Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Mark Bynoe served as the Inaugural Director for Guyana at the Department of Energy in the Ministry of the Presidency from 2018 to 2020. His areas of expertise include climate finance, resource economics, economics of climate change, and SIDS. Previously, he served as the Assistant Executive Director for the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and prior to that as a Senior Environmental Economist at CCCCC.

African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited

Malvern Chirume is the Chief Underwriting Officer at the African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) where he is involved in efforts to mobilize premium to assist vulnerable countries in coping with climate change. He previously served as a Fellow with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe, England, and Wales and as a Member of the Institute of Risk Management South Africa. Previously, he worked as the Chief Risk Officer at FEM and as an Independent Consultant for various London market insurers.

Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)

Elizabeth Emanuel is an International Development Consultant at the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF). She has over 20 years of experience, with a focus on public policy, development planning, environmental management, climate change adaptation, sustainable development planning, environmental education and communication, and project management. Previously, she served as a Programme Director for Vision 2030 Jamaica at the Planning Institute of Jamaica.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Catherine Gamper leads the OECD’s work on Climate Change Adaptation, including the coordination of the OECD Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation, which brings together all OECD member and a number of non-OECD members as well as key international agencies working on adaptation to support  the implementation of increasingly ambitious national adaptation agendas. Catherine started her career at the OECD as a young professional, working on regional development, public investment and multi-level governance. She led the governance directorate’s work on disaster risk prevention and resilience, with a focus on the economics and public finance aspects of disaster risks. Prior to joining the OECD, she worked at the World Bank, contributing to its research and operational work on disaster risk reduction and localising development, as well as for a policy research platform in Austria advising local governments on climate change adaptation. Ms. Gamper holds a PhD in public economics from the University of Innsbruck.

CDG Capital

Laila Mikou works as the Sustainable Development Director at CDG Capital and is a GCF Focal Point of CDG Capital. Her areas of expertise include adaptation and mitigation. Previously, she served as the Investment Director at CDG Capital Private Equity and prior to that as a Project Manager at General Electric.

International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University

Daniel Edward Osgood leads the Financial Instruments Sector Team at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University. His areas of expertise include index insurance, forecasts, finance, triggers, and actions. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor and Assistant Specialist for Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Arizona.

World Bank

Ayaz Parvez serves as the Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist in the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). He specializes in design and implementation of both disaster and crisis recovery projects, design of disaster risk reduction initiatives including in FCV settings, the conduct of post-disaster and post-crisis needs assessments and programmatic recovery frameworks, and disaster-conflict nexus situations. Previously, he worked as a Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist within the Africa Region DRM Team of the World Bank.

Environnement et Developpement du Tiers Monde

Emmanuel Seck works as Programme Manager at the Environnement et Developpement du Tiers Monde. He is a Board Member of the Global Network for Disaster Reduction where he serves as a Regional Representative of West and Central Africa. He has been engaged at the national, regional, and international levels in the intergovernmental processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Sendai Framework.

Simon Young areas of expertise include weather and climate risk modelling, development and implementation of innovative insurance solutions for managing and financing climate risk, risk financing applications for ecosystem resilience and biodiversity conservation. Previously, he worked at Willis Towers Watson’s Climate and Resilience Hub as a Senior Director and as an international risk management Consultant, as the CEO of Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd., and as the Founding CEO of the African Risk Capacity’s insurance Company Ltd.

UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance 

Kevin Adams is the Lead Climate Finance Negotiator for the United States and Advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry. In this capacity, Kevin supports international climate policy negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations General Assembly, G7/G20, OECD, and other relevant fora. Kevin serves as member of the UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance (SCF), Alternate Board Member of the Adaptation Fund, advisor to the U.S. Board Member of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and as the U.S. delegate for the OECD Working Party on Finance and Investment for Environmental Goals (WPFEIG). 

UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre and Network

UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee

UNFCCC Paris Committee on Capacity-building 

Mr. Yousif Muayad serves as a member of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB). In his national role, Mr. Muayad is the Director of the Climate Change Directorate at the Ministry of Environment of Iraq. He is also one of the UNFCCC National Focal Points of Iraq and a member of Iraq’s national committee of the Sendai Framework.

Special Advisor, Africa Adaptation Initiative, Botswana;

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

Kulthoum Motsumi is the current special advisor of the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI). She has extensive experience in climate change adaptation and Loss and Damage in the African continent. Ms. Omari-Motsumi is a contributing author of the AR6 IPCC Africa chapter on adaptation finance. She served as a member of the Adaptation Committee of the UNFCCC, representing Africa and also served as the G77+China Coordinator on the Global Goal on adaptation for the UNFCCC. Currently, she is the lead negotiator on adaptation for the African Group of Negotiators and at the national level, she serves as a member of the Botswana National Climate Change Committee, leading on adaptation.

Chief Operating Officer of the Climate Change Directorate at the Ministry of Environment of Panama;

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage 

Rooted in the Global South, Ana is passionate about transforming climate data into justice-driven action. She has spent her career pushing for solutions that center people, especially those most vulnerable, and believes that true climate leadership means listening, co-creating, and showing up with integrity. Whether designing early warning systems, training young negotiators, or negotiating for loss and damage support, Ana brings clarity, courage, and deep technical expertise to the table.

Ana Luisa Aguilar Candanedo is Panama’s Lead Climate Negotiator, Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Resilience Advisor at the Ministry of Environment. With a background in environmental engineering and a master’s in Hydroscience and Engineering  from TU Dresden, Ana works at the intersection of climate science, diplomacy, and frontline resilience. She has helped shape Panama’s most ambitious climate policies, mobilized millions in climate finance, and represents her country in high-stakes UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD negotiations.

Assistant Director, International Climate Negotiations Branch, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia;

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

Jared Huntley has worked on international climate change issues since 2022 for the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. His areas of focus within the UNFCCC have included gender-responsive climate action, climate education, and youth empowerment – and he is particularly interested in advancing work that highlights human-rights approaches to enhancing efforts under the Paris Agreement. He has a passion for the natural world, including the cryosphere and the immense changes it is undergoing.

Advisor, Climate Policy Support Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage