Meet the Devex Authors

Hilde F. Johnson

Hilde F. Johnson

Hilde F. Johnson is an assistant secretary general of the United Nations. She served as Norway's minister of international development 1997-2000 and 2001-2005. Johnson is the author of “Waging Peace in Sudan: The Inside Story of the Negotiations that Ended Africa’s Longest Civil War,” published Jan. 1, 2011 by Sussex Academic Press.
Hima Batavia

Hima Batavia

Hima Batavia is a digital health in developing countries specialist and a passionate community builder. Her work with organizations including HealthEnabled, the United Nations Foundation, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and the Earth Institute, among other development organizations has taken her across India and parts of Africa.
Himanshu Chandra

Himanshu Chandra

Himanshu is the co-founder of Desiderata Impact Ventures where he drives innovative financing for small and micro enterprises. He has over 10 years of experience in corporate and investment banking, manufacturing and private equity and leading large multicultural teams. He started his career at the growth capital division of The Carlyle Group and has held various senior positions with Barclays and Standard Chartered Bank.
Hina Syed

Hina Syed

Hina Syed is a senior program officer at Panorama, an “action tank” dedicated to building strategies in the service of social impact. She supports partners on strategy development and strategic communications for a variety of outbreak preparedness projects and uses evidence-based approaches to develop effective messages, strategies, and programs that increase knowledge and influence behavior change.
Hind Khatib-Othman

Hind Khatib-Othman

Hind Khatib-Othman is chair of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and brings extensive leadership capability and more than 20 years’ experience in global public health. Prior to assuming the role of chair in late 2018, Khatib-Othman served as managing director of the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance from 2012 to 2019.
His Excellency Ahmed Al-Khateeb

His Excellency Ahmed Al-Khateeb

His Excellency Ahmed Al-Khateeb is the minister of tourism for Saudi Arabia and the chair of the Saudi Fund for Development. In his role, he has been instrumental in expanding SFD’s support to low- and middle-income countries across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe. His leadership has driven SFD’s work into new markets, reinforcing its global impact.
Hloni Bookholane

Hloni Bookholane

Hloni Bookholane is a medical doctor from South Africa, a Fulbright scholar, and currently enrolled in the Master of Public Health program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Hnin Phyu Phyu Aye

Hnin Phyu Phyu Aye

Hnin Phyu Phyu Aye is the skills and migration development adviser at Helvetas Myanmar, supporting the periurban project team and providing technical advice for overall operation on migration projects. Hnin has over 6 years’ experiences in skills development in Myanmar, including working on gender and migration issues.
Hoesung Lee

Hoesung Lee

Hoesung Lee is a professor in economics of climate change, energy and sustainable development at Korea University’s Graduate School of Energy and Environment in the Republic of Korea. He serves on various boards including as executive member of the Korean Academy of Environmental Sciences; a member of the Asia Development Bank President’s advisory board, a council member of the Global Green Growth Institute and an editorial board member of UK based Climate Policy.
Holger Dalkmann

Holger Dalkmann

Holger Dalkmann has 15 years of experience working in the field of transport, sustainability and climate change. He joined WRI in 2011 as the director for its EMBARQ program, which catalyzes environmentally and financially sustainable transport solutions to improve quality of life in cities.