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Laura Altinger
Istanbul,Turkiye
Summary
Experienced, international leader in diplomacy and intergovernmental affairs. Manages interdisciplinary, distributed teams. Excellent interpersonal and writing skills. Big picture focus with vision to succeed. Problem solver, networker, and consensus builder.
Overview
25
years of professional experience
Work History
UNDP
Regional Team Leader, Europe and CIS
08.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Shape vision, strategic planning, integrated programming and policy priorities for Environment & Energy team covering the Europe/CIS region
- Oversee portfolio of approximately US$500m+ across 16 countries from Global Environment Facility (GEF), Green Climate Fund (GCF), Adaptation Fund, European Union and bilateral development partners
- Manage team of 50+ sustainability professionals, including direct reports, conduct performance reviews and provide mentoring
- Foster open, professional relationships with team members to create collaborative, highly functional work environment
- Assist in recruitment to build team of top performers
- Chair Pre-Investment Steering Committee for new programming and resource mobilization
- Lead support to client country offices
- Undertake business development, forge strategic partnerships
- Represent organisation at high-level conferences
- Conduct regular reviews of operations and identify areas for improvement
UNESCAP
Head of Climate Change and Finance
04.2016 - 06.2019
Job overview
- Reporting to Under Secretary-General for Asia-Pacific, led development and implementation of organisation's climate change and finance strategy
- Shepherded to adoption first intergovernmental resolution on climate change
- Managed cross-functional team of ten
- Planned budget, work plan, undertook recruitment and results reporting
- Coordinated four reports
- Oversaw organization of seven Ministerial-level events and three regional workshops on sustainable finance
- Represented organisation at international events
- Engaged with stakeholders, including investors, banks, regulators to integrate sustainability considerations into their strategy and operations
World Bank Viet Nam
Senior Climate Economist
01.2012 - 03.2016
Job overview
- Managed implementation of US$4.5m multi-stakeholder technical assistance programme across five Ministries in Vietnam, to develop strategic frameworks for sustainability
- Recruited and led distributed task teams
- Led negotiations with Government that led to establishment of Vietnam Climate Innovation Centre to support small-scale private sector development
- Participated in Vietnam Development Policy Operation, a US$210m investment loan, partook in negotiations with Government
- Oversaw development of first forestry natural capital account and Roadmap in close collaboration with Government
- Contributed to formulation of various Government strategic policy documents
Wrote first provincial public expenditure review for Quang Nam
Undertook first Low Carbon Development Policy Options Assessment, identifying priority mitigation actions
Contributed to carbon Partnership for Market Readiness, which led to receipt of US$3m implementation grant
Represented organisation at workshops, international conferences and meetings with Government, Communist Party, international donor community
UNECE
Economic Affairs Officer
09.2000 - 12.2011
Job overview
- Managed non-resident country engagement on climate change through UN Development Assistance Framework; Participated in one-UN consultations with Governments of Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Led project for intergovernmental negotiations of Aarhus Convention to assess costs/benefits of planned Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
- Wrote official consultation paper on Climate Change for 63rd Ministerial Commission, on Green Economy for Ministerial Conference Environment for Europe
Education
London Business SchoolLondon, UK
Ph.D. from Economics
Cambridge UniversityCambridge, UK
Master of Arts from Economics
Skills
- Leadership and Strategy
- Team management
- Intergovernmental affairs and diplomacy
- Operations management
Additional Information
The role of multilateralism and global governance in Asia and the Pacific, UNESCAP
Finance for Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific: A Regional Action Agenda to access
debt capital markets, UNESCAP
Responding to the Climate Change Challenge in Asia and the Pacific: achieving the
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), UNESCAP
The Economics of Climate Change, UNESCAP
Quang Nam Provincial Public Expenditure Review in 2015 Vietnam Public Expenditure
Review, World Bank
Financial Matters in Guidance on Water and Climate Change Adaptation, Convention on the
Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, UNECE
Humanitarian Response Index, 2007 and 2008 editions, published by Palgrave Macmillan
Private financing of humanitarian action 1995-2005, Overseas Development Institute,
Humanitarian Policy Group Background Paper, June 2007
Global Competitiveness Report 2006-7, published by Palgrave Macmillan
Costs and benefits of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers, UNECE official document,
also used as training material by UNITAR.
The Economic Survey of Europe (2000 – 2006 editions), UNECE
The Scope and Depth of GATS Commitments (1996), co-author A. Enders, published in
World Economy, Vol. 19(3), May, 307-332
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Advanced (C1)
Italian
Advanced (C1)
Spanish
Intermediate (B1)
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Regional Team Leader, Europe and CIS
UNDP
08.2020 - Current
Head of Climate Change and Finance
UNESCAP
04.2016 - 06.2019
Senior Climate Economist
World Bank Viet Nam
01.2012 - 03.2016
Economic Affairs Officer
UNECE
09.2000 - 12.2011
London Business School
Ph.D. from Economics
Cambridge University
Master of Arts from Economics