Experts & Staff

Executives

Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI

President

Hideyuki MORI

Executive Director

Nobutoshi MIYOSHI

Managing Director

Climate and Energy

Tomohiko HATTORI

Policy Researcher

Zhen JIN

Research Manager

Temuulen MURUN

Policy Researcher

Kentaro TAKAHASHI

Programme Manager

Akibi TSUKUI

Policy Researcher

Kunihiro UENO

Policy Researcher

Chisa UMEMIYA

Research Manager

Mariko IKEDA

Policy Researcher

Nanda Kumar JANARDHANAN

Research Manager - Climate and Energy; Regional Coordinator - South Asia

Xianbing LIU

Research Leader (Climate and Energy); Principal Policy Researcher

Toru TAGUCHI

Policy Researcher

Kentaro TAMURA

Programme Director

Sustainable Consumption and Production

Chika AOKI-SUZUKI

Programme Manager

Simon GILBY

Policy Researcher

Miki INOUE

Programme Coordinator

Mizuki KATO

Policy Researcher

Chen LIU

Research Manager

Toru NISHIYAMA

Principal Visiting Researcher

Premakumara Jagath Dickella GAMARALALAGE

Deputy Director of CCET

Miho HAYASHI

Programme Manager

Yasuhiko HOTTA

Programme Director

Ryu KOIDE

Policy Researcher

Caixia MAO

Policy Researcher

Kazunobu ONOGAWA

CCET Director

Rajeev Kumar SINGH

Policy Researcher

Miwa TATSUNO

Programme Coordinator

Atsushi WATABE

Programme Director

Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services

Taiji FUJISAKI

Policy Researcher

Brian JOHNSON

Research Manager

Masayuki KAWAI

Policy Researcher

Hideyuki KUBO

Research Manager

Pankaj KUMAR

Senior Policy Researcher

André MADER

Programme Director; Adviser to the IPBES TSU

Bijon Kumer MITRA

Senior Policy Researcher

Koji MIWA

Policy Researcher

Ngoc-Bao PHAM

Senior Policy Researcher

Hiromitsu SAMEJIMA

Research Manager

Binaya Raj SHIVAKOTI

Senior Policy Researcher

Prabhakar Ventaka Rama Krishna SIVAPURAM

Research Manager

Yasuo TAKAHASHI

Research Manager

Rajarshi DASGUPTA

Senior Researcher ( Specialist in Landscape ecology and Planning)

Osamu MIZUNO

Principal Fellow

Noriaki MURASE

Programme Manager

Yuki OHASHI

Policy Researcher

Osamu SAITO

Principal Policy Researcher

Tomoko TAKEDA

Policy Researcher

Makino YAMANOSHITA

Programme Manager

Mariko YOKOO

Policy Researcher

Strategic and Quantitative Analysis Centre

Mikiko KAINUMA

Research Advisor

Miho KAMEI

Policy Researcher

Akihisa KURIYAMA

Policy Researcher

Yosuke ARINO

Policy Researcher

Mustafa MOINUDDIN

Research Manager

Xin ZHOU

Research Leader

Sustainability Governance Centre

Kaoru AKAHOSHI

Policy Researcher

Nobue AMANUMA

Research Manager

Matthew HENGESBAUGH

Communications Coordinator

So-Young LEE

Research Manager

Naoko MATSUMOTO

Fellow

Simon OLSEN

IGES Fellow

Etsujiro TAKAI

Policy Researcher

Tetsuro YOSHIDA

Research Manager

Eric ZUSMAN

Research Leader

Shinji ONODA

Policy Researcher

City Taskforce

Junichi FUJINO

Programme Director

Sudarmanto Budi NUGROHO

Research Manager

Fernando ORTIZ-MOYA

Policy Researcher

Kenji ASAKAWA

Programme Manager; Legal Expert

Yatsuka KATAOKA

Joint-Programme Director; Senior Coordinator

Hirotaka KOIKE

Policy Researcher

Ryoko NAKANO

Research Manager

Finance Taskforce

Naoki MORI

Executive Coordinator; Director of Knowledge and Communications

Maiko MORISHITA

Programme Manager

Noriko SHIMIZU

Programme Manager

Business Taskforce

Sayuri CHIBA

Programme Coordinator

Tomoko KYOGOKU

Programme Manager

Yusuke MATSUO

Programme Director

Izumi OKUTANI

Programme Manager

Takayuki SHIBAOKA

Programme Manager

Kei TAKAHASHI

Policy Researcher

Makoto HAYAMA

IGES Fellow

Tomoko KAWAKITA

Programme Coordinator

Anri SONODA

Assistant

Sayako YAMAMOTO

Programme Coordinator

Kansai Research Centre

Makiko ASHIYA

Administrative Assistant

Yo IGUCHI

Director for General Affairs

Aditi KHODKE-CHATAIGNER

Policy Researcher

Yutaka SUZUKI

Director of KRC

Mika TACHIBANA

Policy Researcher

Gen'ichiro TSUKADA

Senior Policy Advisor; Director of APN

Masahiro TSURUKAWA

Senior Policy Researcher

Toshinori HAMAGUCHI

Programme Manager

Xianbing LIU

Research Leader (Climate and Energy); Principal Policy Researcher

Toshizo MAEDA

Programme Director

Kazuko NAMBA

Assistant Programme Coordinator

Kitakyushu Urban Centre

Shiko HAYASHI

Programme Director

Shino HORIZONO

Programme Coordinator

Kaori HOSODA

Director for General Affairs

Tomoko IKEMOTO

Administrative Assistant

Hiroyuki KAGE

Director of the Kitakyushu Urban Centre

Mai MILOSEVIC

Administrative Officer

Junko OTA

Policy Researcher

Junko AKAGI

Research Manager

Kohei HIBINO

Programme Manager

Yatsuka KATAOKA

Joint-Programme Director; Senior Coordinator

Strategic Management Office

Yoshinobu FUJIWARA

Project Accountant

Ayumi GOTO

Programme Manager Manager for Strategic Communication

Jun ICHIHARA

Programme Manager

Hidefumi IMURA

IGES Senior Fellow

Michiko INOUE

Programme Coordinator

Tomoko ISHIKAWA

Joint-Director of Knowledge and Communications

Satomi ISHIOKA

Chief Programme Coordinator

Yoriko ITAKURA

Chief HR Officer

Reiko ITO

Programme Coordinator

Akemi ITOHIYA

Human Resources Officer

Saeko KADOSHIMA

Programme Coordinator

Tsuyoshi KAWAKAMI

Principal Fellow

Erin KAWAZU

Programme Coordinator

Megumi KIDO

Joint-Director for Finance and Human Resource

Yumi MANABE

Senior Secretary/
Administrative Officer

Kazuo MATSUSHITA

IGES Senior Fellow

Rie MURAKOSHI

Human Resources Officer

Tamiya NAITO

General Affairs Officer

Takashi OTSUKA

Joint-Director of Knowledge and Communications

Akio SAITO

Facilities Management Officer

Kaho SAITO

Programme Coordinator

Daisuke SANO

Director of Planning and Management

Mitsunobu SEKIYA

Project Finance Manager

Akiko SUZUKI

Project Accountant

Ai TAKAHASHI

Policy Researcher

Ikuko TAKEMOTO

Accountant

Tomokatsu TANIGUCHI

Chief Accountant

Masato AOKI

Website Specialist

Kenji ASAKAWA

Programme Manager; Legal Expert

Mark ELDER

Director of Research and Publications

Emma FUSHIMI

Editing Coordinator

Nobuaki ITO

Principal Fellow

Nanda Kumar JANARDHANAN

Research Manager - Climate and Energy; Regional Coordinator - South Asia

Tsuyoshi KATORI

Communications Coordinator

Eiko KITAMURA

Publication Coordinator

Keiko KOJIMA

Programme Coordinator

Satoshi KOJIMA

Principal Coordinator

Toru MATSUMOTO

Chief IT Management

Naoki MATSUO

Principal Policy Researcher

Bob MCDONALD

Senior Web Developer and ICT Manager

Osamu MIZUNO

Principal Fellow

Megumi MIZUSHIMA

ICT and Planning Officer

Naoki MORI

Executive Coordinator; Director of Knowledge and Communications

Hiromi MORIKUNI

Accountant

Miho MURAKAMI

Assistant Programme Coordinator

Kanae SHO

Manager for Marketing and Communications

Keiko SHOJI

Chief Conference Coordinator

Rie SUGIHARA

Senior Programme Officer

David D. SUSSMAN

IGES Fellow

Satoshi TANAKA

Principal Fellow

Tomoko YAMASHITA

Programme Coordinator

Sayaka YANO

Library and Research Support Coordinator

Regional Centre in Bangkok

Chommanard CHINTAKANONT

Finance and Administrative Assistant

Chotima (Chun) FOONGTHONGCHAROEN

Programme Finance Officer

Sara GABAI

Communications and Knowledge Management Manager

Cheewarat KAEWSANGKWAN

Programme Coordinator and Communications Officer

Peter KING

Senior Policy Advisor

Tetsuo KUYAMA

Programme Director; Director for BRC

Yi Ying (Eve) LEE

Programme Manager for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Hamesuda MAWILAI

Programme Officer, Sustainable Cities

Wannapa (Paeng) SRICHAI

Finance Manager

Nimnoun SUPAWONG

Office Assistant

Siyapah SURATHUMRONG

Administrative and Project Assistant

Wei Chin (Shom) TEOH

Programme Manager for Sustainable Cities (IGES Fellow)

Yuqing (Ariel) YU

Programme Manager; Deputy Director for BRC

Chochoe DEVAPORIHARTAKULA

Progamme Manager

Pimvadee KEAOKIRIYA

Programme Manager

Sunantha (Mango) KOH-TEN

HR and Administrative Manager

Tirawit (Throng) KRITTAYARUANGROJ

Programme Associate

Warachin PHANI

Logistics and administrative officer for JAIF DRR CCA

Vanida SIRAWUT

Finance Manager

Ridronachai WARUNGKARASAMI

Logistic Manager

Beijing Office

Ayako HONGO

Programme Manager

Jian HUANG

Policy Researcher

Mei MENG

Assistant

Miho NOJI

Programme Coordinator / Project Accountant

Hideaki KOYANAGI

Director of the Beijing Office

IPBES Technical Support Unit for the Assessment of Invasive Alien Species

André MADER

Programme Director; Adviser to the IPBES TSU

Tanara RENARD TRUONG

Assessment Coordinator

Ryoko KAWAKAMI

Administrative Officer

Noriko MORIWAKE

Head, IPBES-TSU-IAS

Tokyo Sustainability Forum

Naoko GENJIDA

IGES Fellow

Junko HARA

Assistant Director

Yoko HATAKEYAMA

Administrative Officer

Keisuke TAKAHASHI

Tokyo Sustainability Forum Director