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Aik Hoe Lim

Director, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization

Aik Hoe Lim leads WTO’s work on environmental sustainability, climate change and trade, as well as on the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. In this role, he has strengthened WTO's partnership with UNEP as well as other international environmental organisations. He led the establishment of WTO's Trade and Environment Week, which is now an annual flagship event for the organisation.

He joined the WTO in 1999 and served in the external eelations division, the Director-General's cabinet and the trade in services division. He was previously counsellor to two WTO Director-Generals, advisor to the Director General's consultative group, and secretary to WTO committees, working groups and negotiating bodies on services trade and domestic regulation.

He represents the WTO in the UN Environmental Management Group and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the UNEP Global Environmental Outlook. Some of his publications include contributions to the Research Handbook on Climate Change and Trade Law (2017), Win-Win: How International Trade Can Help Meet the Sustainable Development Goals (2017) and an edited volume on WTO Domestic Regulation and Services Trade (2014).

Hyacinth Mboh

Director of Standards and Control, Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development, Cameroon.

Kissy Agyeman-Togobo

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Songhai Advisory and Trustee, Footprints Africa

Jack Barrie

Circular Economy Research Fellow, Chatham House

Shalini Bhalla

Managing Director, International Council for Circular Economy

Tommy Oliver Boachie

Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ghana

Karin Boomsma

Director, Sustainable Inclusive Business, KEPSA

Abel Boreto

Associate Investment Director, Novastar Ventures

Kimberley Botwright

Head, Sustainable Trade - World Economic Forum

Esethu Cenga

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Kigen Compton

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Dora Cudjoe

Senior Operations Officer, Climate Investment Funds

Paul Currie

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Beatrice Cyiza

Director General of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Rwanda

Before joining the Ministry of Environment, she worked at Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture as the administrative coordinator for academic affairs, extension and applied research. Prior to that, she served as an environmental audit and monitoring officer at Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) for more than seven years and also as the alternate focal point for the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, and the Nagoya Protocol focal point, where she managed different projects aiming at regulating access to the genetic resources. In her capacity as an environmental audit and monitoring officer, she conducted environmental audit activities for different projects under operation and monitored their compliance with environmental regulations.

She is a member of the African Women in science and Engineering. A Rwandan national, Beatrice holds a Master’s in biodiversity conservation from the University of Rwanda.

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Michelle DeFreese

Senior Officer, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

Peter Desmond

Co-Founder. African Circular Economy Network (ACEN)

Peter Díez

International Affairs Directorate, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands

Gaëtan Ducroux

International Policy Officer, Africa and South Asia, European Commission, DG Environment

Lydia Obenewa Essuah

Director, Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ghana

Maxwell Gomera

Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme UNDP

Steven Guilbeault

Minister of Environment & Climate Change Canada, Environment & Climate Change Canada

Tania Habimana

Anchor, CNBC Africa

Solape Hammond

Special Adviser to Governoron SDGS & I, Lagos State Office of the SDGS and Investments

Marthe Haugland

Senior Innovation Advisor, Nordic Innovation

Vivianne Heijnen

Minister for the Environment, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands

Kari Herlevi

Head of Global Collaboration Unit for Sustainability Solutions, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Valerie Hickey

Global Director: Environment, Natural Resources and the Blue Economy (ENB), The World Bank

Philipp Horn

Head of Circular Economy Division, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Kristin Hughes

Director of Resource Circularity, Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum

Jonathan Ikeolumba

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Jyrki Katainen

President, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Mtamu Kililo

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Steve Kisakye

Global Managing Director, Dalberg Implement

Steve currently works in several sectors, including health, agriculture, climate change and youth employment. His work mostly involves leading teams that drive systems change by embedding in client spaces, including government, donors, funders and private sector actors. He has led the establishment of several project management offices and delivery units across a host of countries in Africa. He is part of a team that serves as the secretariat for the African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA).

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Patricia Akinyi K’Omudho

Chief Environment Officer, Nairobi City County Government

Amelia Kuch

Policy Insights Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Terhi Lehtonen

Vice-Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment, Finland

Ramona Liberoff

Executive Director, Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE)

Aik Hoe Lim

Director, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization

Ada Marmion

Director Partnership, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

Wanjira Mathai

Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Olivier Mbera

Country General Manager, Enviroserve Rwanda

Davinah Milenge

Principal Programme Coordinator, African Development Bank

Kgauta Sylvester Mokoena

Chief Director, Chemicals and Waste Policy Specialist Monitoring Services - Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, South Africa

Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya

Minister of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Rwanda

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Deborah Ohui Nartey

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Israel Olagunju

Research and Operations Supervisor, Hinckley E-Waste Recycling

Hiroshi Ono

Vice-Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Paula Pättikangas

The Finnish National Youth Council Allianssi

Koen Rademaekers

Chair, ACEN Foundation and CEO, Trinomics

Arsh Raina

Circular Economy Programme Manager, The African Leadership University (ALU)

Matthias Reusing

Counselor, European Green Deal, Rural Development, Trade Sector - Delegation of the European Union to Zambia and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)