Experts & Staff

Executives

Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI

President

Yasuo TAKAHASHI

Executive Director

Tsuyoshi KAWAKAMI

Acting Managing Director

Integrated Sustainability Centre

Kaoru AKAHOSHI

Research Manager

Nobue AMANUMA

Deputy Director

Junichi FUJINO

Programme Director

Miki FUKUDA

Policy Researcher

Matthew HENGESBAUGH

Policy Researcher

Miho KAMEI

Policy Researcher

So-Young LEE

Research Manager

Bijon Kumer MITRA

Deputy Director

Mustafa MOINUDDIN

Deputy Director

Simon OLSEN

Research Manager

Mayuko ONO

Programme Coordinator

Shinji ONODA

Research Manager

Vibhas SUKHWANI

Policy Researcher

Xin ZHOU

Research Leader

Eric ZUSMAN

Research Leader

Climate and Energy

Nanda Kumar JANARDHANAN

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

Zhen JIN

Research Manager

Satoshi KOJIMA

Programme Director (KRC); Senior Policy Researcher (CE)

Akihisa KURIYAMA

Policy Researcher

Xianbing LIU

Research Leader

Temuulen MURUN

Policy Researcher

Ayumi NAGATOMO

Assistant Programme Coordinator

Kentaro TAKAHASHI

Deputy Director

Hajime TAKIZAWA

Policy Researcher

Kentaro TAMURA

Programme Director

Akibi TSUKUI

Programme Manager

Kunihiro UENO

IGES Fellow

Chisa UMEMIYA

Research Manager

Noboru ZAMA

Programme Manager

Sustainable Consumption and Production

amila ABEYNAYAKA

Policy Researcher

Chika AOKI-SUZUKI

Senior researcher/ deputy director

Dwayne APPLEBY

Programme Manager

Vivek Anand ASOKAN

Policy Researcher

Premakumara Jagath DICKELLA GAMARALALAGE

Director of CCET

Miho HAYASHI

Programme Manager

Yasuhiko HOTTA

Programme Director

Miki INOUE

Project Officer

Chen LIU

Research Manager

Ayako MIZUNO

Programme Manager

Takako ONO

Senior Programme Coordinator

Miwa TATSUNO

Programme Coordinator

Atsushi WATABE

Programme Director

Ran YAGASA

Policy Researcher

Alice YAMABE (LEDOUX)

Policy Researcher

Biodiversity & Forests

Kaoru AKAHOSHI

Research Manager

Taiji FUJISAKI

Research Manager

Hideyuki KUBO

Research Manager

André MADER

Programme Director

Koji MIWA

Policy Researcher

Rohit RAMACHANDRAN

Policy Researcher

Osamu SAITO

Principal Policy Researcher

Hiromitsu SAMEJIMA

Research Manager

Chihomi SHIGEMATSU

Policy Researcher

Yasuo TAKAHASHI

Research Manager

Xiaoyang TAN

Policy Researcher

Chisa UMEMIYA

Research Manager

Tomoki YAGASAKI

Senior Researcher

Makino YAMANOSHITA

Joint-Programme Director

Kazuhiro YAMASHITA

Policy Researcher

Adaptation & Water

Yukako INAMURA

Research Manager

Brian JOHNSON

Deputy Director

Sui KANAZAWA

Policy Researcher

Pankaj KUMAR

Senior Policy Researcher

Kei KURUSHIMA

Policy Researcher

Akane MATSUO

Policy Researcher

Bijon Kumer MITRA

Deputy Director

Osamu MIZUNO

Programme Director

Naoyuki OKANO

Policy Researcher

Ngoc-Bao PHAM

Deputy Director

Sivapuram Ventaka Rama Krishna PRABHAKAR

Principal Policy Researcher

Nagisa SHIIBA

Policy Researcher

Binaya Raj SHIVAKOTI

Senior Policy Researcher (Water and Adaptation)

Goro TAMARU

IGES Fellow

Business Taskforce

Sayuri CHIBA

Programme Coordinator

Nao DUNSFORD

Project Officer

Yasuhiko HATA

Programme Manager

Mayumi IIDA

Programme Manager

Ikuru IWATA

Research Manager

Akemi KONDO

Programme Manager

Izumi KOTANI

Policy Researcher

Kaoru MATSUMOTO

Programme Manager

Yusuke MATSUO

Programme Director

Yuki OTAKA

Policy Researcher

Izumi SAKAMOTO

Programme Coordinator

Takayuki SHIBAOKA

Programme Manager

Atsushi SHIMAHATA

Senior Policy Researcher

Kei TAKAHASHI

Policy Researcher

Masaaki YAMAMORI

Policy Researcher

Natsuko YUKAWA

Programme Coordinator

City Taskforce

Kenji ASAKAWA

Programme Manager; Legal Expert

Yatsuka KATAOKA

Programme Director

Ryoko NAKANO

Research Manager

Sudarmanto Budi NUGROHO

Research Manager

Fernando ORTIZ-MOYA

Policy Researcher

Finance Taskforce

Naoki MORI

Programme Director

Maiko MORISHITA

Programme Manager

Abdessalem RABHI

Senior Programme Coordinator

Noriko SHIMIZU

Programme Manager

Kansai Research Centre

Yutaka SUZUKI

Director of KRC

Toshinori HAMAGUCHI

Programme Manager

Masayuki ISHIZU

Director for General Affairs

Satoshi KOJIMA

Programme Director (KRC); Senior Policy Researcher (CE)

Yoshihiro MORIMOTO

Senior Policy Researcher

Kazuko NAMBA

Assistant Programme Coordinator

Mika TACHIBANA

Policy Researcher

Yugo TANAKA

Policy Researcher

Ryuji TOMISAKA

Senior Policy Advisor

Toshizo MAEDA

IGES Fellow

Kitakyushu Urban Centre

Junko AKAGI

Research Manager

Shiko HAYASHI

Programme Director

Kohei HIBINO

Programme Manager (KUC Deputy Director)

Shino HORIZONO

Programme Coordinator

Hiroyuki KAGE

Director of the Kitakyushu Urban Centre

Vesna LAVTIZAR

Policy Researcher

Nao MAEHATA

Programme Coordinator

Junko OTA

Policy Researcher

Jun TAKAHARA

Director for General Affairs

Regional Centre in Bangkok

Chatthep (Ping) CHANYAM

Climate Change Technical Officer

Chommanard CHINTAKANONT

Finance and Administrative Assistant

Chochoe DEVAPORIHARTAKULA

Progamme Manager

Pimvadee (Bern) KEAOKIRIYA

Senior Programme Manager for ASEAN DRR-CCA

Peter KING

Senior Policy Advisor

Sunantha (Mango) KOH-TEN

HR and Administrative Manager

Tetsuo KUYAMA

Programme Director; Director for BRC

Vanida SIRAWUT

Finance Manager

Nimnoun SUPAWONG

Office Assistant

Siyapah SURATHUMRONG

Administrative and Project Assistant

Wei Chin (Shom) TEOH

Programme Manager for Sustainable Cities (IGES Fellow)

Ridronachai WARUNGKARASAMI

Logistic Manager

Yuqing (Ariel) YU

Programme Manager; Deputy Director for BRC

Tokyo Sustainability Forum

Naoko GENJIDA

IGES Fellow

Junko HARA

Assistant Director

Yoko HATAKEYAMA

Administrative Officer

Ryoko KAWAKAMI

Administrative Officer

Kiichi MIMURA

Tokyo Sustainability Forum Director

Ryoko OGURA

Assistant

Beijing Office

Ayako HONGO

Programme Manager

Hideaki KOYANAGI

Director of the Beijing Office

Mei MENG

Assistant

Miho NOJI

Project Officer

IPBES Technical Support Unit for the Assessment of Invasive Alien Species

Naoki AMAKO

Head, IPBES-TSU-IAS

Ryoko KAWAKAMI

Administrative Officer

Tanara RENARD TRUONG

Assessment Coordinator

Strategic Management Office

Masato AOKI

Website Specialist

Yosuke ARINO

Policy Researcher / Project Leader for Mitigation and Adaptation Integration

Kenji ASAKAWA

Programme Manager; Legal Expert

Miyako CULSHAW-ISHII

Project Officer

Mark ELDER

Director of Research and Publications

Yoshinobu FUJIWARA

Accountant

Emma FUSHIMI

Editing Manager

Yuria HIROSE

Communication Assistant

Jun ICHIHARA

Programme Manager (Deputy Director for SMO-KC)

Hidefumi IMURA

IGES Senior Fellow

Michiko INOUE

Project Officer

Miki INOUE

Project Officer

Tomoko ISHIKAWA

Joint-Director of Knowledge and Communications

Satomi ISHIOKA

Senior Programme Coordinator

Yoriko ITAKURA

Chief HR Officer

Reiko ITO

Programme Coordinator

Akemi ITOHIYA

Human Resources Officer

Nanda Kumar JANARDHANAN

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

Saeko KADOSHIMA

Project Officer

Yuri KATSUIKE

Senior Communications Officer

Tomoko KAWAKITA

Project Officer

Erin KAWAZU

Programme Coordinator

Megumi KIDO

Joint-Director for Finance and Human Resources

Eiko KITAMURA

Publication Manager

Tomoko KYOGOKU

Manager of Planning and Management

Shruti LAHOTI

Policy Researcher

So-Young LEE

Research Manager

Yumi MANABE

Senior Secretary/Administrative Officer

Toru MATSUMOTO

IT Manager

Naoki MATSUO

Principal Policy Researcher

Kazuo MATSUSHITA

IGES Senior Fellow

Nobutoshi MIYOSHI

Special Policy Advisor

Megumi MIZUSHIMA

Technology Solutions Services Manager

Hideyuki MORI

Special Policy Advisor

Hiromi MORIKUNI

Accountant

Rie MURAKOSHI

Human Resources Officer

Tamiya NAITO

General Affairs Officer

Miho NOJI

Project Officer

Takashi OTSUKA

Director of Knowledge and Communications

Akio SAITO

Facilities Management Officer

Kaho SAITO

Project Officer

Osamu SAITO

Principal Policy Researcher

Daisuke SANO

Director of Planning and Management; Fundraising

Mitsunobu SEKIYA

Project Finance Manager

Sacre SHIKANO

Administrative Assistant

Kanae SHO

Director of Marketing and Communications

Keiko SHOJI

Chief Conference Coordinator

Rie SUGIURA

Accountant

Akiko SUZUKI

Accountant

Tomokatsu TANIGUCHI

Accounting Manager

Yasue TINOCO

Project Officer

Masashi TSUDAKA

Senior Programme Coordinator

Tomoko YAMASHITA

Programme Coordinator

Sayaka YANO

Programme Coordinator

Koji YONETANI

Principal Fellow / Distinguished Fellow, TERI