GLOBAL RISK FINANCING FACILITY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Program Coordinator / World Bank
Dr. Claire Simon is a senior consultant supporting GRiF in the design and use of tools to monitor, evaluate, and learn (MEL) from GRiF investments. Claire has over 16 years of international experience working with complex programs to measure, learn, and adapt based on emerging quantitative and qualitative evaluation research and data.
Job Titles:
- Manager
- Practice Manager / World Bank
- Practice Manager of the World Bank 's Crisis & Disaster Risk Finance
Dr. Olivier Mahul is the Practice Manager of the World Bank's Crisis & Disaster Risk Finance (CDRF) unit. He oversees the implementation of the he Global Risk Financing Facility. He has been involved in the development of innovative disaster risk financing and insurance solutions in more than 40 countries and a number of flagship regional initiatives.
Job Titles:
- Knowledge Management and Communications Lead
- Knowledge Management Specialist
Kaavya Krishna is a Knowledge Management Specialist in the CDRF unit. She leads coordination of the overall communications and learning activities of the Global Risk Finance Facility. She also overseas knowledge management and learning for the CDRF unit.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Gender Specialist
Lisa Roberts is a senior consultant supporting the Global Risk Finance Facility to develop strategies to help countries apply a gender lens when designing and implementing financial solutions to manage shocks. Lisa has over 20 years of international experience working on policy and programs that seek to address social dimensions of disaster risk management.
Job Titles:
- Manager
- Bank in 2006 As a Junior Professional Officer
- Head of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction
Niels Holm-Nielsen is Head of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). Niels joined the Bank in 2006 as a Junior Professional Officer in the Middle East and North Africa Region. He has since held several positions in Disaster Risk Management in the Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa Regions, including most recently as Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist and Global Lead for Resilience and Disaster Risk Management.
Job Titles:
- Knowledge Management and Communications Analyst
Peijing (Penny) Li is a Knowledge Management and Communications Analyst in the CDRF. Penny supports the growing knowledge and learning portfolio of Global Risk Financing Facility and its communications strategy.
Job Titles:
- Risk Management Specialist
- Trust Fund Specialist
Ronette Jordan is a Disaster Risk Management Specialist at GFDRR. She supports the administration of the Global risk Financing Facility through trust fund management and partnership activities. She also served as Advisor to the Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean, extensively covering a range of issues related to climate, disaster risk management and resilience.
Job Titles:
- External Partnership Coordinator
Simon Hagemann works in the CDRF unit. Simon supports reporting, monitoring, evaluation and learning, as well as the strategic development of GRiF. He also has experience working on BMZ where he launched a number of flagship initiatives including the InsuResilience Global Partnership.
Job Titles:
- Financial Sector Specialist / World Bank Group
- Technical Team Lead
Sumati Rajput is a Financial Sector in the CDRF unit. She co-leads the overall program management of the Global Risk Financing Facility. She has experience working on disaster risk management and risk financing projects is Africa and Asia as well as managing large donor communities and trust fund operations.
Zoe previously worked in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region of the World Bank Group as a Senior Urban Specialist. She has more than 15 years of experience at the Bank in disaster risk management and urban development programs, in both Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia and the Pacific. Previously, she worked in the Hazard Management Unit at GFDRR.