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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Kris Bachus
Research Manager of Climate and Sustainability
HIVA - KU Leuven
Biography
Kris Bachus is a research manager of climate and sustainability at the HIVA Research Institute of the University of Leuven. He holds a PhD in social science and a master’s degree in Economics. Since 1998, he has played a leading role in the environmental research group of HIVA. Throughout the...
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Kristi Disney Bruckner
Senior Policy Advisor
Kristi Disney Bruckner
Biography
Kristi Disney Bruckner is an attorney with over 15 years of experience working on complex law and policy issues with governments, communities, companies, and multi-stakeholder initiatives. As Senior Policy Advisor at IRMA, she assists with public engagement, builds partnerships, produces communications and training materials, and collaborates to improve IRMA standards...
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Kristina Church
Head of Sustainable Solutions and Client Portfolio Manager for Sustainability
Biography
Kristina Church is the Head of Sustainable Solutions at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, and Client Portfolio Manager for Sustainability Kristina Church joined Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) in 2019 as a senior investment strategist in the sustainable investment research team. She focuses on the integration of sustainability cross-asset and client...
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Kuanysh Baltabayev
Executive Director
Biography
Mr. Kuanysh Baltabayev is the Executive Director of ECOJER (Kazakhstan).
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Kubanych Alimov
Chairman of the Green Committee
Kubanych Alimov
Biography
Kubanych Alimov is the Chairman of the Green Economy Committee of the JIA Business Association in Kyrgyzstan
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Kubat Kanimetov
Executive Director
Biography
Kubat Kanimetov is Executive Director of the NGO Promotion and Development Center of Kyrgyzstan. Kubat Kanimetov for 10 years worked in the scientific field of the Academy of Sciences, where, as an applied mathematician, he was engaged in modeling hydrodynamic, aerodynamic and environmental processes in nature. Since 1994, being a...
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Kumi Kitamori
Deputy Director, Environment Directorate
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Biography
Kumi Kitamori is Deputy Director of the OECD Environment Directorate. In this role she oversees the mainstreaming of green growth in the work of various policy committees of the OECD and in member and other partner countries. This includes a dedicated programme that promotes green growth policies, finance and investment...
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Kumi Naidoo
Secretary General
Amnesty International
Biography
Kumi Naidoo is the Secretary General of Amnesty International and a life-long social justice campaigner hailing from South Africa. He lived in exile in the UK where he studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. When Nelson Mandela was freed, Kumi returned to South Africa where he...
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Kurt Lonsway
Division Manager for Environment and Climate, African Development Bank
Biography
Kurt Lonsway is an experienced engineer, currently serving as the division manager for Environment and Climate at the African Development Bank (AfDB). He works with a team of environmental, social, climate change, renewable energy and green growth specialists working with Bank operations in energy, water and sanitation, transportation, ICT and...
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Kurt van Dender
Head of Unit
Biography
Kurt Van Dender leads the Tax and Environment Unit, which is part of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, since 2013.Earlier, he was Chief Economist at the International Transport Forum and Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of...
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