April 2008

Announcements

Meet Our New Staff

Meet Christian Hofer

Christian Hofer, a Swiss national, will join the GEF’s External Affairs team in April as Senior Communications Officer. Over the last three years, Christian has been working in corporate communications and development communications for the World Bank’s External Affairs Vice Presidency. In the Bank’s DevComm division, he focused on outreach to countries in the Middle East and Francophone Africa, administering strategic communications tools in World Bank projects to contribute to increased effectiveness and transparency.

Before coming to Washington, Christian was in charge of the communications unit in the Economic Development Cooperation in the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) in Bern.  Christian holds a Masters in Advanced Studies in International Development from the Swiss Federal School of Technology in Zurich and a BA in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Meet Lucas Yuto N. Suzuki

Lucas Suzuki joined the External Affairs group in February as a Junior Professional Associate (JPA).  He was born and raised in Curitiba, Brazil.

Lucas has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Sao Paulo.  Before joining the GEF, he was working in the financial department of Whirlpool Latin American HQ in Sao Paulo. He has also worked in the Innovation and Six Sigma department and is trained in the six sigma methodology.

Meet Dimitrios Zevgolis

Dimitrios Zevgolis joined the GEF’s Climate and Chemicals team on March 24 as a Climate Change Specialist. He was born and raised in Athens, Greece and graduated with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He holds an MBA in Engineering-Economic Systems and is a Ph.D. candidate and Research Associate at the National Technical University of Athens.

Before joining the GEF, Dimitrios was working in the EU Programmes Management Unit of the Greek Ministry of Development where he was responsible for the planning, management, evaluation and monitoring of energy-sector programs and projects that were financed by the European Regional Development Fund.