Hanying Li, Senior Programme Officer, is responsible for the day to day operations of the Secretariat, including coordination between the MFF Secretariat and the National Coordinators, drafting, administration and monitoring of contracts and Internal Agreements,  general financial administration and organization of RSC meetings and other events.  Hanying also manages SGF at regional level and participates in project Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE). Hanying is a Chinese national and holds an MSc in Organizational Management from the School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT, U.S. and a BA in International Political Sciences from Beijing University, China. Prior to joining MFF Secretariat, Hanying was the Deputy Director for International Cooperation and Public relations at China Environmental Protection Foundation. In her career she has worked as a Project Manager with the American Bar Association U.S.-China Environmental Governance Training Program, in Beijing, as a Programme Officer, Bilateral Relations for the Department of International Cooperation under State Environmental Protection Administration, and as a Foreign Affairs Expert with the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Conservation Committee, National People’s Congress, China.
Email: hanying.li@iucn.org Tel. +66-2- 662 4029 ext. 145

Ms. Minna Epps, Programme Officer is responsible for MFF Knowledge Management and Communications matters and supports programme development and delivery with special focus on Monitoring Learning and Evaluation. She also works to coordinate the mainstreaming of MFF’s cross-cutting issues (climate change, gender and communications). Minna has almost ten years of environmental and fisheries research and policy analysis, project management, facilitation, communications, advocacy and outreach experiences in developed and developing countries from working with UNEP, the World Trade Organization (WTO), European Commission and for conservation NGOs. She holds a BSc in Marine & Freshwater Biology and an MSc in Global Environmental Change and Policy from Imperial College, UK and Advanced Coastal Management Course at Rhode Island University, US. Email: minna.epps@iucn.org  Tel. +66-2- 662 4029 ext. 108

Mr. Oliver D. Abrenilla joined MFF Secretariat March 15, 2010 as the UNEP seconded consultant to support MFF activities, with emphasis on climate change adaptation (CCA) and on disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives. Specifically, Oliver will serve as a "help desk" to support MFF stakeholders on CCA/DRR awareness building and their integration/mainstreaming into MFF processes and large projects, among others. Before joining the MFF Secretariat, Oliver worked for a joint climate change adaptation Programme in the Philippines where he was involved in strengthening the county’s institutional capacity to adapt to climate change. His 10 year work experience is a mix of national and sub-national perspectives on development planning and project management. Previously he worked for the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) working closely with communities on initiatives such as environmental management, physical land use and investment planning, and coastal resources management. He also served as a Senior Economic Development Specialist providing macro-level policy and planning support to the agriculture and natural resources sectors of the Philippines. Oliver has a BSc degree in Agriculture, Major in Agricultural Economics and is soon to complete his Masters in Business Management. He can be contacted at: oliver.abrenilla@rrcap.unep.org Tel: +66-2- 662 4029 ext. 145

Ms. Simone Frick joined the MFF Secretariat as an intern in March, 2010 to develop a strategy for engagement with the private sector.  Simone’s research includes a sector analysis, case studies of positive private sector actions in coastal areas, and a private sector engagement strategy. Simone’s work for MFF is being carried out in close collaboration with both Regional Biodiversity and Business Partnership and IUCN Regional Communications. In addition to the above, Simone will revisit and package technical preparatory activities under PoW 15.1. Simone is a Swiss national and has experience with multi-disciplinary programmes in emerging countries, such as Serbia, Ecuador, India, and Thailand.  Before joining MFF she was working as a Programme Coordinator for Education for Sustainable Development, assisting in CSR, change management and environmental assessment projects in Thailand. Previously, she worked as a Project Manager with private sector companies at the Environmental and Health Protection Department of the municipality of Zurich. She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Science as well as a Teachers Certificate in Secondary Education for the subjects Environmental Education and Biology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Email: simone.frick@iucn.org Tel: +66-2- 662 4029 ext. 145