Forum Membership

The Forum membership comprised representatives of developed and developing countries involved in hydropower as well as from the NGO, finance and industry sectors.

Developing countries

• Dr Yu Xuezhong, Research Professor, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, PR China

• Mr Zhou Shichun, Senior Engineer, China Hydropower Engineering Consulting Group Co., PR China

• Mr Israel Phiri, Manager PPI, Ministry of Energy and Water Development, Zambia

Developed countries

• Mr Geir Hermansen, Senior Advisor, Department of Energy, Norad, Norway

• Prof Gudni A Johannesson, Director General, National Energy Authority, Iceland

• Ms Kirsten Nyman, Policy Advisor for Sustainable Hydropower, GTZ (now GIZ), Germany (observer)

Environmental aspects

• Mr David Harrison, Senior Advisor, Global Freshwater Team, The Nature Conservancy

• Dr Joerg Hartmann, WWF Dams Initiative Leader, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Social aspects

• Mr Michael Simon, Lead, People, Infrastructure and Environment Program, Oxfam

• Dr Donal O’Leary, Senior Advisor, Transparency International

Financial sector - economic aspects

• Ms Courtney Lowrance, Director, Environmental and Social Risk Management, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., member of the Equator Principles Financial Institutions

• Ms Daryl Fields, Senior Water Resources Specialist, World Bank (observer)

Hydropower sector

• Dr Refaat Abdel-Malek, President, International Hydropower Association

• Mr Andrew Scanlon, Manager Business Sustainability, Hydro Tasmania, Australia

Forum chair

• Mr Andre Abadie, Director, Sustainable Finance Ltd

Forum coordinator

• Dr Helen Locher, Sustainability Forum Coordinator, International Hydropower Association