Experts & Staff

Executives

Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI

President

Yasuo TAKAHASHI

Executive Director

Nobutoshi MIYOSHI

Managing Director

Climate and Energy

Temuulen MURUN

Policy Researcher

Akibi TSUKUI

Policy Researcher

Kunihiro UENO

Policy Researcher

Xianbing LIU

Research Leader

Tomohiko HATTORI

Policy Researcher

Nanda Kumar JANARDHANAN

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

Zhen JIN

Research Manager

Toru TAGUCHI

Policy Researcher

Kentaro TAKAHASHI

Programme Manager

Hajime TAKIZAWA

Policy Researcher

Kentaro TAMURA

Programme Director

Chisa UMEMIYA

Research Manager

Sustainable Consumption and Production

Chika AOKI-SUZUKI

Programme Manager

Toru NISHIYAMA

Principal Visiting Researcher

Vivek Anand ASOKAN

Policy Researcher

Premakumara Jagath Dickella GAMARALALAGE

Deputy Director of CCET

Miho HAYASHI

Programme Manager

Yasuhiko HOTTA

Programme Director

Miki INOUE

Programme Coordinator

Mizuki KATO

Policy Researcher

Aditi KHODKE

Policy Researcher

Chen LIU

Research Manager

Caixia MAO

Policy Researcher

Ayako MIZUNO

Programme Manager

Kazunobu ONOGAWA

CCET Director

Rajeev Kumar SINGH

Policy Researcher

Miwa TATSUNO

Programme Coordinator

Atsushi WATABE

Programme Director

Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services

Brian JOHNSON

Research Manager

Hiromitsu SAMEJIMA

Research Manager

Rajarshi DASGUPTA

Senior Researcher (Specialist in Landscape Ecology and Planning)

Taiji FUJISAKI

Policy Researcher

Masayuki KAWAI

Policy Researcher

Hideyuki KUBO

Research Manager

Pankaj KUMAR

Senior Policy Researcher

Tomoko KYOGOKU

Senior Coordinator

André MADER

Programme Director; Adviser to the IPBES TSU

Akane MATSUO

Policy Researcher

Bijon Kumer MITRA

Senior Policy Researcher

Koji MIWA

Policy Researcher

Osamu MIZUNO

Principal Fellow

Noriaki MURASE

Programme Manager

Yuki OHASHI

Policy Researcher

Ngoc-Bao PHAM

Senior Policy Researcher

Osamu SAITO

Principal Policy Researcher

Binaya Raj SHIVAKOTI

Senior Policy Researcher (Water and Adaptation)

Prabhakar, SIVAPURAM VENTAKA RAMA KRISHNA

Research Manager

Yasuo TAKAHASHI

Research Manager

Tomoko TAKEDA

Policy Researcher

Tomoki YAGASAKI

Senior Researcher

Makino YAMANOSHITA

Programme Manager

Mariko YOKOO

Policy Researcher

Strategic and Quantitative Analysis Centre

Mikiko KAINUMA

Research Advisor

Yosuke ARINO

Policy Researcher

Miho KAMEI

Policy Researcher

Akihisa KURIYAMA

Policy Researcher

Mustafa MOINUDDIN

Research Manager

Xin ZHOU

Research Leader

Sustainability Governance Centre

Kaoru AKAHOSHI

Policy Researcher

Nobue AMANUMA

Research Manager

Naoko MATSUMOTO

Fellow

Etsujiro TAKAI

Policy Researcher

Matthew HENGESBAUGH

Communications Coordinator

So-Young LEE

Research Manager

Simon OLSEN

Research Manager

Shinji ONODA

Policy Researcher

Eric ZUSMAN

Research Leader

City Taskforce

Junichi FUJINO

Programme Director

Kenji ASAKAWA

Programme Manager; Legal Expert

Yatsuka KATAOKA

Joint-Programme Director; Senior Coordinator

Ryoko NAKANO

Research Manager

Sudarmanto Budi NUGROHO

Research Manager

Fernando ORTIZ-MOYA

Policy Researcher

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

Takayuki SHIBAOKA

Programme Manager

Kei TAKAHASHI

Policy Researcher

Makoto HAYAMA

IGES Fellow

Tomoko KAWAKITA

Programme Coordinator

Yusuke MATSUO

Programme Director

Izumi OKUTANI

Programme Manager

Mayuko ONO

Programme Coordinator

Kota SEKIGUCHI

Policy Researcher

Sayako YAMAMOTO

Programme Coordinator

Kansai Research Centre

Yutaka SUZUKI

Director of KRC

Toshizo MAEDA

Programme Director

Masahiro TSURUKAWA

Senior Policy Researcher

Toshinori HAMAGUCHI

Programme Manager

Mika TACHIBANA

Policy Researcher

Yugo TANAKA

Policy Researcher

Gen'ichiro TSUKADA

Senior Policy Advisor; Director of APN

Yo IGUCHI

Director for General Affairs

Kazuko NAMBA

Assistant Programme Coordinator

Makiko ASHIYA

Administrative Assistant

Kitakyushu Urban Centre

Kaori HOSODA

Director for General Affairs

Hiroyuki KAGE

Director of the Kitakyushu Urban Centre

Junko AKAGI

Research Manager

Shiko HAYASHI

Programme Director

Kohei HIBINO

Programme Manager

Keiko HOJO

Assistant

Shino HORIZONO

Programme Coordinator

Yatsuka KATAOKA

Joint-Programme Director; Senior Coordinator

Vesna LAVTIZAR

Policy Researcher

Junko OTA

Policy Researcher

Strategic Management Office

Yoshinobu FUJIWARA

Project Accountant

Jun ICHIHARA

Programme Manager

Hidefumi IMURA

IGES Senior Fellow

Michiko INOUE

Programme Coordinator

Yoriko ITAKURA

Chief HR Officer

Reiko ITO

Programme Coordinator

Akemi ITOHIYA

Human Resources Officer

Erin KAWAZU

Programme Coordinator

Megumi KIDO

Joint-Director for Finance and Human Resource

Yumi MANABE

Senior Secretary/
Administrative Officer

Rie MURAKOSHI

Human Resources Officer

Tamiya NAITO

General Affairs Officer

Akio SAITO

Facilities Management Officer

Kaho SAITO

Programme Coordinator

Daisuke SANO

Director of Planning and Management

Akiko SUZUKI

Project Accountant

Ai TAKAHASHI

Policy Researcher

Tomokatsu TANIGUCHI

Chief Accountant

Masashi TSUDAKA

Programme Coordinator

Masato AOKI

Website Specialist

Kenji ASAKAWA

Programme Manager; Legal Expert

Hiroyuki EGUCHI

Principal Fellow

Mark ELDER

Director of Research and Publications

Emma FUSHIMI

Editing Coordinator

Tomoko ISHIKAWA

Joint-Director of Knowledge and Communications

Satomi ISHIOKA

Chief Programme Coordinator

Nobuaki ITO

Principal Fellow

Nanda Kumar JANARDHANAN

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

Saeko KADOSHIMA

Programme Coordinator

Tsuyoshi KATORI

Communications Coordinator

Eiko KITAMURA

Publication Coordinator

Satoshi KOJIMA

Principal Coordinator

Tomoko KYOGOKU

Senior Coordinator

Toru MATSUMOTO

Chief IT Management

Naoki MATSUO

Principal Policy Researcher

Kazuo MATSUSHITA

IGES Senior Fellow

Bob MCDONALD

Senior Web Developer and ICT Manager

Osamu MIZUNO

Principal Fellow

Megumi MIZUSHIMA

ICT and Planning Officer

Hideyuki MORI

Special Policy Advisor

Naoki MORI

Executive Coordinator; Director of Knowledge and Communications

Hiromi MORIKUNI

Accountant

Takako ONO

Programme Manager

Takashi OTSUKA

Joint-Director of Knowledge and Communications

Mitsunobu SEKIYA

Project Finance Manager

Kanae SHO

Manager for Marketing and Communications

Keiko SHOJI

Chief Conference Coordinator

Rie SUGIHARA

Senior Programme Officer

David D. SUSSMAN

IGES Fellow

Tomoko YAMASHITA

Programme Coordinator

Sayaka YANO

Library and Research Support Coordinator

Regional Centre in Bangkok

Chommanard CHINTAKANONT

Finance and Administrative Assistant

Sara GABAI

Communications and Knowledge Management Manager

Peter KING

Senior Policy Advisor

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

Chatthep (Ping) CHANYAM

Climate Change Technical Officer

Chochoe DEVAPORIHARTAKULA

Progamme Manager

Pimvadee KEAOKIRIYA

Senior Programme Manager for ASEAN DRR-CCA

Sunantha (Mango) KOH-TEN

HR and Administrative Manager

Tetsuo KUYAMA

Programme Director; Director for BRC

Vanida SIRAWUT

Finance Manager

Noraphan (Meow) TOUYTHONG

Finance Officer

Ridronachai WARUNGKARASAMI

Logistic Manager

Beijing Office

Ayako HONGO

Programme Manager

Mei MENG

Assistant

Miho NOJI

Programme Coordinator / Project Accountant

Jian HUANG

Policy Researcher

Hideaki KOYANAGI

Director of the Beijing Office

IPBES Technical Support Unit for the Assessment of Invasive Alien Species

Tanara RENARD TRUONG

Assessment Coordinator

Ryoko KAWAKAMI

Administrative Officer

André MADER

Programme Director; Adviser to the IPBES TSU

Noriko MORIWAKE

Head, IPBES-TSU-IAS

Tokyo Sustainability Forum

Naoko GENJIDA

IGES Fellow

Junko HARA

Assistant Director

Yoko HATAKEYAMA

Administrative Officer

Ryoko KAWAKAMI

Administrative Officer

Ryoko OGURA

Assistant

Keisuke TAKAHASHI

Tokyo Sustainability Forum Director