Before joining ICLEI, Merlin had 4 years experience working for the Environmental Protection Bureau of Macau SAR, during which he was dedicated in the first ten-year environmental planning of the city and its compliance on international environmental conventions. He has also developed his expertise on GHG accounting and management by working with RESET Carbon Hong Kong, and with other institutes in the UK.

Areas of Expertise / Urban environmental planning; international environmental conventions; GHG accounting; project management; policy research

Languages / Cantonese; Chinese; English

Ge is taking the lead for China relations and partnership development, and supporting the implementation of various ICLEI projects. She is also facilitating the operation and development of the ICLEI Beijing Office.

Areas of Expertise / East Asia regional cooperation; external relations and partnership building; strategy development; sustainable development

Languages / Chinese; English; Korean

Kyounggil is a first dispatched from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and is responsible for office management, governance and human resources. She has 25 years experience working with the Seoul MNetropolitan Government and has been involved in various fields of the city government.

Areas of Expertise / Public administration; international relations; welfare

Languages / Korean; English

Suh is responsible for project cooperation with the host city, and supports global and regional activities. She has cross-sector experience gained from working at an international environmental NGO, for the Korean government, and in the private sector. Her focus areas are mainly energy policies in North East Asia and climate finance. Suh's current interests are strategising sustainable development models and implementing sustainable development projects partnering with local and regional governments.

Areas of Expertise /Energy policies; climate finance

Languages / Korean; English

Minkyeong is a secondee dispatched from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and is responsible for the financial management of ICLEI East Asia. Before joinning ICLEI, Minkyeong had 2 years’ experience working for the Budget and Account Division of the city government, and had worked in the Economy Division of the government for a year, where she was in charge of R&D and Market support.

Areas of Expertise / Budget; accounting

Languages / Korean; English

Yvonne is responsible for low-carbon and greenhouse gases mitigation activities.Before joining ICLEI, Yvonne took an internship at the Renewable UK Cardiff Office and UNESCAP Incheon Office, and has a four-year experience working with a policy think-tank in Taiwan. Her previous work assignments touched on offshore wind policy analysis, low-carbon city indicators, circular economy, GHGs mitigation policy analysis, and cost and benefit analysis on soil pollution remediation.

Areas of Expertise / Public administration; international relations; welfare

Languages / Chinese; English

Miaojie focuses on resilient cities and air quality. She has experiences in grant and network management, research, and project design, execution, monitoring and evaluation with engagement of various stakeholders. She has work experience with research institute, as well as in the hospitality industry. Her focus areas include water resources management, climate change adaptation, and sustainable production and consumption.

Areas of Expertise / Environmental science; sustainability, climate change, project coordination; data analysis; networking and partnership

Languages / Chinese; English

Yu-Ting is responsible for ICLEI East Asia's corporate communications, urban research and knowledge management. She manages various online platforms and social media channels, designs and creates communication products to promote ICLEI's work regionally and globally. She also manages the research and development of ICLEI case studies. Before joining ICLEI East Asia, she worked for a local non-governmental organization in Taipei.

Areas of Expertise / Journalism and communication; web and social media management; publication management

Languages / Chinese; English

Hui supports ICLEI's program development. She has academic background in sustainability sciences and material flow management. Before joining ICLEI, she had experiences working in multicultural environment with multidisciplinary cooperation on different projects. Her research interests include GHG Inventories, Circular Economy, Renewable Energies and Urban Resilience. She has a great passion to contribute to making the world a better place.

Areas of Expertise / GHGs emission inventory compilation; circular economy; energy conservation; and emission reduction techniques

Languages / Chinese; English