Who We are
Chair of HELP
Dr. Han Seung-soo
Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (2008-09)
Founding Chair, High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (2007-)
President of the 56th Session of the UN General Assembly (2001-02)
Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Climate Change (2007-08) and for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water (2013-18)
Member, the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB) (2004-15)
Senior Advisor, High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW) co-sponsored by UN and World Bank (2016-19)
Chair, ADB Water Advisory Group (2014-)
Founding Chair, Global Green Growth Institute (2010-12)
Korea’s Minister of Trade and Industry (1988-90), Ambassador to the US (1993-94), Chief Secretary to the President (1994-95) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (1996-97), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001-02).
Member of the Korean National Assembly (1988-2004)
Professor of Economics at Seoul National University (1970-88)
Received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the United Nations (2001)
Received the honorary knighthood (KBE) from Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (2004)
Vice Chairs
H.E. Dr. Basuki Hadimuljono
Minister of Public Works and Housing, Republic of Indonesia
H.E. Mr. Mark Harbers
Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Members
H.E. Prof. Dr. Hani Sewilam
President of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) / Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, the Arab Republic of Egypt
Mr. Janez Lenarčič
Commissioner, Crisis Management, European Union
Mr. Mikio Yoshioka
Vice-Minister for Engineering Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan
Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon
Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Prof. Celeste Saulo
Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization
Ms. Audrey Azoulay
Director General, UNESCO
Dr. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, ESCAP
Ms. Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR
Dr. Akihiko Tanaka
President, JICA, Japan
Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha
Global Director, World Bank Water Global Practice, The World Bank
Ms. Fatima Yasmin
Vice-President for Sectors and Themes, Asian Development Bank
Ms. Elsa Pilichowski
Director for Public Governance, OECD
Mr. Pablo Bereciartua
Chair, Global Water Partnership
Mr. Imam Santoso
Chairman, Network of Asian River Basin Organizations
Ms. Rosa Pavanelli
Secretary General, Public Services International
Mr. Loic Fauchon
President, World Water Council
Dr. Subin Pinkayan
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Asian Institute of Technology
Mr. Yun Seog Dae
President and CEO of K-water
Special Advisor
H.E. Dr. Bambang Susantono
Chairman of the Nusantara National Capital Authority, Republic of Indonesia
Advisors
Mr. Harm Duel
Research manager, Water Resources Management, Deltares
Dr. Gretchen Kalonji
Dean, Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University
Mr. Hideaki Oda
Former Co-chair of WG on Water and Disaster, UNSGAB
Dr. Jerome Delli Priscoli
Chair, GWP Technical Committee
Mr. Kenji Kanao
President, Japan Water Agency
Dr. Khin Ni Ni Thein
Founder and Initiator of Myanmar Water Academy/Think Tank
Mr. Koos Wieriks
Councilor to Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Mr. Michael Szoenyi
Flood Resilience Program Lead, Zurich Insurance Company
Dr. Tetsushi Sonobe
Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
Mr. Niels Vlaanderen
Coordinator International Water Affairs, Marine and International Water Policy, Directorate-General for Water & Soil, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Mr. Rae-kwon Chung
Former Principal Advisor on Climate Change to the Secretary-General of the UN, Climate Change Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
Prof. Toshio Koike
Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)
Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
Former Chair, GWP
Prof. Gordon McBean
past President, International Council for Science; Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Canada
Dr. Thomas Panella
Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office,
Sectors Group (SG), Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Mr. Tony Slatyer
Special Adviser on Water, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Dr. Yong Deok Cho
General Director of K-water and Secretary General of Asia Water Council (AWC)
Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque
Chief Executive Officer of Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)
Coordinators
Prof. Kenzo Hiroki
Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Dr. Ilpyo Hong
Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, the Republic of Korea
Secretariat
Hiroki Laboratory, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677
helpsecretariat@wateranddisaster.org