Experts & Staff | IGES

Executive Management

Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI

President

Hiroshi ONO

Executive Director

Masaya OKUYAMA

Acting Managing Director

Integrated Sustainability Centre

Kaoru AKAHOSHI

Research Manager

Anudari BATSAIKHAN

Policy Researcher

Miki FUKUDA

Chief Policy Researcher / Lens Facilitator

Pavel HEJCIK

Research Manager

Matthew HENGESBAUGH

Chief Policy Researcher

Zhen JIN

Research Manager

Miho KAMEI

Policy Researcher

So-Young LEE

Senior Research Manager

Bijon Kumer MITRA

Research Director

Mayuko ONO

Programme Coordinator

Shinji ONODA

Deputy Director of Integrated Sustainability Centre / Senior Research Manager

Vibhas SUKHWANI

Chief Policy Researcher

Wei Chin (Shom) TEOH

Programme Manager

Xin ZHOU

Director of AI and New Frontier Group

Eric ZUSMAN

Programme Director/ Director of Integrated Sustainability Centre

Climate Change

Nanda Kumar JANARDHANAN

Deputy Director

Brian JOHNSON

Senior Research Manager

Naoko KIMURA

Policy Researcher

Satoshi KOJIMA

Programme Director/Acting Director of KRC

Hina KOMIYA

Policy Researcher

Kei KURUSHIMA

Chief Policy Researcher / Lens Facilitator

Xianbing LIU

Principal Policy Researcher

Akane MATSUO

Research Manager

Osamu MIZUNO

Programme Director

Ayumi NAGATOMO

Administrative Assistant

Faris SALMAN

Policy Researcher

Binaya Raj SHIVAKOTI

Research Manager

Sivapuram Ventaka Rama Krishna PRABHAKAR

Principal Policy Researcher

Masako TAKAHASHI

Research Manager

Hajime TAKIZAWA

Policy Researcher

Kentaro TAMURA

Research Director

Kiyoto TANABE

TSU Special Consultant ; Principal Researcher

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Kaoru AKAHOSHI

Research Manager

Taiji FUJISAKI

Research Manager

Brian JOHNSON

Senior Research Manager

Pankaj KUMAR

Head of the IPBES-TSU on Scenarios and Models / Senior Research Manager

Shruti LAHOTI

Chief Policy Researcher

André MADER

Principal Networking Coordinator / Principal Policy Researcher

Koji MIWA

Research Manager

Rohit RAMACHANDRAN

Policy Researcher

Osamu SAITO

Programme Director

Hiromitsu SAMEJIMA

Policy Researcher

Chihomi SHIGEMATSU

Assistant Researcher

Yasuo TAKAHASHI

Deputy Director of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Unit / Senior Research Manager

Xiaoyang TAN

Policy Researcher

Junko TOYOSHIMA

Research Manager

Makino YAMANOSHITA

Research Director

Sustainable Consumption and Production

Chika AOKI-SUZUKI

Principal Policy Researcher

Dwayne APPLEBY

Deputy Director of SCP Unit/Senior Programme Manager

Vivek Anand ASOKAN

Policy Researcher

Premakumara Jagath DICKELLA GAMARALALAGE

Director of CCET

Miho HAYASHI

Programme Manager

Yasuhiko HOTTA

Research Director

Yukako INAMURA

Research Manager

Miki INOUE

Project Officer

Sui KANAZAWA

Policy Researcher

Chen LIU

Senior Research Manager

Ayako MIZUNO

Programme Manager

Ngoc-Bao PHAM

Research Director

Ezra OSORIO

Policy Researcher

Lakshitha PARANAGAMAGE

Program Coordinator

Miwa TATSUNO

Programme Coordinator

Atsushi WATABE

Acting Programme Director/
Director of Stakeholder Engagement

Ran YAGASA

Research Manager

Alice YAMABE

Policy Researcher

City Taskforce

Kenji ASAKAWA

Senior Programme Manager / Legal Expert

Yatsuka KATAOKA

Programme Director

Ryoko NAKANO

Research Manager

Sudarmanto Budi NUGROHO

Principal Policy Researcher

Fernando ORTIZ-MOYA

Chief Policy Researcher / Lens Facilitator

Tetsuro YOSHIDA

Research Manager

Sustainable Finance & Business Taskforce

Yasuhiko HATA

Senior Programme Manager

Mayumi IIDA

Programme Manager

Tomoko KYOGOKU

Deputy Director of Sustainable Finance and Business Taskforce/Senior Programme Manager

Kaoru MATSUMOTO

Programme Manager

Naoki MORI

Programme Director

Shinji ONODA

Deputy Director of Integrated Sustainability Centre / Senior Research Manager

Abdessalem RABHI

Senior Programme Manager

Noriko SHIMIZU

Programme Manager

Paris Agreement Article6 Implementation Partnership Center

Supanut CHOTEVITAYATARAKORN

Senior Programme Manager

Kayleigh CRABB

Policy Researcher

Toshinori HAMAGUCHI

Programme Manager

Reiko ITO

Deputy Director of A6IP / Senior A6IP Coordinator / Senior Programme Coordinator

Diana KHAN

Senior Programme Manager

Manabu KIDO

Visiting Researcher

Kazuhisa KOAKUTSU

Director of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center

Thelma Tsungirirayi MAHACHI

Policy Researcher

Hayato NAKAMURA

Senior Programme Manager

Abdessalem RABHI

Senior Programme Manager

Akiko SUZUKI

Project Officer / Accountant

Kansai Research Centre

Toshinori HAMAGUCHI

Programme Manager

Masayuki ISHIZU

Director for General Affairs

Miho KAMEI

Policy Researcher

Satoshi KOJIMA

Programme Director/Acting Director of KRC

Haruka KON

Assistant Researcher

Yoshihiro MORIMOTO

Senior Policy Researcher

Kazuko NAMBA

Assistant

Abdessalem RABHI

Senior Programme Manager

Hiroaki SHIBUYA

Deputy Director of APN / Senior Policy Advisor of KRC

Mika TACHIBANA

Policy Researcher

Yugo TANAKA

Senior Research Manager / Lens Facilitator

Kitakyushu Urban Centre

Junko AKAGI

Research Manager

Shoko ANDO

Director for General Affairs, KUC

Shiko HAYASHI

Principal Policy Researcher

Kohei HIBINO

Deputy Director of the Kitakyushu Urban Centre/Senior Programme Manager

Shino HORIZONO

Senior Programme Coordinator

Mio IKUTA

Policy Researcher

Hiroyuki KAGE

Director of the Kitakyushu Urban Centre

Nao MAEHATA

Programme Coordinator

Junko OTA

Research Manager

Regional Centre in Bangkok

Chommanard CHINTAKANONT

Finance and Administrative Assistant

Chochoe DEVAPORIHARTAKULA

Progamme Manager

Jun ICHIHARA

Programme Director/Director for BRC

Pimvadee (Bern) KEAOKIRIYA

Programme Manager

Sunantha (Mango) KOH-TEN

Operations Manager

Khachornpree POO-NGAM

Programme Officer for the SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme Phase2

Vanida SIRAWUT

Finance Manager

Nimnoun SUPAWONG

Office Assistant

Tomokatsu TANIGUCHI

Senior Accounting Manager

Wei Chin (Shom) TEOH

Programme Manager

Natcha THONGCHAN

Programme Officer

Ridronachai WARUNGKARASAMI

Logistic Manager and Project Assistant

Yuqing (Ariel) YU

Principal Policy Researcher / Deputy Director of BRC

Tokyo Sustainability Forum

Yoko HATAKEYAMA

Administrative Officer

Kiichi MIMURA

Tokyo Sustainability Forum Director

Hiromitsu SAMEJIMA

Policy Researcher

Naoko SUZUKI

Administrative Officer

Beijing Office

Ayako HONGO

Deputy Director of Planning and Management / Senior DE&I manager / Senior Programme Coordinator

Hideaki KOYANAGI

Director of the Beijing Office

IPBES Relation Unit

Pankaj KUMAR

Head of the IPBES-TSU on Scenarios and Models / Senior Research Manager

Noriko MORIWAKE

Programme Director / Senior Programme Management Officer

Naoko SUZUKI

Administrative Officer

Strategic Management Office

Masato AOKI

Chief Website Specialist

Yosuke ARINO

Senior Research Manager / Lens Facilitator

Kenji ASAKAWA

Senior Programme Manager / Legal Expert

Miyako CULSHAW-ISHII

Project Officer

Xiaojun DENG

Senior Web Developer

Mark ELDER

Director of Research and Publications

Junichi FUJINO

Principal Synergy Coordinator

Yoshinobu FUJIWARA

Accountant

Emma FUSHIMI

Principal Editor

Junko HARA

Senior General Affairs Manager

Yuria HIROSE

Communications Officer

Ayako HONGO

Deputy Director of Planning and Management / Senior DE&I manager / Senior Programme Coordinator

Michiko INOUE

Project Officer

Miki INOUE

Project Officer

Tomoko ISHIKAWA

Director of Partnerships and Development

Satomi ISHIOKA

Senior Strategic Operations Coordinator

Yurina ITAKURA

Assistant

Reiko ITO

Deputy Director of A6IP / Senior A6IP Coordinator / Senior Programme Coordinator

Akemi ITOHIYA

Chief Technology Solutions Services Officer / Human Resources Officer

Saeko KADOSHIMA

Project Officer

Tomoko KAWAKITA

Project Officer

Megumi KIDO

Advisor

Yuuki KISHI

Project Officer

Eiko KITAMURA

Senior Publication Manager

Hiroko KOBORI

Accountant

Tetsuo KUYAMA

Director of Planning and Management

Shruti LAHOTI

Chief Policy Researcher

So-Young LEE

Senior Research Manager

André MADER

Principal Networking Coordinator / Principal Policy Researcher

Yumi MANABE

Senior HR Manager

Toru MATSUMOTO

IT Manager

Naoki MATSUO

Principal Policy Researcher

Nobutoshi MIYOSHI

Special Policy Advisor

Megumi MIZUSHIMA

Technology Solutions Services Manager

Hiromi MORIKUNI

Chief Accountant

Rie MURAKOSHI

Chief Human Resources Officer

Shiho NAGAKANE

Human Resources Officer/ Secretary

Miho NOJI

Senior Project Finance Manager

Takashi OTSUKA

Director of Strategic Operations

Akio SAITO

Chief Facilities Management Officer

Kaho SAITO

Project Officer

Izumi SAKAMOTO

Communications Officer

Osamu SAKASHITA

Principal Fellow

Yuka SAKATA

Accountant

Daisuke SANO

Director of Public Relations and Networking

Mitsunobu SEKIYA

Chief Project Accountant

Keiko SHOJI

Chief Conference Coordinator

Rie SUGIURA

Accountant

Akiko SUZUKI

Project Officer / Accountant

Yasuo TAKAHASHI

Special Policy Advisor

Tomokatsu TANIGUCHI

Senior Accounting Manager

Emi TERASHIMA

Assistant

Yasue TINOCO

Project Officer

Guillermo TORRES

Communications Officer

Masashi TSUDAKA

Deputy Director of Strategic Operations / Senior Strategic Operations Coordinator / Research Administorator

Yasuko YAMAMOTO

Accountant

Tomoko YAMASHITA

Chief Programme Coordinator

Sayaka YANO

Senior Programme Coordinator / Research Administorator

IPCC TFI Technical Support Unit (TSU)

Andre AMARO

Deputy Head, IPCC TFI TSU

Takeshi ENOKI

TSU Senior Advisor

Sandro FEDERICI

Head of Science, IPCC TFI TSU

Lucy GARLAND

Programme Officer

Toru MATSUMOTO

IT Manager

Eriko NAKAMURA

Administrative Officer

Pavel SHERMANAU

Programme Officer

Robert George STURGISS

Head of Operations, IPCC TFI TSU

Kiyoto TANABE

TSU Special Consultant ; Principal Researcher

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)

Mia Barbara D. ARANAS

Programme Officer

Yukihiro IMANARI

Programme Advisor

Nafesa Binti ISMAIL

Senior Programme Officer

Mami ODA

Head of Administrative Affairs, APN

Aiko SEKI

Programme Officer, APN

Yoshie SEKI

Administrative Officer

Hiroaki SHIBUYA

Deputy Director of APN / Senior Policy Advisor of KRC

Linda STEVENSON

Acting Director of APN / Programme Director

Rieko TAMURA

Chief Programme Officer, APN

Naomi YOUNG

Programme Officer

Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology (IGES-JISE)

Shinichi SUZUKI

Director of JISE

Hisanori HAYASHI

Senior Researcher

Akiko MASUDA

General Affairs Manager of JISE

Shin-ichi MEGURO

Senior Researcher

Masaya OKUYAMA

Acting Managing Director

Mitsuhiko OZAKI

Assistant Researcher

Kunio SUZUKI

JISE Senior Advisor

Tomoki YAGASAKI

Senior Researcher