmadabad, India. Ms.
Caroline specializes in disaster risk reduction and climate change
adaptation.
Caroline.Zastiral@planinternational.org
24.
Catalina
Jaime Sanchez
Cjamie02@gmail.com
25.
Cho Cho
Win
26.
Christoph
Morales
er
Ms. Catalina Jaime Sanchez is currently working as Disaster Risk
Reduction Delegate and Recovery Project Coordinator with the
Swiss Red Cross in Philippines. She has previously served the
German Red Cross in Uganda; IFRC and UNHABITAT in Haiti; UNWorld Food Programme in Dominican Republic and Colombia;
and National Society for Earthquake Technology in Nepal. Ms.
Catalina Jaime Sanchez has developed expertise in disaster risk
reduction, community development, international relations, and
humanitarian assistance.
Mr. Morales was appointed Chief of Field Programs Operational
Planning Division in December 2014 and subsequently as OIC
Director of the Field Operations Service of the Department of
Agriculture (DA) in the Philippines. As Chief and OIC Director, he
supervises the DA’s programs/projects implementation and the
DA-Rehabilitation and Recovery Program Office. As such, he leads
DA in the developing and maintaining of the GIS-based
disaster/climate risk reduction and management information
system and in providing operational policy framework in the
implementation of commodity programs and disaster/climate risk
reduction and management activities.
selaromvc@gmail.com,
selaromvc@yahoo.com
27.
Colin
Fernandes
Mr. Colin Fernandes is currently working as Disaster Risk
Reduction Programme Management Delegate, Netherlands Red
Cross. He has over 10 years of experience in the field of DRR in
6 South and South East Asian countries. He has been working with
INGO, Red Cross Movement and governments in advocating for
28.
Dino
CFernandes@redcross.nl
policies for DRR
Argianto
Mr. Dino Argianto is currently working as Disaster Management
Program Coordinator at the American Red Cross in Indonesia. He
has 13 years of experience in emergency, relief and development,
8 years in management position, and 7 years on Disaster
Management issues. He is specialized in designing and
implementing developmental program and well-versed with the
spectrum of disaster management, sustainable development,
public-private partnership, community engagement, and policy
mainstreaming.
argiantoD@amredcross.org
29.
30.
Donna
Mitzi Ladameo
Derval
donnamitzi@gmail.com
Usher
Ms Donna Mitzi Ladameo is currently the Technical Adviser and
focal point for Asia of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Climate
Centre. Donna’s professional career in the fields of Policy
Development, Governance, Evidence-Based Advocacy on
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation
(CCA) in the Philippines and in the Asia region started in
1995. Program and project conceptualization, development,
management, monitoring and evaluation; policy research,
development and advocacy from local to global levels; and
documentation of good practices are among her key
competencies
Ms. Derval Usher is Head of Office a.i. for Pulse Lab Jakarta, a data
innovation lab, aimed at harnessing the power of new digital data
sources and real-time analytics for development. Pulse Lab
Jakarta is a joint initiative of the United Nations and the
Government of Indonesia, the first innovation lab of its kind in
Asia, bringing together experts from United Nations agencies, the
Indonesian government, non-governmental organisations and the
private sector. Prior to joining the UN, Derval worked primarily in
trade policy and government relations. She has a Masters degree
in Chinese and International Relations and a Bachelors degree in
International Business.
derval.usher@un.or.id
7 31.
Ed Carla
Mae Tomoling
edcarla.tomoling@gmail.com
32.
Edward
Turvill
Edward.Turvill@echofield.eu
33.
Eko Teguh
Paripurno
Ms. Ed Carla Mae Tomoling is a GIS Specialist at the Philippine
Climate Change Commission (CCC). Her main involvement is with
Project ReBUILD - a UNDP-NZAP assisted project currently being
implemented by the CCC. This Project aims to increase the
capabilities of concerned technical personnel in the local
government units (LGU) to incorporate climate/disaster risk
management into the local planning processes among others.
She developed the GIS training manual and serves as the GIS
facilitator in the series of workshops on climate/disaster risk and
vulnerability assessment conducted for the LGU personnel and
local project partners. She assists and mentors LGU technical
personnel in project sites to strengthen their knowledge and
capacity on GIS for improved local-level planning and decision
making
Mr. Edward Turvill is a Regional DRR/Resilience Technical Expert
covering
Asia/Pacific
with
the
European
Commission
Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO). Before joining the
Commission, he gained experience from his assignments with
International NGOs and the United Nations. He completed two
Master programmes specialising in International Public Law and
Humanitarian Affairs from distinguished universities in France. He
is a third country individual, with experience covering all
continents. In addition to his voluntary work, he comes with fifteen
years’ experience in the areas of disaster risk reduction, climate
change adaptation, humanitarian and development programme
management. He has co-authored two Training Manuals on
disaster risk analysis and Gender: Participatory Capacity and
Vulnerability Analysis (PCVA) and Gender and Adaptation & Risk
Reduction Training Pack. His current fields of interest include
School Safety, Building Back Better & Safer, and increasing the
effectiveness of Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
materials.
Mr. Eko Teguh Paripurno is Director/ Coordinator of Center for
Disaster Research and Management (DREAM) University of
Pembangunan Nasional, Indonesia. With more than 20 years of
experience on community based disaster risk management
(CBDRM) in Indonesia, Mr. Eko also teaches at the Geology
Department. He has contributed directly to capacity building of
more than 750 local CBDRM facilitators in 30 provinces in
Indonesia since 1994 in addition to working with community on
Merapi Volcano, Egon Volcano and recently with Kelud, Semeru
paripurno@gmail.com
paripurno@upnyk.ac.id
and Sinabung Volcano. He is an award-winning (Sasakawa Award
for Disaster Risk Reduction from United Nations) DRR practitioner.
8 34.
Faisal
Djalal
Mr. Faisal Djalal is a self-employed senior trainer based in
Indonesia. He has been working as a trainer and as a consultant
for Human Resource matters, project management and
Organization
Development for over 25 years. Mr. Djalal is one of the veteran
facilitators for participatory stakeholder workshops in Indonesia.
He holds a degree in business administration from FH Bielefeld.
Since 2012, Mr. Faisal Djalal has been elected as Chairperson for
the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management.
faisal.djalal@gmail.com
35.
Gordon
Johnson
Mr. Gordon Johnson is the Regional Team Leader for Resilience
and Sustainability at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. He has
over 25 years of professional experience as an environmental
engineer, consultant and manager. For the past 18 years he has
worked for UNDP with postings in Hanoi, Ulaanbaatar, Almaty,
New York, Abu Dhabi and Bangkok.
gordon.johnson@undp.org
36.
Govinda
Padmanabhan
Mr. G. Padmanabhan serves as Emergency Analyst of UNDP’s
Energy and Environment Unit, India. With over 20 years of
experience
in
the
field
of
disaster
management,
Mr.
Padmanabhan was closely involved in developing UN’s Tsunami
Recovery Framework in India and has a good understanding of
the
concepts
of
DM
and
integrating
DRR
activities
in
development. He is the Resource Person of the Disaster
Management Community of Solution Exchange, an online
network of over 3000 DM practitioners.
g.padmanabhan@undp.org
37.
Gregory
Pearn
Mr. Pearn has solid technical knowledge of disaster risk
management and public sector systems in more than five Asian
countries.
He
has
experience
of
preparing
disaster
risk
management policies, guidelines, and capacity development
packages as well as demonstrated project management skills
including
gtpearn@hotmail.com
proposal
development
(competitive
and
donor-
funded); project coordination and administration; monitoring and
reporting; and special interest in procurement and contract
management.
9 38.
Guillaume
Chantry
Civil engineer, working in the field of Human Settlements &
Housing since 35 years. Project coordinator in Vietnam: « Prevent
typhoon damage to housing », ongoing Development Workshop
France
(DWF)
reinforcement,
project
research,
since
1999
training,
(Preventive
housing
demonstration,
public
campaign & social marketing, reconstruction programmes, Atlas
of vulnerability in Vietnam & solutions for safe housing,
elaboration of National Standards for housing in storm/flood
39.
Ha Thai
guillaume.chantry@dwf.org
areas with Ministry of Construction…).
Binh
Over 20 years experiences in disaster risk reduction and preparedness in
Viet Nam Red Cross Society.
Hathaibinh56@gmail.com
40.
Hanna
Maier
Ms. Hanna Maier is working as a Junior Adviser in Bangkok for the
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
GmbH within the framework of the Global Initiative on Disaster
Risk Management (GIDRM) funded by the Federal Republic of
Germany.
Having a background in both tourism and disaster risk
management with experience in Asia and Latin America, Ms.
Maier is coordinating the Hotel Resilient Initiative that is led by the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR),
the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and GIZ/GIDRM to
promote disaster resilient tourism development.
41.
Hari
Kumar
Mr. Hari Kumar is currently working as Regional Coordinator of
Geo-hazard international India office. He has over 28 years of
experience in the field of civil engineering, of which the last 18
years have been focused on aspects of disaster risk mitigation. He
also heads the geohazards society, India. His main focus areas are
school safety, hospital safety and earthquake risk mitigation. He
has been involved in various hospital safety projects including
hospital retrofitting assessment of hospitals in India, Bhutan and
Nepal and non-structural risk reduction projects across the
hari@geohaz.org
region. Before joining GHI, he was coordinator (risk mitigation) at
UNDP India.
10 42.
He
Chanthy
Mr. He Chanthy is currently the Curriculum Officer at the office of
Social Studies, Department of Curriculum Development,
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) in Cambodia.
Mr. He is a young professional who had also worked as a high
school teacher before pursuing his master’s degree program in
Thailand.
he.chanthy@yahoo.com
43.
Herry
Firmansyah
Mr. Herry Firmansyah is a Program Manager of Coastal Project
and Greater Jakarta Project at Indonesia Red Cross Society. He
has over xxxx years of experience in the field of coastal flood
44.
Herve
herry_firmansyah@pmi.or.id /
mitigation. He is also Supporting Program Community Flood
firmansyah.herry@gmail.com
Resilience, IFRC-Zurich Insurance in Indonesia.
Gazeau
Mr. Herve Gazeau is a senior technical advisor for disaster risk
reduction with over ten years of experience in Asia Pacific
implementing both high-level institutional capacity-building
projects
with
governments,
as
well
as
community-based
initiatives. Since 2014, Herve has been serving as a disaster risk
reduction manager with the International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies in the regional office in Bangkok. He
manages a regional initiative for Southeast Asia, which is funded
by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Development as well as the Canadian Red Cross.
herve.gazeau@ifrc.org
45.
Hui-Hsuan
Yang
Ms. Hui-Hsuan Yang is currently working as Assistant Researcher
at the National Science and Tecnhology Center for Disaster
Reduction (NCDR) in Taiwan. She has completed almost 10 years
of work in NCDR. With background in sociology, Ms. Hui-Hsuan
Yang has worked on social and disaster risk issues such as social
vulnerability index (SVI) of Taiwan, nursing home response
strategy,
post-disaster
social
surveys
and
policy
recommendations.
phoetion@ncdr.nat.gov.tw
46.
Ian
Wilderspin
Ian has worked with major international nongovernment, civil
society and government organisations, including the American
Red Cross, UNDP, DFID, the International Federation of the Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Save the Children and Oxfam.
The majority of this work undertaken in Southeast Asia,
particularly Vietnam, and in Cambodia and Lao PDR.
11 47.
Indira
Kulenovic
Ms. Indira Kulenovic is currently serving as Resilience Coordinator
of Disaster Management Unit for Asia Pacific at IFRC. With 22
years of experience in emergencies, humanitarian & development
sector, Ms. Indira has been working in Asia, with intensive
Indira.kulenovic@ifrc.org
engagement on the ground in 18 countries and since recently all
37 countries in Asia Pacific as Resilience Coordinator/Advisor for
IFRC. Prior to that, she served as ECHO/DIPECHO Advisor for
South Asia.
48.
Indrajit
Pal
Indrajit Pal is the Assistant Professor (Disaster Preparedness,
Mitigation and Management) at Asian Institute of Technology,
Thailand.
49.
Ir.
Sri
Pantjastuti
Renani
rena_pantja@yahoo.com
50.
Jan
Moritz Krueger
janmoritz.krueger@eda.admin.ch
51.
Jerome
Faucet
Grc.vietnam.drr.coordinator@gm
ail.com
Mr. Moritz Krueger is currently working as Regional DRR Advisor
at Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) based
in Bangkok, Thailand. In his position, he supports mainstreaming
of DRR and climate change adaptation in development projects in
South and Southeast Asia.
Mr Krueger is a geographer by training specialized in water
resources management, integrated flood management,
geographic information systems and disaster preparedness in
development cooperation. Previously, he has served the
Associated Programme on Flood Management – an initiative of
the World Meteorological Organization and the Global Water
Partnership.
Mr. Jermoe Faucet is DRR/CCS Program Coordinator of the
German Red Cross, Vietnam. He has over 8 years of experience in
the fields of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change
Adaptation initiatives, Community Based Natural Resources
Management and sustainable livelihood development. He has
assisted Red Cross Movement in the headquarters as well as on
the field by providing technical support in designing and
implementing donor-funded programs. He holds PhD in
Environmental Toxicology.
12 52.
Jo
In Ho
Mr Jo In HO is the Director of Disaster Management, Ministry of
Agriculture, Democratic Peoples of Republic of Korea. He has
more than 25 years of experience in the fields of disaster
management, agriculture and agri-construction. He studied at
Irrigation Department, Hamhung Hydro-technical University.
moaecd@silibank.net.kp
53.
Jonathan
Brass
I am from the UK and have been active in the
humanitarian sector for the past 16 years, working in
over 30 countries across Asia, Middle East, East Africa
and Latin America. He has primarily worked for NGOs
(with almost 10 years with OXFAM) and the UN in food
security and livelihoods sector and is now with the
International Federation Red Cross (IFRC)
I joined the Red Cross 10 months ago and am
responsible for the capacity development of National
Jonathan.brass@ifrc.org
Societies
in
cash
preparedness
and
for
the
coordination of livelihood activities in the Asia Pacific.
54.
Jonggun
55.
Juan
Lee
jonggun.lee@gmail.com
Daniel Reyes
Jong Gun Lee is the Data Scientist and Research Lead at Pulse
Lab Jakarta in Indonesia, one of three research labs of United
Nations Global Pulse (http://unglobalpulse.org/), a innovation
initiative of the UN Secretary-General on Big Data to harness the
potentials of big data for sustainable development and
humanitarian action. He has been working on different kinds of
research projects using big data with national and regional
collaborators from public sectors including UN agencies,
governments, private firms, academia, and aid and development
organizations, across different sectors, such as food security,
public health, humanitarian action, and economic well-being.
Mr. Juan Reyes is currently the Program Delegate at the Finnish
Red Cross in the Philippines. He has previously served the Red
Cross Missions in Paraguay, Argentina, Honduras, and Cambodia.
Mr. Juan Reyes has also worked with IOM in Finland. He has
experience in Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction,
Advocacy and Operational Coordination and Management.
juan.reyes@finrc.fi
13 56.
Julie
Caillet Fall
hod-vietnam.frc@croix-
Ms. Julie is the Head of Delegation of French Red Cross in
Vietnam, in charge of a Gender-sensitive Community Based
Disaster Risk Management project in ethnic minorities areas of
North-West Vietnam.
Prior to joining the Red Cross, She expertised in WaSH area with
over 7 years in emergency situation and often in urban or peri
urban context.Seeing the consequences of hazards, she decided
to shift to DRR.
She holds MSc. In Water Management – community water supply.
rouge.fr
57.
Kannaro
Kep
Mr. Kannaro is holding master degree in development
management in 2007. Currently is the executive director of one
national NGO in Cambodia and the chair of the steering
committee of Cambodian Humanitarian Forum (CHF), a national
network of 121 local NGOs working in Humanitarian Response
and preparedness in partnership with ADPC. Mr. Kannaro
attended the CBDRR and DLR course organized by ADPC.
With his efforts in rural development, in 2001, Mr. Kannaro was
awarded the Gold Medal by the Royal Government of Cambodia
for his contribution to enhance the livelihood of the most
vulnerable people and in 2012, he was awarded another Gold
Medal on building community Resilience to the flood in 2011.
Kannaro.kep@gmail.com,
padekdirector@padek.org
58.
Khin
Mu Zaw Aung
59.
Khual
Tawna
Khual.Tawna@planinternational.org
Apart from hi score responsibilities as the executive director and
the chairperson of CHF, Mr. Kannaro is also involving in
implementing ASEAN Safe School Initiative (ASSI) funds by
ECHO, mentoring Demand for Good Governance Project fund by
the World Bank.
Mr. Khual Tawna is currently working as Resilience Program
Manager with Plan International in Myanmar. He has been
working in the DRR field since 2008, as a CBDRR project manager
for 5 years and another 7 years for microfinance with World
Vision, and DRR Program Manager and DRR advocacy and policy
coordinator with ActionAid in Myanmar for two and half years. He
also oversees DRR, CCA and safe school related regional and
national level projects including ASEAN Safe School Initiative
under AADMER.
14 60.
Kim
Sang Il
Mr. Kim Sang II is the Chief of Academy of Agriculture Sciences of
the Demoractic People’s Republic of Korea. Previously, he was a
researcher at the Medical Biology Research Institute, Academy of
Medical Sciences. He served as a researcher the Pyongyang Crop
Genetic Resources Institute, Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He
is also the Team Leader, Pyongyang Crop Genetic Resources
Institute, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, DPRK
Aas1948@star-co.net.kp
61.
Kimhian
62.
Klainkong
Seng
Kimhian.Seng@fao.org
Vaidhyakarn
Ms. Kimhian Seng is currently working with the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) as Lead Technical Advisor and
Project Coordinator in Cambodia. She holds a bachelor degree
on Agriculture Science from Prek Leap National School of
Agriculture in Cambodia and a PhD on Plant Science from Lincoln
University, New Zealand. Before joining the FAO in 2014, Ms.
Kimhian Seng was working with the Agricultural Development
Denmark Asia and Puri-Urban Agriculture Centre. In her more
than ten years of professional career, she has worked closely with
small-scale farmers in helping them improve their livelihoods via
improving production and productivity of crops, particularly rice
and vegetables.
Mr. Klainkong Vaidhyakarn is currently working as Deputy
Director at Change Fusion Thailand where he leads the ICT
innovation projects. He also leads the technology specialist team
on ICT for learning and health projects, and is project leader of
Mobile Technology for Social Development Projects. In addition,
Mr. Klaikong works as a correspondent to the Technology and
Information management for Disaster with Thailand Disaster
Preparedness and Prevention Cooperation Center.
klaikong@changefusion.org
63.
Krishna
Vatsa
Mr. Krishna Vatsa is the Global Advisor on Climate Risk
Management with the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. Prior to that
he was the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor for South
Asia based in India. He has worked for more than 15 years on
disaster risk reduction and recovery issues. He has held
leadership positions and consulted for a number of international
organizations including UNDP, World Bank, International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, InterAmerican Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and the
Secretariat of International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. He has
worked as Early Recovery Coordinator with the UNDP Philippines.
As a career civil servant from India, Krishna has held the positions
of Secretary, Rural Development and Secretary, Relief,
Rehabilitation and Disaster Management in the Government of
15 64.
Liviu
Vedrasco
Maharashtra from 2003 to 2007.
Dr. Liviu Vedrasco is currently working as Technical Officer at the
World Health Organization in Thailand. Dr. Vedrasco is a global
health expert with over 20 years of experience leading large,
complex,
multi-party
projects
in
the
areas
of
disaster
management, road safety, refugee and IDP health, influenza
pandemic preparedness and response to emerging infection
diseases including Ebola in Africa, Europe, North America and
Asia.
vedrascol@who.int
65.
Lorenzo
Alvina
66.
Loy
Rego
regoloy@gmail.com
67.
Marc
Fancy
68.
Marcus
Oxley
Based in Myanmar, Mr. Loy Rego is currently offering technical
advice and inputs to a number of international organizations
working in the area of disaster risk management and climate
change adaptation. Mr. Loy comes with 34 years of experience in
organizational
leadership,
program
development
and
implementation of programs and projects for humanitarian and
development sectors with specializations in multi hazard
preparedness, risk reduction, recovery, early warning systems and
risk assessment, and community safety and resilience building. He
has gained exceptional experienced in partnership building,
advocacy, resource mobilization, monitoring and evaluation, with
a special interest in actions at sub-national, city and community
levels.
Marc was appointed Executive Director of Prudence Foundation,
Prudential Corporation Asia’s (PCA) regional charitable arm, in
October 2013. Previously, Marc was Head of Government
Relations Asia at PCA for 8 years. Prudence Foundation focuses
on three core thematic pillars: Children, Education, and Disaster
Preparedness & Recovery.
Marcus has twenty five years international disaster risk
management experience gained within the civil society sector
where he has held responsibilities for supporting, facilitating and
implementing a range of disaster risk management activities
across Africa, Asia and Europe. In 2007 Marcus was appointed as
the founding director of the Global Network of Civil Society
Organisations for Disaster Reduction – a major international
alliance of large and small civil society organisations committed to
working together to put the voices and concerns of vulnerable
people at the heart of global disaster risk reduction policy and
practice. Marcus initially trained as a civil engineer in the
construction industry and has a master’s degree in management.
16 69.
Mareike
Bentfeld
Ms. Mareike Bentfeld is currently working as Project Coordinator at
the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre. She has several years of
work experience in Asia, mostly in Myanmar, Mongolia, and Lao
PDR. Her work in the Disaster Risk Management Systems
department focuses on the implementation of projects related to
community-based disaster risk reduction, capacity development,
and disaster loss data. Mareike holds a master degree in
International Humanitarian Action as well as a bachelor degree in
Risk Psychology.
mareike@adpc.net
70.
Marqueza
Cathalina L. Reyes
Marqueza is working for ADPC as Department Head of Disaster
Risk Assessment and Monitoring (DRAM). Prior to joining ADPC,
she was the ASEAN Technical Advisor for DRR for six years. She
has a doctor of engineering degree in urban planning (magna cum
laude) from the University of Kassel, Germany, master’s in urban
and regional planning , and bachelor’s in geology. She also
published a book titled “Risk-Sensitive Land Use Planning: Towards
Reduced Earthquake Disaster Vulnerability” and peer-reviewed
articles on disaster vulnerability and risk, and editor of numerous
conference proceedings and journals.
71.
Maya
Kapsokavadis
Ms. Maya Kapsokavadis is currently based in Kathmandu, Nepal,
working as the Flagship 4 Coordinator – a unique role that
supports the Government of Nepal and partner agencies in
coordinating preparedness work around community-based DRR
in the country. She has designed, implemented and monitored
programs in South/Southeast Asia for the past five years, which
included substantial time in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal,
Maya.Kapsokavadis@ifrc.org
Philippines and Pakistan. She has an interest in technology
focused mostly on the power of open data and use of evidencedbased decision-making for humanitarian and development
programming alike.
72.
Michael
Perry
Mr. Michael Perry is Director of Communication of DJI, a Chinese
technology company founded in 2006 manufacturing commercial
and recreational unmanned aerial vehicles for aerial photography
and videography and leads external outreach efforts for the
company. Before joining DJI, Michael served as a
communications
strategist
at
global
public
relations
consultancies, advising Fortune 500 companies on corporate
communications, media relations, public affairs, and thought
leadership programs across North and South America, Europe
and Asia.
michael.perry@dji.com
17 73.
Michael
Pizzari
74.
Mio
Yokota
mio.yokota@undp.org
75.
Mohamma
d
Abdur Rouf
76.
Monzu
Morshed
Ms. Mio Yokota is Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
Liaison Officer, UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support.
She is in charge of coordination, policy advocacy and outreach
between UNDP and the Government of Japan in the fields of
climate change and DRR, and coordinated UNDP’s preparations
for the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
(WCDRR) in Sendai. Prior to her current work, Ms. Yokota worked
as Private Sector Development Specialist with the UNDP country
office in Ethiopia and UNDP Mongolia, where she gained disaster
response early recovery experience. She also worked in the
Philippines and Pakistan as a project formulation advisor with
JICA. Ms. Yokota is currently posted in Tokyo, Japan.
Mr. Mohammad Abdur Rouf, the Regional Development
Coordinator for Asia-Pacific region in Global Network of Civil
Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) has
extensive experience of working for diversified fields of social
development both in national (Bangladesh context) and
international settings. Being based in Bangkok, he is primarily
responsible for coordinating the regional and national GNDR
members to strengthen DRR networking capacities and
developing networking infrastructure. As a result oriented
development activist, Mr. Rouf has a proven record of
accomplishment in planning, designing & implementing both
programmes and its performance assessment mechanism
(monitoring & evaluation framework) for more than 12 years. He
also worked for humanitarian actions of which managing shelter
programme and cash based livelihood interventions are his
specialties. While working for Oxfam in Bangladesh, he
pioneered the mobile-based money transfer as a mode of
delivering assistance to disaster stricken community.
Mr. Morshed is working as Deputy Chief of Party in
SHOUHARDO3 (Strengthening Household Abilities to Respond to
Development Opportunities) Project of CARE Bangladesh.
SHOUHARDO3 is USAID's one of the largest food security
program. He has more than 28 years of experiences in the field of
safety net, rural development, livelihoods, food security and
disaster risk management in CARE, The United Nations World
Food Programme in Bangladesh and Republic of Georgia, Timor
Leste and Pakistan.
18 77.
Nacanieli
Speight
Mr. Nacanieli Speigth is currently the Programme Associate for
the UNDP Pacific Center's Pacific Risk Resilience Programme
(PRRP). The PRR Programme is a regional risk governance
initiative funded by the Australian Government and implemented
in Vanuatu, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Fiji. Prior to joining the
Pacific Center, Naca (pronounced Nah-the) was with the UNDP Fiji
nacanieli.speight@undp.org
Multi-country
Office
since
2010
providing
technical
and
management oversight in the GEF funded Climate Change
Adaptation portfolio in Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Kiribati.
78.
Nelson
Castano
Colombian, 37 years working in the Red Cross Red Crescent,
started in Colombian RC, 15 years as memebre of IFRC staff
working in the areas of DM, DRR, resilience etc.
During the life working with IFRC , I have held the following
positions : Head of Panamerican Disaster Response Unit in
Panama,
Regional
DM
Coordinator
in
South
Asia,
DRM
coordinator for Americas Zone, and currently Head of DMU for
79.
Thai Anh
nelson.castano@ifrc.org
Asia Pacific.
Nguyen
Mr. Nguyen is Senior DRR Program Officer of IFRC & RC, Vietnam.
He has over five years of experience in working with IFRC in various
roles. He has gained experience in enhancing capacities of
government officials and other stakeholders in the field of CBDRM.
He is interested in obtaining more knowledge and skills in the
areas of sustainable development, participatory assessment,
CBDRM/DRR, and climate change.
thaianh.nguyen@ifrc.org
80.
Nguyen
Thi Kieu
81.
Nguyen
Thu
82.
Nicholas
Lamade
19 83.
Nicholas
Rosellini
84.
Nina
Koeksalan
Mr. Nicholas Rosellini is currently working as Deputy Assistant
Administrator and Deputy Regional Director, Regional Bureau for
Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) in Thailand. He provides technical support to UNDP’s
country operations, and is in-charge of the three regional support
centers located in Bangkok, Colombo and Suva. Mr. Nicholas is
also involved in the UN Development Group for the Asia-Pacific,
which brings together a group of 18 UN development agencies to
improve coordination and coherence.
Ms. Nina Koeksalan is currently working as Advisor for disaster
risk reduction and natural resources management with Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. She
has around 15 years of work experience with different
humanitarian organizations in the fields of disaster risk reduction
and resilience, mainstreaming DRR into agriculture sector, and
climate energy and food security. She has studied international
development politics, economic geography, natural resources
management, climatology, and political philosophy.
Nina.Koeksalan@fao.org
85.
Nway
Soe
Nway
86.
Oivind
Hetland
Mr. Hetland is Senior Advisor Disaster Risk Management at
Norwegian Red Cross. Worked 7 years in Norwegian Red Cross in
different capacities (program coordinator West, Central and
Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Islands ; DM coordinator; DRR
advisor East Africa ; regional representative Southern Africa and
Indian Ocean Islands) ; background from academia with focus on
development studies (masters) and political geography (PhD),
mainly focussing on issues related to democratisation and
oivind.hetland@redcross.no
decentralisation, social movements/civil society, state-society
relations, local elite politics and more.
87.
Okhee
Kim
Ms. Okhee kim is Senior Officer at Disaster Management Unit for
Asia Pacific at IFRC. She has served at various positions at national
red cross. She has studied political science.
Okhee.kim@ifrc.org
88.
89.
Olaf
Olayvanh
Handloegten
Singvilay
20 90.
Olga
Shaskina
91.
Oliver
olga.shashkina@undp.org
J. Fall
oliverfall@publicaffairsasia.co
m
92.
Peder
Damm
ped@drk.dk
93.
Viengvilay
94.
Phoukham
p
Pich
95.
Piseth
Pel
Ms Olga Shashkina is the UNV Disaster Risk Reduction
Coordinator with UNDP Thailand. Before joining the office, she
worked as a civil servant for the Government of Georgia on
developing policies and national strategies in Disaster Risk
Reduction and Environment in collaboration with stakeholder
agencies. In addition, she served as the National Focal Point for
the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in
Georgia, Vice Chair of the European and Mediterranean Major
Hazards Agreement of the Council of Europe and Advocate for
the Global Campaign “Making Cities Resilient”.
Embedded in Asia since 2004, Oliver's work in the development
sector, business and media has put him on the front line of several
international events and governments. An established emerging
markets professional and published journalist, he has been based
in New Delhi since December 2012. Oliver now works to develop
profit-focused shared value partnership between business, civil
society and government and is a co-author of the
SharingValueAsia platform, organised by PublicAffairsAsia. He
also served twice on boards of the Royal Thai Government and
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand between 2007 – 2012.
Mr. Peder Damm is currently serving as the Regional Disaster
Management Delegate Asia. Danish Red Cross. He has worked for
the ICRC, IFRC and Danish Red Cross. He has over 26 years of
experience in disaster management, post-conflict emergency,
early recovery, and livelihood in Asia. Mr. Peder Damm was
involved in dealing with many large scale operations and complex
emergencies in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. With his vast
experience of working across Asia, he has assisted his
organization to form long-term partnerships with governments
and build capacities of local partners. He has attended Military
Education Institutions.
Serywath
Mr. Piseth Pel is Disaster Risk Management Specialist at Plan
International, Cambodia. He has over 10 years of work experience
in emergency preparedness and response and recovery (EPRR).
He is experienced in providing training on DRM concept,
participatory assessment and planning for disaster mitigation
activities. He has experience and knowledge about Safe School
Framework. Mr. Piseth has background in Natural Resource
Management (NRM), and worked on Rural Community
Development, Community based forest management, as well as
Community based disaster risk management (CBDRR).
21 Piseth.Pel@planinternational.org
96.
Provash
Mondal
pmo@oxfamsol.be
97.
Rajesh
Sharma
rajesh.sharma@undp.org
98.
99.
Rajib
Shaw
Ramya
rajib.shaw@gmail.com
shaw.rajib.5u@kyotou.ac.jp
Gopalan
Mr. Provash Mondal works as a Humanitarian Coordinator,
OXFAM in Lao PDR. He has over 15 years of experience in project
and program cycle management, emergency preparedness,
contingency planning, emergency relief and rehabilitation,
disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, livelihoods
and Watsan projects. He has worked in several countries
including Bangladesh, India, the Philippines, Viet Nam and Laos.
He has studied economics specializing in rural development and
holds PhD in Disaster Management.
Mr. Rajesh Sharma is currently working as a Programme Specialist
(Global), Disaster Risk Information and Application at UNDP
Bangkok Regional Hub. With more than 15 years of professional
experience, Mr. Sharma has developed expertise in
conceptualizing, designing, planning and implementing regional
and national programmes on disaster risk reduction and climate
change adaptation in the Asia-Pacific region. He has also
provided technical and advisory services to countries to develop,
design, plan and implement disaster risk reduction strategies,
policies and programmes aimed at reducing losses and damages
from disasters and climate change. Previously, he worked with the
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok and the
Sustainable Development Networking Programme in New Delhi.
Rajib Shaw is an adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of
Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. He is
also the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia, a non-profit body, based in
Kobe, Japan. He worked closely with the local communities,
NGOs, governments and international organization, including
United Nations, especially in the Asian countries. His research
interests are: community based disaster risk management, climate
change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and
environmental education. He is currently the President of Asian
University Network of Environment and Disaster Management
[AUEDM] and Co-chair of ISDR’s Asia Science Technology
Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). Professor Shaw has
extensive publications in different journals, books and edited
volumes.
Ms. Ramya Gopalan is the Innovation Specialist at the UNDP
Bangkok Regional Hub. She leads UNDP's innovation practice in
the Asia Pacific, focusing on helping UNDP develop the next
generation
of
its
services
based
on
approaches
and
methodologies mediated from different sectors. She manages a
portfolio of around 40 innovation projects, leads the horizon
scanning work and is responsible for building innovation capacity
across the region.
22 ramya.gopalan@undp.org
100.
Rebecca
Atega
Operations, DRR and CCA head
Philippines
bkatega1@yahoo.co.uk
101.
Ridwan
Yunus
Mr. Ridwan Yunus is currently working at UNDP Indonesia as an
Information Management Officer.
102.
Riley
Riley
Riley Riley has been immersed in technology start-ups and brand
building across four continents for the past 25 years. He was on
the launch team of digital music recognition service Shazam; and
was an early pioneer of digital marketing as the sole founder and
Chief Creative Officer of 20:20, the UK’s largest digital advertising
agency. After a successful exit, Riley was invited to join Facebook
where he served as Head of Asia Pacific, advising the world’s
largest brands on strategy, creativity and marketing innovation
across the APAC region.
103.
Roberto
riley@glouriouslabs.com
Sandoval
104.
Roderick
Salve
Roderic.salve@redcross.org.
ph
105.
Sandra
Romero Ruiz
Mr. Roderick Salve is currently serving as a Senior Manger of Red
Cross in Philippines. Previously he worked with the Danish Red
Cross in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. With experience and interest in
disaster risk management, Mr. Roderick Salve also represents the
Philippine Red Cross in the Technical Working Group of the
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
(NDRRMC).
Ms. Sandra Romero is currently working with the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent as Disaster
Management Development Delegate in Philippines. She has
worked in several countries across the world during her
professional career. Ms. Sandra Romero is a member of the
Roster of Trainers for Sustainable Livelihoods and Cash Transfer
23 Programming of the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent (IFRC) since 2013. Previously, she worked with the
Spanish Red Cross in Timor Leste and also with the International
Federation of Red Cross in Burundi and Haiti. Ms. Sandra Romero
comes with more than fifteen years of experience in international
development work, mostly in Rural Development, Sustainable
Agriculture, Food Security and Livelihoods.
106.
Sanjay
Sandra.rruiz@gmail.com
Srivastava
107.
Sanjeev
Kafley
Around 24years progressive professional career in disaster
response,
preparedness,
risk
reduction,
climate
change,
resilience and recovery in the Asian region. Started professional
careers in 1992 as one of the Young Manager of Nepal Red Cross
Society- Have experiences working around 10 years in IFRC as
Delegate so far and 14 years in Nepal Red Cross as one of the
proactive Manager. Currently working as Regional Community
Safety and Resilience Coordinator for SEA of IFRC.
sanjeev.kafley@ifrc.org
108.
Sanna
Salmela Eckstein
Ms. Sanna is the Regional Disaster Preparedness/Disaster Risk
Reduction Delegate and Climate Change Advisor of the Finnish
Red Cross, based in Cambodia. She has over 12 years of work
experience in more than 20 developing countries, mainly in Asia
sanna.salmela@finrc.fi
and Latin America. She has been working for the Finnish Red
Cross focusing on disaster preparedness and disaster risk
reduction for the past 7 years.
109.
Sanny
Jegillos
Mr. Sanny Jegillos is currently the Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk
Reduction and Recovery, Resilient and Sustainable Development
Team at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. He has 20 years of
experience in risk reduction and recovery in Asia with advanced
expertise in community-based disaster risk management. He has
developed and conducted international training courses, and
sanny.jegillos@undp.org
managed and coordinated regional projects. He also provides
technical advisory services to UNDP Country Offices and
International
Non-Government
Agencies
in
strategic
and
programme planning and capacity development in disaster risk
management.
24 110.
Saroj
Bahadur Shrestha
sarojshrestha53@gmail.com
111.
Satendra
Singh
Mr. Saroj Bahadur Shrestha is currently working with the Nepal
Red Cross Society as a Program Manager based in Kathmandu.
He holds a becholer’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s
degree in Sociology. Mr. Shrestha first joined the Nepal Red
Cross Society in 1991 as a civil engineer and worked for
community Development Department for seven years. From
January 1999, he worked as a project officer in the same
department for up to 2002. During this period, he worked in
defferent districts of Nepal. Since 2003, Mr. Shrestha has been
working as program manager with responsibility of overall
management of projets.
Dr. Satendra is presently working with FAO, United Nations as
Chief Technical Adviser and Disaster Risk Management Facilitator
in Lao PDR. He holds post doctorate in Disaster Management;
doctorate in Geo Tectonics from Delhi University and MBA with
specialization in Disaster Management from University of Hull,
United Kingdom. He carries with him about thirty two years of
experience including that with National Institute of Disaster
Management, India; Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of
Environment and Forest and Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India; FAO in Bangladesh, Philippines, Moldova
and Lao PDR.
satendras @gmail.com
112.
Shairi
Mathur
shairi.mathur@undp.org
113.
Shamika
N. Sirimanne
Ms. Shairi Mathur is Programme Specialist, Disaster Risk
Reduction and Recovery at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub
since December 2014. Ms. Mathur joined the UN in India in 2007
working with the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office primarily in
disaster recovery and risk reduction including in Bhutan (200910).
Prior to that, she worked with the Centre for UN
Peacekeeping in India and with the Foreign Policy Centre, a think
tank in London. She has two Masters’ degrees in War Studies from
Kings College London and in International History from the
London School of Economics. She did her undergraduate degree
in History from Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi.
Dr. Shamika Sirimanne is the Director of ICT and Disaster Risk
Reduction Division of UNESCAP. Her focus is on economics of
disasters and regional cooperation for cross-border disasters.
During her tenure with ESCAP, Ms. Sirimanne has served as the
Secretary to the ESCAP Commission, headed the trade facilitation
programme of ESCAP, and led the macroeconomic policy work
and ESCAP’s flagship publication, Economic and Social Survey of
Asia and the Pacific. Before joining ESCAP, Ms. Sirimanne was
with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, where
she led the economic policy team. Ms. Sirimanne has also worked
25 114.
Shane
Wright
•
•
115.
Sheila
shane.wright@adpc.net
Roquitte
sroquitte@usaid.gov
116.
Shesh
Kanta Kafle
for the Canadian Finance Ministry and the World Bank. She has a
PhD in economics.
Mr. Shane Wright is currently working as Executive Director for
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Having joined ADPC in 2014, Shane has more than 30 years of
extensive experience in prevention and mitigation of
emergencies. He has been acknowledged for his achievements in
disaster risk management and disaster response capacity building
as well as his work in organization development.
Shane also led the development of a community resilience
strategy and developed a community risk profile model in
collaboration with the private sector to identify and mitigate
community risk.
Ms. Sheila Roquitte has over 20 years of professional experience
and has worked with the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) since 1999 in Washington, Africa, and Asia
on an array of development issues. In Nepal, she started the U.S.
Government’s interagency office on disaster risk reduction (DRR),
strategically guiding DRR investments from USAID, the U.S.
Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Defense. She is
currently based in Bangkok as the Resilience Advisor for South
and Southeast Asia, promoting resilience through risk-informed
development investments. Ms. Roquitte holds a B.A. in Economics
& Mathematics from Northwestern University, and an M.P.A. in
Economic Development from Princeton University.
Shesh Kanta Kafle has 20+ years of extensive work in flood risk
management, community based disaster risk reduction and
community resilience in South and Southeast Asia. He is currently
working as the Disaster Management Coordinator for the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(IFRC) based in Islamabad, Pakistan. He is the author of ‘Disaster
Risk Reduction: Case studies from Asia’ and co-author of
‘Community Based Disaster Risk Management for Local
Government Authorities’. Mr. Kafle has developed a mathematical
index to measure disaster resilient communities.
Shesh.kafle@ifrc.org
117.
Soesatyo
Budikurniawan
Mr. Soesatyo Budi Kurniawan is currently the DRR Program
Coordinator of Save The Children, Indonesia. For the past five
years, Mr. Soesatyo has been involved in school-based disaster
risk reduction initiatives in an effort to contribute to achieving the
objectives of the comprehensive safe schools framework. He has
also acquired experience in post-disaster reconstruction in
housing, community settlement, and water and sanitation sectors.
26 Soesatyo.Budikurniawan@
savethechildren.org
118.
Somvath
Keokhamphoui
Somvath is working with ADPC since 2008 and have responsibilities
for the implementation of project activities under the department
of Disaster Risk Management Systems in Lao PDR. She has
experience
in
community
based
disaster
risk
reduction/management and DRR/M/flood preparedness planning
at provincial, district and village levels; training on disaster risk
management and community-based disaster risk management;
mainstreaming disaster risk reduction; damage, loss and need
assessment; and conduct community and school awareness
campaign.
119.
Sonya
Syafitri
Ms. Sonya Syafitri is currently working as Consortium Manager at
National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives –
Bangladesh. With a 16-year professional in humanitarian/recovery
response and development programs, building capacity of local
communities and local government in disaster prone areas, Ms.
Sonya Syafitri has worked in Indonesia, Myanmar, Haiti and
Bangladesh
120.
Stephan
Sonya.syafitri@actionaid.o
rg
Baas
121.
Stephan
Huppertz
122.
Su
Thandar
Win
Over the last 15 years Stephan has designed and implemented as
lead technical officer more than 25 field projects on Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation CCA in
agriculture mainly in Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. Stephan is
co-chair of FAO’s interdepartmental working group on Climate
Change Adaptation and has coordinated the preparation of
FAO’s framework programme for climate change adaptation,
called FAO ADAPT. He also coordinated and is co-author of
FAO’s Framework Programme on Disaster Risk Reduction for
Food and Nutrition Security (2012). Since very recently he is part
of FAO’s core team under the new strategic objective on
“Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises”.
Ms. Su Thandar Win is currently working with Oxfam Myanmar as
Programme Manager. Prior to joining Oxfam, Ms. Su Thandar Win
has worked with Cholia Muslim Fund Trust organization as Project
Assistant in HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support Programme
for 2 years. She also worked with Save the Children as Project
Officer in Disaster Response and Resilience Learning Project
(DRRLP) and Disaster Preparedness and Learning Project (DPLP)
for 3 years. In addition, she worked with Norwegian Refugee
Council (NRC) as Field Officer in Information Counselling and
27 suthandarwin@oxfam.org.uk
123.
Suman
Kumar Karna
Legal Assistant (ICLA) for 1 year.
Mr. Suman Kumar Karna is currently working as Recovery
Specialist at NORCAP. He has over 8 years of experience in the
field of Disaster Management, and worked for different UN
agencies and INGOs in several countries including Afghanistan,
and Iraq. Mr. Suman did her PhD in Urban Planning from the
University of Melbourne, Australia.
sumankarna@hotmail.com
124.
Sunisthida
125.
Takuya
Phetduang
Ms. Sunisthida Phetduang is the Head of CBDRR Unit at the Thai
Red Cross Society based in Bangkok. She has been working with
the Thai Red Cross Society since 1994 after completing her
graduation from the Nursing College of the Thai Red Cross
Society. She recevied professional trainings on CBDRR from
ADPC in 2007 and DRR/EWEA/CC from IFRC. She has supported
the government in organizing national and regional events
related to DRR.
janphetduang@yahoo.com
Ito
ito@irides.tohoku.ac.jp
126.
Tarique
Sohail
127.
Thanongd
Insiengmay
eth
Mr. Ito is currently working at International Research Institute of
Disaster Statistics (IRIDeS) as a researcher and involved in the
Global Centre for Disaster Statistics, a joint program with UNDP.
He is a assigned researcher from Pacific Consultants Co.,Ltd, a
development consultant firm in Japan with profession in DRR
infrastructure and planning.
t-
Mr. Thanongdeth Insixiengmay has joined ADPC since 2005. He is
currently working as Senior Program Manager based in Vientiane,
Lao PDR. Thanongdeth has over 20 years of experiences as a
Hydraulic Engineer and served in Lao PDR and many other
countries during his career. He holds a Bachelor of Hydraulic
Engineering from the Technical University of Dresden, Germany
and Master’s Degree in Hydrology, Water Resources and
28 Development Technology from Melbourne University, Australia.
With ADPC he has 10 year experiences in disaster risk
management including integrated flood management, DRM
planning and implementation, legal institutional analysis and
strengthening, mainstreaming disaster risk management into
development and investment decisions at national and local level
128.
Thavirap
Tantiwongse
Dr.Thavirap Tantiwongse has been Public Affairs Director for
GlaxoSmithKline Thailand since January, 2011.He leads the
development
of
local
access
policies
and
program
implementation in the public sector as well as enhancing GSK's
reputation & trust among external stakeholders. He is responsible
for all areas of public affairs including government affairs,
corporate
&internal
communications,
media
and
external
relations, community partnerships, and health economics.
129.
Thearat
Touch
For over 15 years, Thearat has worked in the field of humanitarian
intervention
with
the
international
non-governmental
organizations and National Governments in countries of South
East Asia and the Pacific region. Since 2005, he joined the
European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian
Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) and has been working predominantly in the areas of Disaster Risk Reduction that seeks to
enhance resilience and accelerating the achievement of MDGs
contributing to Safer Community Resilience and Sustainable
Development.
Thearat has been instrumentally providing
technical support in advising on the development of the disaster
preparedness programme of the European Commission (known
as DIPECHO) strategy in SEA countries.
130.
Thet
Naing
Win
Mr. Thet Naing Win is currently working as Project Manager with
HelpAge International in Myanmar. He carries with him a 5-year
experience in agriculture, food security and livelihood sector and
3 years experience in DRR sector. He is implementing a CBDRR
project in costal (delta region of Myanmar) area under DIPECHO
IX, funded by ECHO.
131.
Thippham
onh
Thet.naingwin@
helpagemyanmar.org
Chanthalangsy
Mr. Thipphamonh Chanthalangsy is currently the Director of
Education Construction Design and Management (ECDM) at the
Ministry of Education and Sports in Lao PDR. Mr. Chanthalangsy
29 has more than 20 years of experience in the area of school
construction and education.
thipphamonh@gmail.com
132.
Trang
Nguyen
Working as a Program Officer in Disaster management of Viet
Nam Red Cross, especially , incharge in DIPECHO project phase
6,7,8 and 9 from 2009 to 2015.
nguyenkieutrangvnrc@ya
hoo.com.vn
133.
Tzu-Yin
Chang
Dr. Chang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received the B.Sc. and
M.Sc. degrees in geography from the National Taiwan University,
Taipei, Taiwan, and PhD. degree in space science from the
National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan, in 2000, 2002, and
2010, respectively. She is currently Division Head at Information
Division of National Science and Technology Center for Disaster
Reduction. Her research interests cover the hydrological remote
geoct@ncdr.nat.gov.tw
sensing with optical and microwave sensors and disaster
surveillance.
134.
Usman
Qazi
Muhammed Usman Qazi is an expert with 20 years’ experience in
disaster risk reduction particularly in Pakistan, working alongside
several international development organizations (UNDP and IOM)
as well as local and national governments. His experience
includes
working
alongside
developing
early
response
mechanisms in conflict sensitive environments. He has worked
with all key stakeholders in disaster risk management including
federal (National Disaster Management Authority) and local
30 governments as well as local communities. Muhammed has an
extensive experience in building capabilities for managing
disaster risk for local stakeholders, particularly government
officials, and also local communities. His experience includes
working with governments and NGOs on capacity building and
Gender Appraisal and Impact Assessment.
info@usmanqazi.com
135.
Uy
Sam Onn
Mr. Uy Sam Onn is Deputy Director of Cambodian Red Cross. He
has over 15 years of experience in the field of community based
approaches to manage health issues in Asia. He co-facilitated and
attended several workshops on Non- Remunerated Blood Donor
Recruitment in South East Asia. With a keen interest in health
emergencies and blood donation issues, Mr Onn has been a part
of Red Cross family for around 15 years.
Samonn_uy@yahoo.com
136.
Vidya
Nusrat Rahman
137.
Vinod
Kumar Sharma
profvinod@gmail.com
138.
Vu
Min Hai
Professor Vinod Kumar Sharma is a Senior Professor, Disaster
Management at the Indian Institute Of Public Administration and
also the Executive Vice Chairman of the Sikkim State Disaster
Management Authority in India. He is a visiting professor, Kyoto
University, Japan, and Adjunct Professor of Disaster Management,
Amrita University. He is a member of UNISDR Asia Science
Technology and Academia Advisory Group (2015-19). Prof.
Sharma holds a PhD (Ecology and Environment) from Banaras
Hindu University, India. He has held several positions during his
professional career in a number of countries of the region. As a
prolific writer, Prof. Sharma has 14 books and more than 75
research publications to his credit. His area of specialization
includes Environment and Disaster Management (Training and
Research).
Ms. Vu Minh Hai is currently working as Programme Manager for
Building Resilience, Oxfam in Vietnam. Ms. Minh Hai has been
with Oxfam since 2009. Previously, she worked for several years
as Disaster Management Delegate for the Tsunami Recovery
Programme for the British Red Cross in Sri Lanka and prior to this
worked for International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies as the Disaster Preparedness Programme
Officer, in Vietnam for eight years. In addition, Ms. Minh Hai has
worked for many years as an independent consultant, with clients
31 139.
Waqanibu
vmhai@oxfam.org.uk
including the International Federation, UNDP, AusAID, the British
Red Cross, Save the Children and ACT, undertaking work in
Indonesia, Myanmar, the Maldives, Nepal and Vietnam.
Lesumainaivalu
Mr. Lesumainaivalu is Regional DRR Manager with IFRC at the
rotu
Pacific Office. He has 26 years of working experience with various
international, regional and government agencies at community to
global level. He is a field expert in the areas of DRM and DRR
Lesu.waqaniburotu@ifrc.o
training, motivation and positive attitude training as well as
rg
human resource and organizational development. He has gained
experience as rural technician on appropriate technology and
project management. He has studied HR and Management from
the University of South Pacific.
140.
Wei
Sen Li
Dr. Li is Secretary General, National Science and Technology
Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan. He is also the Co-chair of
Emergency Preparedness Working Group (EPWG) at Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC). He has a wealth of experience in
the development and implementation of transportation, disaster
reduction and management systems. His responsibilities include
building capacity in the region through engaging public-private
partnership to better mitigate and respond to emergencies and
natural disasters in APEC economies. Dr. Li holds a PhD in Civil
li.weisen@ncdr.nat.gov.tw
Engineering from the National Central University. Currently, he
leads international collaboration and conducts research on largescale urban disasters and disaster risk management in NCDR.
141.
Wendy
Fenton
Ms. Wendy has over 25 years of operational, management and
advisory
experience
in
humanitarian
and
development
programming across a wide range of sectors primarily in Sudan
and Ethiopia. She has extensive experience of working with both
donors (USAID/OFDA and CIDA) and NGOs (Save the Children
UK). Most recently, as an independent consultant, she has
focused on fragile states, specifically issues related to NGO
programming, funding mechanism performance and safety nets.
142.
Yon
Chun Ae
Ms. Yon Chun Ae is currently the Senior Officer at External
Cooperation
Department,
Ministry
of
Agriculture
in
the
32 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. She has over 15 years of
experience in her respective field.
moaecd@silibank.net.kp
143.
Yuichi
Ono
Mr. Ono is current the Assistant Director of International Research
Institute of Disaster Statistics (IRIDeS), Tohoku University. His main
role is to promote practical disaster risk reduction research and
integrate it into international policy making processes. Other key
roles are: a chair of the Multi-Hazards Program of the Association
of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), and Director of the Global
Centre for Disaster Statistics, a joint program with UNDP. He was
working in ESCAP (2009-2012) as a chief of the disaster risk
reduction section, UNISDR (2003-2009) and WMO (2002-2003)
yono@irides.tohoku.ac.jp
144.
Zhaoxi
Li
and have long been involved in international/ intergovernmental
process in disaster risk reduction.
Mr Zhaoxi Li is currently working at UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub
as a disaster risk information technology consultant. He was
working at UNISDR Asia and Pacific office prior joining UNDP.
zhaoxi.li@undp.org
145.
146.
Mihir
Bhatt
Phitsamai
mihir@aidmi.org
Khammanivong
Mihir Bhatt leads independent All India Disaster Mitigation
Independent All India Disaster Management recognized as
Centre of Excellency by UNDP Office on South South
Cooperation. AIDMI works across 35 cities and 49 districts
in 9 states of India as well as 7 countries in Asia Pacific on
reducing disaster and climate change risk since 1995.
Ms. Phitsamai is a Project Associate of Disaster Risk
Management Systems Department at the Asian Disaster
Preparedness Center (ADPC) in Bangkok, Thailand. She has
33 been working with ADPC since 2009 working as
Admin/Finance assistant. Prior worked at ADPC Lao Office
to cooperate with national and international partners and
provides support in the implementation of field activities
and projects in Laos.
147.
Puji
Pujiono
Mr. Puji is the Regional Adviser on Disaster Risk Reduction
at UN ESCAP. An Indonesian Social worker and disaster risk
manager with more than twenty five years experience in
national, regional, and international / United Nations
disaster management and humanitarian affairs, doctoral
degree in public administration focusing on disaster
preparedness and masters in social work.
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