Meet the team

Johan Robinson is a Senior Programme Officer responsible for the UN Environment-Global Environment Facility Biodiversity & Land Degradation portfolios.

Victoria Luque leads UNEP's GEF Coordination Office.

Jochem heads the Climate Services and Capacity Building Unit in UNEP’s Science Division.

He leads efforts on strengthening the science-policy interface at country level and oversees the UNEP GEF-funded Cross-cutting Capacity Development (CCCD) portfolio as well as the GCF-funded Climate Information and Early Warning Systems (CIEWS) portfolio.

Dr. Hartwig Kremer coordinated UNEP’s Global Environment Monitoring Systems, Scientific Assessments and data, SDG and partnership-focused activities, with a lens on freshwater, the ocean and air quality.

Kevin Helps is Senior Programme Officer responsible for the UN Environment-Global Environment Facility Chemicals and Waste portfolio. 

Jessica Troni is Senior Programme Officer responsible for the UN Environment-Global Environment Facility Climate Change Adaptation portfolio.

Asher is responsible for UNEP’s portfolio of GEF mitigation projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.

He oversees the development and implementation of more than 25 projects in the region, in areas including sustainable cities, electric mobility, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate transparency.

Suzanne oversees the development and implementation of UNEP’s projects which support developing countries meet their reporting obligation under the UN Framework Convention on Climate change.

Fatma Twahir is an Administrative Officer of the GEF Climate Mitigation unit (CMU). 

She is responsible for the Financial and Administrative Management of the Unit. She has extensive experience and knowledge in Budget and Finance, with over 30 years working both in the private sector and the UN.

Alex is a programme management officer with the Climate Change Adaptation Unit based at the Nature for Climate Branch in the UNEP’s Ecosystem Division in Nairobi.

Isabelle has extensive experience with the negotiation, formulation, and implementation of technical assistance projects primarily GEF funded, and has worked with multiple partners.

Sudhir Sharma is an Officer in Charge of UNEP's GEF Climate Change Mitigation team, based in the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Julien is responsible for UNEP’s portfolio of GEF-funded climate change mitigation projects in Africa, as well as a global programme on electric mobility.

Kavita Sharma is a Task Manager with the UNEP GEF Biodiversity Land Degradation Unit, based in Bangkok. Prior to joining the UNEP GEF team, Kavita worked on natural capital accounting in Asia, Africa, and Europe at UNEP's The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) secretariat in Geneva, and as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers India.

Essa works under the GEF Executive Coordinator as Coordination Officer supporting the overall management of GEF Portfolio in UNEP. His role is focused on corporate compliance, reporting, and programme management.

Jitendra is the focal point for the POPs projects of the GEF Chemicals and Waste Portfolio.

Alex Owusu-Biney supports the UNEP-GEF Portfolio on Biosafety in the development, implementation and technical support to the National Biosafety Frameworks in line with Member States obligations to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at the Global, Regional and National Levels.

Sangjin is a Task Manager of the GEF Biodiversity and Land Degradation Unit at UNEP, where he facilitates the development and implementation of UNEP’s overall agenda through coordination of UNEP-GEF Biodiversity and Land Degradation projects in the Pacific region, as well as selected countries in the Asia Region.

Ersin has 23 years of experience in development planning, strategic management planning, project cycle management, project evaluation, capital budgeting and international negotiations.

Christopher is a Task Manager for the Caribbean portfolio of GEF-funded Biodiversity and Land Degradation projects within UNEP's Ecosystems Division.

A national of Niger Republic, Adamou is currently serving as the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Task Manager Biodiversity and Land Degradation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Atifa has over 7 years of experience working on climate change adaptation and environmental issues.

Anna Kontorov has over 15 years of experience working on climate change adaptation, ecosystems and biodiversity issues.

She started her career at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, focusing on European Union and international biodiversity policy processes, joining UNEP’s Climate Change Adaptation Unit at the end of 2007.

Anu oversees the GEF Chemicals and Waste Portfolio finances and administrative queries.

She has 17 years of experience in administration at the UN Office of Nairobi and in programme budgeting in UNEP. Anu is a national of the Netherlands and India, she holds an MBA.

Florence oversees the financial management of the Cross-Cutting Capacity Development (CCCD) portfolio as well as the GCF-funded Climate Information and Early Warning Systems (CIEWS) portfolio.