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.

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Francisco Alpízar

Director and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Central America

Biography

Francisco Alpízar is Director and senior research fellow of the Environment and Development initiative Center for Central America. He is also Deputy Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (www.laceep.org). His fields of specialization include environmental policy making and economic valuation of the environment. He has also...

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Francois de Borchgrave

Founder & Managing Partner

KOIS

Biography

François holds an MBA in Business Administration from Harvard, after which he spent several years in Telecom & Technology companies. He developed over 12 years of Private Equity investment, with a specific focus on impact investing. François also co-founded several non-profit organizations, such as Toolbox (providing management services to NGOs)...

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Francois Souchet

Lead, Make Fashion Circular

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Biography

Francois Souchet Leads Make Fashion Circular at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Francois joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2016 to work with its Global Partners such as Google and H&M, to help drive circular economy innovation. In 2018, following the launch of the report ‘A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning fashion’s future’, he moved...

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Frank Hartwich

Research and Industrial Policy Officer, Department of Policy Research and Statistics (PRS)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Biography

Frank Hartwich is Research and Industrial Policy Officer at the Department of Policy Research and Statistics (PRS) of UNIDO. He is a specialist in industrial and rural development, with a background in applied socio-economic research. Prior to joining UNIDO in 2010, he worked at the Swiss College of Agriculture’s Department...

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Frank Pinto

Senior Consultant on Chemicals and Energy Efficiency to the Director, Montreal Protocol and Chemicals Team

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Biography

Frank Pinto is a Senior Consultant at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where he advises on strategic and policy issues, including on the green economy and waste management. Prior, he was a Joint Technical Editor/Contributor on four UNDP “Lessons Learned” publications launched at the Meetings of the Parties to...

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Frank Rijsberman

Director-General, GGGI

Biography

Dr. Frank Rijsberman is the Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), a Seoul-based international organization. He was appointed as the Director-General by the GGGI Assembly, GGGI’s supreme governing body to serve a four-year term beginning on October 01, 2016. Previously, Dr. Rijsberman served as Chief Executive Office of...

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Frank Sperling

Chief Climate Change Specialist, African Development Bank, Tunisia

Biography

Frank Sperling is Chief Climate Change Specialist, African Development Bank, Tunisia.

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Franziska Hirsch

Secretary to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Biography

Franziska Hirsch is the Secretary to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Previously, she also worked at UNECE’s Forestry and Timber section, the UNECE/WHO Protocol on Water and Health to the Water Convention and the Convention on Long-Range...

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Fred Gale

Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations

University of Tasmania

Biography

Associate Professor Fred Gale's research focuses on rethinking the discipline of political economy from a sustainability perspective and working through its implications for trade, investment, finance, labour, and preference formation policy. He has undertaken qualitative, empirical investigations into local, national and global private governance systems, especially those using multistakeholder approaches...

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Gabriel Thoumi

Director Capital Markets

Climate Advisers

Biography

Gabriel Thoumi is an expert with more than a 12-year record as an effective environmental and social governance (ESG) manager. He has worked towards enabling financial systems to empower people, protect the planet, and generate profit. Gabriel leads the research team, integrating financial and ESG data as an indicator of...

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