Archive for November 2022

Peter Amos is the Managing Director of Damwatch Engineering Limited, a specialist consulting dam engineering and dam safety company based in New Zealand.  He is a Principal Civil Engineer with 34 years of experience in several countries, specialising in dams and heavy civil engineering, with specific experience in structural and seismic engineering together with dam…

Shaun Awatere (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepohatu) has been active supporting Māori manage collective assets in a more sustainable manner consistent with the kaupapa-Māori principles of kaitiekitanga, manaakitanga and whakatipu rawa. He is currently engaged in research and policy to help prepare iwi/hapū Māori for climate change mitigation and adaptation planning. Shaun and a team of…

Currently Interim Chief Executive (interim), Peter re-joined GNS Science in October 2018 as General Manager, Science. He is responsible for the leadership and management of our research teams, as well as the quality and performance of our research projects and geohazard monitoring activities.

Emily Campbell (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Haina) is the Pou Whakamahere Kaupapa Here l Tikanga Māori Planner at Hutt City Council in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and a research consultant. Her work explores the intersection of planning and design concepts, and te ao Māori across the areas of resource management, disaster risk reduction and climate change to deliver…

A/Prof. Nguyen Canh Thai graduated Civil Engineering and started working at Thuyloi University in 1987 as a faculty lecturer of Hydraulic Structural Engineering Department. He completed MSc and then PhD in 2000 from Kyoto University, Japan. In 2013 he was appointed as Vice President of Thuyloi University in charge of science and technology and international…

Ms. Shannen Chua is a Treasury Operations Officer under the Capital Market Strategy and Planning Division of the Bureau of the Treasury. She leads the design and implementation of the Philippines’ various disaster risk financing and insurance programs. She spearheads the BTr’s risk analysis initiative using GIS (Geographic Information System) to better quantify and qualify…

Apoorv Dabral (Senior Vice President) is the Head of Public Sector for Asia-Pac based in Guy Carpenter’s Singapore office. In his current role, he is responsible for leading the Guy carpenter’s public sector projects and initiatives in the region. Before moving into this role, he was a member of GC analytics team, specifically looking into…

Dr Bapon Fakhruddin (Technical Director – DRR and Climate Resilience), is an international climate change and disaster risk reduction expert. He brings over 20 years of experience working with climate-vulnerable countries around the world, and most recently in the South Pacific and New Zealand. Holding a PhD in Water Engineering and Management, Dr Fakhruddin is…

Greg has over 35 years’ experience in the risk financing industry. As an insurance broker and risk consultant, he has guided a diverse range of clients in Washington DC, Australia, the Pacific Islands and New Zealand (NZ). In 2010, Greg became the Portfolio Manager Risk and Insurance for the NZ Department of Corrections. This included…

Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF) is an ASEAN+3 (Japan, People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea) Initiative established to increase member countries’ resilience against natural catastrophes exacerbated by climate change including floods, droughts, tsunamis and earthquakes. SEADRIF Initiative established SEADRIF Insurance Company (SIC), a general insurance company incorporated and regulated in…