Governance

Mr. Adebiyi (Ade) Odegbile is a Programme Management Officer at UN-PAGE. Prior to joining the Secretariat, Ade coordinated UNEP’s delivery of PAGE workstreams in multiple PAGE countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, as well as managing other inclusive green economy-related projects. In the past, he worked for UNOPS, UNDP and UNIDO in East Africa, and has also worked in the private sector and for NGOs on diverse development challenges.

Alexandre brings a wealth of experience from previous roles based in academic institutions, government agencies and intergovernmental initiatives on climate, biodiversity, water and oceans. With a PhD in biomedical sciences, he is passionate about providing knowledge and solutions for effective climate action and sustainable development, especially for communities and Majority World countries vulnerable to climate change.

Dr. Arthur Bainomugisha leads ACODE, one of the leading public policy research think tanks in Eastern and Southern Africa. He has been a Technical Advisor for the Uganda Peace Support Team on South Sudan and was involved in brokering a peace agreement between SPLA (IO) and the Government of Uganda when fighting broke out in December 2013 in South Sudan. He has been a lecturer of Peace and Conflict studies at Makerere University and is currently a senior teaching fellow in the department of Public Administration and Governance at Uganda Christian University Mukono. 

Elize is a South Africa-based sustainability researcher and policy expert who has been actively involved in furthering the Sustainable Development agenda for over 15 years. She holds an MPhil degree in Sustainable Development, Planning, and Management and has been instrumental in Building Back Better Greener working with marginalized groups, women & youth through capacity building to access opportunities in the green economy, including through roles at Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies, GIZ South Africa, and Future Females Empowerment Initiatives.

Now serving as the IUCN's Chief Economist, Juha previously worked at Resources for the Future (RFF), a non-partisan research organization based in Washington DC, most recently as Associate Research Director and Thomas J. Klutznick Senior Fellow. Juha has a broad publishing record with more than 60 publications covering general economics, general interest science, environmental and resource economics, econometrics, and ecology, focusing on exploring different aspects of conservation and ecosystem services.

Mike began his career as a lawyer, before moving into senior policy roles in the Canadian government working at the intersection of the environment, economy and innovation. Mike has a firm belief that 'green' and 'growth' can go hand in hand and a passion for making that happen.

Dr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye is Coordinator, Green Jobs Programme, at the International Labour Organization. Kamal's career spans senior roles at UN Environment, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in Japan, and is currently a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

Peter is now based in Freiburg, Germany. He previously served at the ILO working in some 35 countries, including as country director for Brazil (2015-2017), director of the Enterprises Department (2009-2015) and coordinator of the ILO Global Green Jobs Program (2005-2015). Prior to joining the ILO in 1986, he served as a volunteer in Ethiopia.

Steve works with IIED and GEC on sustainable development, focusing on institutions, dialogue and diagnosis for inclusive green economies. He is known for poverty and environment work including ESPA, the WAVES project and the UN PEI. Previously, Steve was Chief Environment Adviser at DFID, and a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Dr Tom Mitchell is the Executive Director of our parent organisation, IIED. Previously he was Chief Strategy Officer for Climate-KIC, shaping an agenda on transformative innovation. Prior to that he led the climate and environment programme at the Overseas Development Institute, supported UN policy on disaster risk reduction, and served as a coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Extreme Weather.

Zeenat Niazi, vice-president of Development Alternatives Group, has over 26 years’ experience in the social and environment development sector. In the last decade, her work has extended to design and coordination of low carbon development strategies for the central Indian region of Bundelkhand and coordination of climate change adaptation, action and communication, knowledge management and knowledge dissemination for promoting national and global sustainable development strategies.