Dr. John Wiebe, CEO Globe Foundation of Canada, Vancouver
John Wiebe is president and CEO of the GLOBE Foundation and CEO of Sustainable Media Group LLC. Until May 2005 he 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 and West Mountain Capital Corp and served on the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy. Dr. Wiebe has an extensive background in both the private and government sectors holding senior positions in both federal government departments in Canada and private sector companies. His experience and activities focuse mainly on energy, the environment and sustainability.
Dr. Wiebe received a BSc from the University of Manitoba and a PhD from McGill University. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal of Canada by the Governor General in 2003 for service to his country. He will act as ERA's advisory board's first chair.
Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro, Professor, McGill University, Montreal
Eliane Ubalijoro is an ajunct 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 products at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology which brought together scientists from institutions in East Africa, South Africa, India and Canada 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.
Murray Ward, Global Climate Change Consultancy, London
Murray Ward is the managing director of Global Climate Change Consultancy which specializes in assisting public and private sector groups to understand international climate change policy and develop strategic programs to identify opportunities and risks and engage in issues that are key to their interests. Mr. Ward's current work is focused on enhanced mechanisms for the post-2012 international climate 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 lead senior negotiator in New Zealand's delegations to international climate change negotiations. He is considered to be one of the key architects of the Kyoto framework, in particular his international work on land-use, land-use change and forestry and market trading mechanisms. This work has included chairing key rules-drafting groups and development of the international emissions unit registries system.