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.

Dr. Serena Guarnaschelli
Partner
KOIS London
Biography
Serena is an expert in innovative finance, impact investing and inclusive business models. She brings more than 15 years of experience advising clients on the design, structuring and evaluation of impact investment strategies and vehicles. She recently supported the International Committee of the Red Cross with the structuring and launch...
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Dr. Sheila Oparaocha
Executive Director of the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy
Biography
Dr. Sheila Oparaocha holds a master’s degree in Gender and Development Planning and has over has twenty-one years of experience working at the intersectionality of gender equality, women empowerment, and energy access. The 2021 recipient of the Carnot Prize, Sheila is a renowned leader in the gender and sustainable energy...
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Dr. Tito Mwinuka
Managing Director
Biography
Dr. Tito Essau Mwinuka graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in Manufacturing Engineering from University of Manchester in the United Kingdom in 2006, he also holds a Master’s of Science in Manufacturing System Engineering from University of Warwick in the United Kingdom in 1994. He has a wide knowledge and experience...
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Dr. Vania Zuin
Professor of Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry
Founding Director
Biography
Dr. Vania Zuin is Professor of Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry at the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil and a visiting Professor at the University of York (UK) and Leuphana University (Germany). She isalso Founding Director of the Field & Food Tech Hub, a multi-sector platform that promotes...
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Dr. Victorine. A. Pinas
Suriname Representative
Directional coordinator of the MSc Program on Chemical Sciences & Engineering
Biography
Dr. Victorine A. Pinas is a bioorganic and radiopharmaceutical scientist. She is the representative of Suriname to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Directional coordinator of the MSc program Chemical Sciences & Engineering at the Institute of Graduate studies and Research (IGSR) in Suriname.
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Dr. Yuan Chen
Senior Program Officer
Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Center for the Asia and Pacific Region in China (BCRC-SCRC China)
Biography
Dr. Yuan Chen is the Senior Program Officer, Chief of Regional Chemical Management Branch, Component 3, Global NIP Update Project, Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-building and the Transfer of Technology in Asia and the Pacific.
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Dr. Yuge Ma
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Biography
As an interdisciplinary social scientist, Dr. Yuge Ma's research focuses on global low-carbon development. Dr. Ma's PhD from the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford investigated the institutional change of China and India’s energy efficiency regime from a comparative perspective. To further pursue my passion on global climate...
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Dragan Radic
Head of the Small and Medium Enterprises unit (SME)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Biography
Dragan Radic is Head of the Small and Medium Enterprises unit (SME) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Dragan has 10 years of ILO experience (Bangkok and Budapest duty station) as Senior Specialist for Employers’ Activities. Prior to joining the ILO, Dragan was a Chief Executive Officer of Accuro Health...
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Dulika Rathnayake
Junior Policy Analyst, OECD
Biography
Dulika holds a BA (Hons) in Leadership and Management from the University of Northumbria, UK. She has over 5 years of work experience in Human resource management, circular economy, renewable energy and as an intern to the Sri Lankan delegation to the COP22. She is now completing her final year...
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Edgar Hertwich
Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies;
Member of the International Resource Panel
Biography
Edgar Hertwich researches life-cycle assessment, sustainable production and consumption, trade and environment, plus risk analysis. He explores how activities in society produce environmental pressures, and investigates alternative courses of action to reduce those pressures. He is Professor of Industrial Ecology at Yale University. From 2003 to 2015, he served as...
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