Katharine Palmer is the maritime lead at the Climate Champions Team seconded from her role as global head of sustainability for Lloyd's Register and funded by the Lloyd's Register Foundation. With 20 years' experience in the shipping industry she is an established thought leader and expert on environment and sustainability within the maritime value chain. Katharine is a fellow with the IMarEST (…
Type: Expert
Young Tae Kim leads the world's only all-modes transport organization (ITF) since 2017, when he was elected by ministers for transport of the 57 ITF member countries (currently 64 Member Countries). Prior to his election as ITF Secretary-General, Dr. Kim distinguished himself in the civil service of his native Korea, most recently serving as Director General in the Ministry of Land,…
Type: Expert
Born in Lima on 11 February 1961, he grew up in Pomalca, Chiclayo, Lambayeque. He studied Civil Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, later transferring to the University of Piura, where he studied Industrial Engineering. He holds an MBA in Finance from the Universidad del Pacífico, and attended the Management Development Programme at the University of Piura. He worked as a…
Type: Expert
Maína currently works as Secretary of Transport of the City of Rio de Janeiro. Previously, she was the director of the Department of Economic Development at Instituto Pereira Passos and analyst in Impact Assessment for Project Management at Itaú Unibanco.She holds a PhD in Economics at PUC-Rio and a master’s degree in Economics with an emphasis on Labor Studies and Social Policies.
Type: Expert
Alex Johnson is the Head of the Department of Transport in Accra Metro Assembly.
Type: Expert
Patrick Jérôme Achi was appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in March 2021. He studied at Supélec and Stanford University and specializes in engineering and infrastructure. He also worked as government spokesman for President Alassane Ouattara.
Type: Expert
Oleksandr Kubrakov is a Ukrainian economist, civil servant and politician. He currently serves as the Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine - Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine. Minister Kubrakov studied at the Kyiv National Economic University and completed a course at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Type: Expert
Wayan Koster is an Indonesia politician who served as the Governor Bali since 2018. Prior to his role as Governor, he was a member of the House of Representatives for almost three terms representing his home province, and a senior researcher at the Ministry of Education and Culture. During his terms in the parliament, he spent more than 14 years in Commission X (ten), covering education, culture…
Type: Expert
Hon. Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey is the current Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). She is an economist and a politician. Before being appointed the first female Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Hon Elizabeth K. T. Sackey had served as the Deputy Minister for Greater Accra Region in the first term of His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa…
Type: Expert
Atiqul Islam is Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation. He is currently serving his second term, having first been elected by popular vote in 2019. As Mayor, he governs the administration of approximately 10 million residents in Bangladesh’s capital city. He is an active participant in, and leader of, various international city-focused forums such as the Mayor’s Migration Council (MMC) and C40…
Type: Expert