Dr. John Wiebe, CEO Globe Foundation of Canada, Vancouver
Dr. Wiebe is currently President and CEO of the GLOBE Foundation, and CEO of Sustainable Media Group (SMG) LLC. Until May of 2005 Dr. Wiebe was the President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He is a member of the Board of Directors of ECO Canada, Tonbridge Power Inc. and West Mountain Capital Corp. and was a member of the National Roundtable on the Environment & the Economy. Dr. Wiebe has an extensive background in both the private and government sectors holding senior positions in various federal government departments in Canada as well as with private sector companies. His experience and activities are focused mainly on the energy and environment sectors.
Dr. Wiebe received degrees from the University of Manitoba (BSc) and McGill University (PhD) and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal of Canada by the Governor General in 2003 for service to his country. Dr. Wiebe will act as the Advisory Board’s first Chair.
Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro, Professor, McGill University, Montreal
Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro is an Adjunct Professor of Practice for Public-Private Sector Partnerships at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development. She is currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Council for H.E. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. She led a capacity building workshop for bio-based productsat the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology which brought together scientists from institutions in East Africa, South Africa, India and Canada McGill to develop an action plan for building sustainable bio-based economies for the region. Dr. Ubalijoro is currently working on research supporting sustainable development, biodiversity management and peace building in Rwanda.
Mr. Murray Ward, Global Climate Change Consultancy, London
Mr. Ward is the Managing Director of Global Climate Change Consultancy, a specialist consultancy, in 2003. GCCC specializes in assisting public and private sector groups to understand international climate change policy and develop strategic programs to identify opportunities and risks and means to engage on issues that are key to their interests. Mr. Ward’s current work is focused on enhanced mechanisms for the post-2012 agreement and engagement of the finance and investment sector.
From 1996 to 2002 Mr. Ward led the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment’s climate change team. In addition, he was a leading senior negotiator in NZ delegations to international climate change meetings. Mr. Ward is considered to be one of the key architects of the Kyoto framework, in particular for his international work on Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry and market trading mechanisms. This has included chairing key rules-drafting groups and the development of the international emissions unit registries system.
