I am a climate change and sustainability leader with nearly two decades of international experience in ESG, climate risk and disclosures, carbon emissions mitigation, climate finance and environmental and social safeguards. I am currently Specialist Leader in Sustainability and Climate at Deloitte. I have been on the Expert Advisory Group for Science Based Targets initiative. I have a PhD in Environmental Science and policy and an MS in Environmental Engineering from University of Houston, Texas. For my scientific research I have been recognized as a UN Future Earth Fellow (2014) and a Fulbright scholar (2005). I have worked at the World Bank, WWF, Lund University, Aarhus University, Nature Research, UNOPS and Korea Water Resources Corporation among other organizations.
I have been a World Bank accredited Environment Specialist, a Prince2 certified project management practitioner, UNOPS and IOSH certified HSE specialist. I am the author of several award winning papers and essays on issues ranging from indicator development beyond GDP, remote sensing and energy sustainability to gender and climate change. My writings have appeared in Scientific American, Nautilus, Nature Energy, Dawn and other publications. My scientific research published in journals like Nature Climate Change, Climatic Change and Ecological Indicators continues to be widely cited.
I advise clients on sustainability strategy and disclosures including compliance with standards such as GRI, TCFD, CSRD, SEC, CBAM, ISSB and many others. In the past decade I have helped more than a dozen companies build their sustainability reporting from all stages of maturity ranging from doing first report to doing quantitative scenario analysis for reporting climate risks. I have developed custom tools for climate risk quantification and Net Zero strategy development. I have deep experience in climate scenarios including application of IEA, IPCC, NGFS and other scenarios to quantify climate risks. I develop processes for compliance with sustainability reporting standards such as TCFD, SASB, GRI and others covering data collection, management, monitoring and governance.
Among other awards and achievements, I have been recognized as;
- UN Future Earth Fellow (2014)
- Winner of the United Nations IHDP's Dimensions Spring 2014 writing contest on “Beyond GDP”
- Finalist of the United Nations Global Energy Initiative Energy Essay Contest (2013)
- Third Prize Winner for IEEE Earthzine Student Essay Contest on ‘Science and Technology for Observing Earth’s Climate’ (2013)
- Finalist of the Green Party in European Parliament’s Essay Competition on Women and Climate Change (2010)
- Fulbright Scholarship (2005-2007)
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