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Anglophone and West Africa
1995-1997 - Cohort 4
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Uche Franka OWO-ONU is principal programs officer for the Nigerian Television Authority, where she produces programs based on her research. Specifically, she produces a series on child survival that highlights the health and social problems confronting Nigerian women and children and identifies possible solutions. She has produced more than 50 television programs on nutrition, environment and education and has participated in several workshops and seminars in Nigeria and abroad on topics of health and environment. She is most interested in the role of women in development.
U.F. Owu-Onu has a master's degree in industrial relations and personnel management from the University of Lagos and a bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. In addition, she holds a certificate in television production and directing from the Abdul Razak Broadcasting Institute in Malaysia, and has participated in training on micronutrient malnutrition and child nursing. |
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International
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Pakistan
2000-2002 - Cohort 9
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Since Jan 2009, working with GSK Pakistan as Senior Manager Business Development based in Karachi. Core involvement is in the identifcation of growth opportunities and leverage them to become part of company business, Working with manufacturing facilities for ensuring timely launches of new products, line extensions, branded generics and packs rationalizations.
From Jan 2005 till Dec 2008 moved to the Regional Supply Chain for the Asia Pac Region in the capacity of Regional Manager. Main functional responsibilities included: Managing information flow across various platforms within the supply chain network. This includes legacy systems (BPCS) at regional locations, data warehouses, Manugistics and SAP. Develop and cultivate business relationship with the regional markets and manufacturing sites Communication of critical issues, required resources, project plans and goals to Senior Management in the region. Aligning the market/sites processes with the global supply chain design by working closely with markets/sites at varying levels. Supporting Regional Sales & Operations Planning process and contribute by providing analytical performance measurement reports. Work closely with Regional Demand (Forecasting) and Market Planning (Fulfillment Planning) in order to bring improvements in forecasting, customer service, inventory management, and Plant performances. PROFILE PRIOR TO 2005: Mr. Hashmi works for Bristol-Myers Squibb Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd as Manager Manufacturing Effectiveness/EHS, in which capacity he has successfully completed an enterprise wise automation and integration system called the MRP-II (Manufacturing Resource Planning)system. He is now responsible for supporting and implementing new automation systems within the organization. Building financila integration within these systems. Identifying productivity initiatives and then implementing these initiatives by involving concerned employees. Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) is one of the core areas of management focus in Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). Umar is also responsible for this very improtant area. He works closely with the corporate EHS department in implementing policies and strategies to meet the company EHS objectives. He also leads a core team of senior people from various functional departments of the company to ensure the efficacy of the environmental management system, prioritize strategies for implementation, continuously monitor the efficiency of the EMS, evaluate or benchmark with other group companies etc. He also forms, train and guide various EHS sub teams at the facility to meet the EHS challenges and to increase the awareness of the employees. On-going training and education to the employees and also to the management is part and parcel of the job. Budgeting and planning for the projects and capital expenses. Identification of community support programs, sharing of best practices with peer companies and other industrial units, participation in various associations and other representatve forum etc. are also part of the job responsibilities. He previously worked for Ciba-Geigy and the Data Processing Centre of the IncomeTax Department, Government of Pakistan. Mr Hashmi holds a Masters in Public Administration from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. |
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Anglophone and West Africa
2001-2003 - Cohort 10
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Umar is the President of Keytab Consulting Services Limited, a Leadership and Management Development organisation based in Nigeria.He is an international Leadership and Management Consultant and has worked in over 30 countries across five continents.
He was a Senior Consultant and Team Leader in the Organisational Training and Skills Development Team in ReStraL Consulting. His responsibilities included business development, marketing and development of capacity building products. A seasoned Facilitator of Leadership and Management Development Programmes, Umar developed several training products and product lines in the firm. He coordinated the effective delivery of training programmes in the team responsible for disseminating knowledge and building capacity in people. He developed and participated in a number of attitudinal/ culture change programmes aimed at translating corporate strategy to reality. Prior to joining ReStraL Consulting, Umar worked in the Sales and Marketing Departments of Pfizer Products Plc., Colgate Palmolive and Swiss Pharma Nigeria Limited (formerly ROCHE) as a District Manager, Area Manager and Product Manager, respectively. He is a Pharmacist and has a Bachelor Of Pharmacy degree(1988) and an MBA from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Nigeria. He is a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing of Nigeria and a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria. His interests include:Leadership/Management Development, Facilitation of Leadership/Management Capacity Building Sessions and Strategic Planning Sessions. Umar enjoys sharing knowledge with others. |
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International
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Professor Umberto Colombo is Chairman of the Scientific Councils of the ENI, Enrico Mattei Foundation and of the Italian Institute for the Environment. He is also a member of the Bank of IBM SEMEA.
Between 1967 and the present U. Colombo has held a wide range of prestigious positions: Minister for University, Science and Technology in Italy; Chairman of the Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment; Chairman of the Italian Hydrocarbons Trust; Director General of Montedision's R&D and Strategic Planning; Director of Montecatini's G. Donegani Research Centre; Governor of IDRC in Canada; and President of the European Institute Research Management Association. His memberships include the Academia Nazionale dei Lincei, Academia Europea, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the World Academy of Art and Science, the Third World Academy of Sciences and the Executive Council of the Stockholm Environment Institute. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pavia, Italy, and was a postdoctoral Fulbright Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. He has received honorary doctorates from Anna University in India and Mendeleyev University in Russia. U. Colombo is the Chair of the Board Directors of LEAD Europe. |
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Indonesia
1994-1996 - Cohort 3
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Mr. Sukaedi was one of the Project Manager in the Departement of Environment of PT. SMART Corporation, the largest Palm Oil Industris in Indonesia ( and of the world). He was also have a specialities in Social-Environmental Education in Indonesia that frequently conducting research and consultancy in local people and indegenous knowledge sectors, palm oil industries, public works, and some environmental protection program. He is finishing his Ph.D program major in Population and Environmental Education in Jakarta State University, Indonesia. In 1996, he received his Master degree in Environmental Science, major in Environmental Protection from University of Indonesia. He is very active participating in many environmental management system (ISO14000 Series), national and international seminars as presenters and moderators. He is also a Chief of Environmental Compartment of the Indonesian Small and Medium Enterprise (ISME or AUMI), a Chief of Division of Natural Conservation in Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ICCI or KADIN Indonesia). He is interested in education, environmental science, wastewater management, community based development, public involvement, economics and politics.
Currently he is developing and bulding the networks for Social Responsibility & Environment in Oil Palm Industry as SR&E Project Manager. |
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USA
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India
1995-1997 - Cohort 4
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USHA P. RAGHUPATHI is a Research Professor at the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) in New Delhi. She is currently holding the additional charge of Director and has also held the position of officiating Director of the Institute for over a year (in 2005-06). She worked with the UNDP (India) from January 2007 to June 2008 on a project. Her responsibilities at NIUA include guiding, supervising and conducting research on contemporary urban issues. She has extensive experience of working on issues pertaining to environment, poverty, infrastructure and services. Her expertise is in the area of urban services i.e., water supply, sanitation and solid waste management. She has conducted many studies on urban services and has also written papers on the subject. Her areas of interest include urban environmental issues and sustainable development. Prof. Raghupathi has professional experience of over 31 years. She has coordinated many research studies sponsored by the Government of India as well as by international donor agencies. She has written many research reports and papers for national and international publications. Prof. Raghupathi has a master's degree in Geography from the University of Delhi and subsequently received Post-graduate Diploma from the School of Planning in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She has done a short-term Diploma course at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She also pursued further training in the United States and in Sweden.
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Anglophone and West Africa
2008-2009 - Cohort 14
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Mr. Usman Kawu MOHAMMED is currently an Assistant Manager with the Securities and Exchange Commission with duties of reviewing documentation prior to opening a corporate outfit to public on the capital market. Before his current job, he had been a Senor Manager with United Carriers Limited, a haulage and distribution outfit for petroleum products.
Mr. MOHAMMED graduated BSc Hons from Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He also had a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from University of East London and a MBA from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. He has attended several conferences at home and abroad. |
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Pakistan
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India
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Mr V. Anathanarayanan is a Commerce Graduate from Madras. He is a Chartered Accountant with more than thirty years of experience and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has also held the position of Treasurer of the Indian Society of International Law for over a decade. Currently, he is associated with many Trusts.
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Southern and Eastern Africa
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Commonwealth of Independent States
1996-1998 - Cohort 5
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Vadim Arthurovitch SALTYKOVSKY has lectured in ecology, social and political geography and regional politics at The University of Social Science, Russian Open University, Moscow State University and the University of Canada (as a visiting professor in 1994). His main area of interest is the environmental stability and sustainable development of old industrial regions. He has participated in several important federal and international programs, including the nongovernmental fund New Generation (1991-1993) and the international program 'Ecological Aspects of Development of the North' (1994). He is the scientific secretary of the Vernadsky's nongovernmental fund. V.A. Saltykovsky graduated from the Moscow Geological Prospecting Academy in 1986, and he received his master's degree in 1993.
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India
1993-1995 - Cohort 2
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Vaidyanathan is the Head Environment of ESSAR Group and is responsible for all Environment and Forest related clearances, compliances, etc for Indian and International projects and operations. Apart from this he assists the legal team on all matters related to Environment and Forests. Received a B.S. in Chemical Technology from Osmania University, a P.G. Diploma from Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment. He is a lead auditor for ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18000. A trained facilitator for TQM.
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Europe
1998-2000 - Cohort 7
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Valentin ACRIS is currently Project Manager with Thyssen Krupp Representative Office Romania. Within the office he is representative of Krupp F�rdertechnik GmbH and is responsible for developing projects in the coal surface mining industry.
Valentin Acris has two Masters degrees. The first degree is in Electrical Engineering, with specialization in data transmission from the Technical University Bucharest. The second degree is in Management and Marketing, with specialization in Industrial Marketing from the Romanian-American University Bucharest. |
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Brazil
1995-1997 - Cohort 4
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Valeria Cristina SALLES is an independent consultant and development facilitator. Her major expertise is in supporting planning, monitoring and evaluation participatory processes. She also works as consultant for project management, institutional building and leadership capacity building. She has worked in several countries, particularly Brazil, Germany and Southern African countries. She works through on-the-job training, team building courses and organizational development, as well as increasing leadership capacity through a focus on lobbying, public relations and civic education. Her interests include international cooperation policy related to the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environment in African countries. After living in Brazil until 1996, she has lived in Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa, Germany and now resides in France.
V.C. Salles has completed a Master's degree in Social Development Management at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa, with political leadership in Africa as major topic. |
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Francophone Africa
2007-2009 - Cohort 13
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After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from the Advanced
School of Mass Communication in Yaounde, in the Department of Journalism in 1998, five years later she received a degree of Master of Arts in Translation, from the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters in Buea. She worked successively in the Ministry of Communication; Ministry of Sports and Physical Education. Currently, she works with the Cameroon Radio and Television as a reporter and translator. She is Chief of Department. She is an active member of many women organizations, professional and philanthropic organizations, and acts as the Secretary General of LEAD Cameroon. She is a single mother of two children, a girl of nine and a boy of four years. She is the second child of a family of seven, four girls and three boys. She is a Catholic, from the Farâ€North of Cameroon, in the Mayo Danay Division |
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Brazil
2008-2009 - Cohort 14
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My name is Vana Tércia Silva de Freitas, born in 1978. I graduated in Business Administration from the faculty - Unified Education Association of the Federal District.
I worked at IBM in administrative support in the area of marketing - sales to the public sector in 2002. In December 2004, I passed in national contest. I chose the Ministry of the Environment which is a government body of administration, which responds directly to the Presidency of the Republic. I work as an environmental analyst. This position encompasses the formulation of national policies for the environment, management and planning of the use and access to environmental resources, improving environmental quality and sustainable use of natural resources; studies and proposes strategic tools for the implementation of environmental national policies as well as its monitoring, evaluation and control. Furthermore, it develops strategies and proposals to manage the integration between environmental and sector policies, based on the principles and guidelines of sustainable development. In 2005, I worked in the Department of Genetic Heritage in the administrative area. In early 2006, I was transferred to the Department of Economics and the Environment, where I coordinated the area of economic instruments. In the middle of 2007, I had worked with the Sustainable Production and Consumption. At moment, I working with Consumer Awareness and the Marrakech Process in the Secretariat of Institutional Articulation and Environmental Citizenship of MMA. Interest in themes: social responsibility, sustainable consumption and networks. |
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International
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Vanessa joined LEAD International’s Training team in October 2007 as Training and Development Officer.
Prior to LEAD Vanessa worked as Curriculum Manager, before becoming Curriculum Director at UK-based charity Common Purpose, an organisation that runs leadership development programmes designed to give leaders the inspiration, knowledge and connections they need to produce real change. The move to LEAD International sees Vanessa pull together her training and knowledge of leadership development, experiential learning practices and background in environmental sciences and development. Before Common Purpose, Vanessa was based at the Centre for Land Use and Water Resource Research at Newcastle University. As a Research Assistant she explored water scarcity in the UK and the emergence of farmer-organised abstraction groups. Vanessa has a BSc. in Environmental Earth Studies and MSc. in Environment and Development, worked as a volunteer for both Water Aid and Action Aid, and has taught English as a second language. |
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USA
2005-2006 - Cohort 11
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Varghese MANALOOR, is Associate Professor of Economics and Management, at Augustana Faculty, University of Alberta. His teaching interests are applied microeconomics (environmental and development economics) and quantitative methods. His research interests are in sustainable development issues (GHG emissions, ecotourism), and food and nutrition policy.
At Augustana, Varghese has taken on administrative and advisory roles. In 1998, he was the academic advisor for Augustana's Rural Development exchange program with Mexico. Most recently, along with his colleague, he has developed an India Study Tour course, in which students learn, first hand, the work of various development organizations and the challenges they face. In June 2005, he presented a paper on 'The Impacts of the Removal of Farm-Fuel Tax Rebate on CO2 Emissions from Prairie Agriculture', at the 28th IAEE (International Association of Energy Economics) conference held in Taipei, Taiwan. Varghese completed his PhD from the University of Saskatchewan and worked for a year as a Research Associate before joining Augustana in 1996. |
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India
2005-2006 - Cohort 11
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Born on 11th June, 1957 in Ernakulam, Kerala, Varghese Theekanath had most of his education in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. After completing undergraduate studies (B.Sc) from Andhra Loyala College, pursued Postgraduate Degree (M.A.) in philosophy from Osmania University. Then went on to complete the M.Phil Programme in Development Studies as a Research Fellow from the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hydrabad. In between he also completed a four years programme in Theology (B.Th.) from Jnana DeepaVidayapeeth, Pune. He has a Diploma in Journalism, and also training in Social Analysis and Counselling.
He is a Life Member of an International Religious Society called the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel. It has primarily been involved in the field of education - primary, secondary, university, technical and special – since 1715 when it was founded in France. The Society manages hundreds of institutions in 32 countries all over the world. The Society founded in India in 1903 manages 160 educational and social institutions all over the country. It is divided into 6 different administrative provinces. Since the last four years, Varghese is the Provincial and Chairman of the Central Region (AP, Maharashtra, Goa andTanzania in East Africa) with headquarters in Hydrabad. In this capacity, he has the responsibility to administer, animate, formulate policies and execute them in the 34 institutions/programmes with over 3000 employees. Since August 2004, he is also the President of the Conference of Religious, India (CRI) which is a confederation of Chairman/Chairpersons and Provincials of over 800 different religious organisations in India, with headquarters in Okhla, Delhi. He has basically been a Social Activist. His first experience of working with people was immediately after graduation, when he joined Grameen Vikas, a community based organisation involved in education and empowerment of the Santhal Tribal people in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. He was the founder Director of People’s Initiative Network in Hydrabad from 1990 to 2001. In this capacity he initiated work among the urban poor, particularly in 60 slums through a network of schools, youth groups and women’s groups. Founded campaign for Housing and Tenurial Rights (CHATRI) in 1997 to resist increasing evictions of slum people from their habitations in the name of development and beautification. This became an important housing rights movement in the city of Hyderabad advocating equity and protection of rights of the poor in urban planning. He is stillactively involved with PIN and CHATRI. The most commendable work of PIN and CHATRI has been the effective resistance to the attempt to commercialize the banks of the Musi River. If implemented, the project would have destroyed the lakes and canal network flowing in to the river, seriously affecting the hundreds of low leying areas of the city, causing destructive floods. Thanks to the people’s movement he provided leadership to, the Rs.400 crores projects was shelved. Protection of the environment that pays equal attention to the development, rights and livelihood of the poor remain his particular area of interest. |
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Commonwealth of Independent States
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Vassili SOKOLOV is the LEAD CIS Academic Coordinator and Core Faculty Member since the inception of the LEAD CIS Program. He graduated from Moscow State University with a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has been a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Environmental Research Group at the Institute of USA and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and has served as a consultant on environmental issues to the Russian Council of Ministers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of natural Resources and other governmental bodies. He has also participated as a local expert in UNEP and GEF activities. V. Sokolov is the author of more than one hundred publications in both Russian and international circles. He is also the recipient of research support from MacArthur Foundation and received the Russian Federation's Presidential Award for Outstanding National Scientists.
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Commonwealth of Independent States
2000-2002 - Cohort 9
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Vassilli LEBEDEV is Head of Adventure travel department of Traveler's Association, Moscow, Russia. He is teaching part time in Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Chair of Social & Economic Geography of the Foreign World. His main responsibilities include supervising new tourist products covering developing countries and eco-tourism in Russian national parks.
Prior to joining Traveler's Association, he had worked as coordinator in India for 'Teckhnopromexport', Moscow based corporation, and as import manager for 'Wimm-Bill-Dann', leading Russian milk and juices products manufacturer. V. Lebedev is geographer by training, with Ph.D. from Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences and experience as Senior Lecturer in Moscow State University. His academic interests are in the field of politics and political geography of modern India. List of publications includes 8 papers. He is found of soft adventure travel. |
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India
1998-2000 - Cohort 7
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Veena RAVICHANDRAN, is currently Senior Program Officer, Innovation Policy and Science at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada. Her work involves developing research capacity in developing countries in linking knowledge, outputs from scientific research and technology and policies for innovations towards social and economic development. Earlier, she was with the International Council for Science- Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries, in India as Principal Scientific Officer and engaged in promoting the linkage of science and technology to development in the South. She has a doctorate in biophysics from the University of Madras and a Diploma in Technology Management from the United States International University, San Diego. She has to her credit 13 research publications in refreed journals and 4 edited volumes. She received a citation in 2003 from the government of Andhra Pradesh, Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation for het outstanding contribution in science and technology for national development. She has held consultancy positions with LEAD International, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, UNESCO and the European Commission.
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Southern and Eastern Africa
2009-2010 - Cohort 15
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Canada
2010-2011 - Cohort 16
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Velma Grover is an adjunct professor at York University (at Faculty of Environmental Studies) and at McMaster University (Center for Engineering and Public Policy) where she offers courses on water and waste management, program and policy implementation, green engineering and public policy, international governance and sustainability.
Just a couple of decades ago, when she was gazing into the crystal ball trying to determine the path for her further studies and career a few things happened: there was an epidemic of plague followed by Dengue fever in India linked to mismanagement of waste and she came across Megatrends by John Naisbitt. This inspired her to study sustainable development and focus on a holistic approach to environmental issues. Getting a masters in environmental management and a PhD started her journey into the field of environment and sustainable development. Since then, she has worked with environmental NGOs, consulting firms, and international organizations in the field of solid waste and water management in both developing as well as developed world. She would like to continue this journey into establishing linkages between human action, environment and sustainability and she believes that LEAD will offer a great opportunity to learn new skills and form new networks with like-minded colleagues. She has a Doctorate in Waste Management and a Masters in Environmental Management from the University of London, Wye, UK, as well as a certificate in International Environmental Law from Wye College, University of London, Wye, U.K. |
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Indonesia
2007-2008 - Cohort 13
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The BAPEDA DKI Jakarta develops policies for the regional planning, and also establishes development plans, budget strategy, provincial spatial plan, etc. Vera manages the planning and evaluation process of Jakarta spatial plan, prepares long-term, mid-term and annual development plans for spatial and building management, also prepares and reviews its policies and regulations.
Vera obtained her Bachelor in Regional and City Planning from Institute Technology of Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia and her Masters in Urban Engineering from University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2001. |
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Canada
1995-1997 - Cohort 4
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Veronica Farmer is currently in the role of corporate marketing at Tundra Semiconductor Corporation. Her focus is on corporate identity, investor relations and public relations. Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSE:TUN) designs, develops, and markets advanced System Interconnect for use by the world's leading Internet and communications infrastructure vendors. Tundra chips provide the latest interface and throughput features to help these companies design and deliver more powerful equipment in shorter timeframes. Applications include telecommunications, data communications, wireless communications, industrial automation, and ruggedized systems. Tundra headquarters are located in Kanata, Ontario, Canada, and sales offices are based in Mountain View, California and Maidenhead, U.K. Tundra sells its products worldwide through a network of direct sales personnel, independent distributors, and manufacturers' representatives. More information is available on-line at www.tundra.com. Veronica has an Executive Maters of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from Queen's University.
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Mexico
2007-2008 - Cohort 13
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Verónica González Sepúlveda is the sub-director of Air Quality Programs at the SEMARNAT. She is responsible for the elaboration of the air quality programs in those cities that have atmospheric pollution problems.
Before her present job in the air quality department, she worked as Department Chief in the Transportation Sector in SEMARNAT, elaborating projects both at a national and International level. She also worked as Chief of Unit in Environmental Education Projects aimed at primary and high school alumni. From her experience, she developed a strong sense of environmental justice and the necessary tools to be applied. Hence, she has a particular interest for the following subjects: health, environmental policy, and environmental justice. Verónica achieved a bachelor Degree in Environmental Engineering. She teaches at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and is currently studying a Master in Business Administration at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. |
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Mexico
1997-1999 - Cohort 6
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Veronique Deli is currently in a mid term carrer break, maturing a couple of proyects befor deciding on her future direction.
From early 2001, Veronique Deli was apointed as Representative for the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), before the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), based in Paris, France. She is responsible as well for the relationship of SEMARNAT with the EU and WTO regarding environmental and sustainable development issues. She held this position until July 2010. Previously, Veronique Deli was in charge of the OECD, CSD, the EU, at the Unit for International Affairs in the former SEMARNAP. Prior to this post, she worked for the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in Mexico. She was appointed as Agricultural Attaché at the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Permanent Representation in Washington D.C., and was later posted also as Agricultural Attaché at the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture permanent representation in Brussels, Belgium. She has a bachelor's degree in international relations from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), and a master's in studies of the third world, with an emphasis on international economic relations, from the Centro de Estudios Economicos y Sociales del Tercer Mundo (CEESTEM). |
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