Expert Connect

Green Growth Expert Connect provides policymakers direct access to world-leading technical and policy experts for quick and tailored guidance on a range of green growth topics.

The service is available, at no cost, to government agency representatives from developing countries and supporting technical institutes. To request support, simply submit a request and the GGKP will match you with a leading green growth policy expert. 

Specialised experts are available on a range of green growth topics, including fiscal reform, access to finance, indicators and metrics, natural capital approaches, sustainable trade, and government procurement. Experts will provide tailored support, including to review draft strategies, analyse policy options, share experiences from other countries, and facilitate networking.

Steve Hartich
Technical Officer
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Biography
Steve coordinates the Lab project, leading technical research to support employment outcomes through better sector selection, market systems analysis, monitoring and results measurement, and project implementation. Prior to joining the Lab in Geneva, Steve worked for the ILO in Zambia both as a project implementer and results measurement officer for...
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Steve Macey
Consultant, Green Fiscal Policy
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Steve Macey is an economist specializing in tax and extractive industries. After starting his career at the UK tax authority, he has worked as an advisor in a diverse range of countries, including Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Lao PDR, Albania and Ethiopia. Currently, he is a consultant for UN...
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Steven Bullock
Global Head of Research and Innovation
Trucost
Biography
Steve leads the ESG Innovation and Analytics Team at Trucost providing essential data and intelligence to companies and financial institutions so that they can better understand their exposure to ESG risks and opportunities and report in line with mandatory and voluntary reporting requirements. As Global Head of Research and Innovation...
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Steven King
Environmental Economist, UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Biography
Steven King is an Environmental Economist in the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) from 2014. Steven is heavily involved with the development of the Centre’s approach to natural capital accounting and formulating proposals to best integrate this approach into national decision-making. He also provides economic input into projects...
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Steven Stone
Deputy Director, Industry and Economy Division
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biography
Steven Stone joined UNEP in 2010, in the lead up to the Rio+20 Conference. While at UNEP, Steven has served as Chief of the Economics and Trade Branch, where he directed a team dedicated to furthering the knowledge base, outreach and support to countries on environmental and resource economics as...
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Stewart Elgie
Executive Chair
Smart Prosperity Institute (SPI)
Biography
Stewart Elgie is Executive Chair of the Smart Prosperity Institute ( SPI) and a professor of law and economics at the University of Ottawa, and director of the University’s interdisciplinary Environment Institute. He received his Masters of Law from Harvard, and his doctorate (J.S.D.) from Yale. He is also the...
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Stuart Orr
Leader of Freshwater Practice
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Biography
Stuart Orr is the Leader of WWF’s Freshwater Practice at World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). He has spent his career devising and testing innovative approaches to freshwater conservation by engaging business and finance, and focussing on emerging themes such as the water-food-energy nexus, economic incentives, bankable financing and water-related...
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Suchita Srinivasan
PhD student, International Economics, Geneva Graduate Institute
Biography
Suchita is currently a second-year PhD student in International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. She completed her Bachelors as well as a Masters in Economics in New Delhi, India. She has internship experience with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) in Geneva as well...
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Sueon Ahn
Programme Support Intern
Biography
Sueon Ahn is a Programme Support Intern at the Green Growth Knowledge Platform secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland. She is a master's candidate in Environmental Governance at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Sueon received a B.A. in Sociology and B.S. in Philosophy of Natural Science from Ewha Woman's University in...
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Sun Cho
Country Engagement Coordinator
Biography
Sun is Country Engagement Coordinator in the Research Programme of the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP). Prior to joining GGKP, she worked as Climate Change and Green Growth Specialist at the UNDP Rwanda Country Office, where she supported the government in monitoring and reporting of its environmental policy and the...
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