OUR TEAM

Amber Carvan is a communications professional with over 20 years of experience delivering high quality and innovative communications across the international development, environment and public health sectors.

Amber has worked extensively across the Pacific region
including Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga,
Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Niue, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Amber’s Pacific region project portfolio includes the Pacific Islands Greenhouse Gas Abatement through Renewable Energy Project (PIGGAREP), the Pacific POPs Release Reduction Project and the Pacific Hazardous Waste Management Project (PacWaste).

Paul Fuller has proven experience in the analysis and management of complex strategic projects, and the application of multi-disciplinary training and experience to real-world problems.

Paul has worked with the Australian Government in a variety of roles
including the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
in order to assess and manage waste (including tracking, transport,
treatment, disposal and statistical analysis), undertake local and
international research and provide expert advice and analysis on waste management issues, develop and implement environmental guidelines, advise on landfill planning and licensing issues, data collection and analysis, waste statistical analysis and reporting, administer environmental protection legislation, and carry out waste and landfill audits.

  Paul Mooney has a Master of Business Administration from Waikato University and a Post Graduate Business Diploma from Waikato University. He currently holds membership to the Vanuatu Recyclers and Waste Management Association and Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance. Paul has strong experience working in Municipal Solid Waste Management within developing countries and has 30 years of experience working on waste infrastructure programs, operating regional waste management operations, management of recycling, landfill, solid and liquid wastes, and infrastructure development works across a broad range of locations. Paul has been living in Vanuatu for 4 years and has in this time established a unique network of waste management professionals readily accessible.

Makoto Tsukiji has over 10 years’ experience in disaster and waste management activities encompassing strategic planning, operations management, project/programme formulation and management.

Makoto has demonstrated expertise in multilateral, multilayer, south- south, triangular and Pacific-Pacific co-operation in strengthening the platform of waste management in the Pacific Region and has also had experience in chairing the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) Urban Development of Sector Working Group (UDSWG) to promote and strengthen donor coordination and cooperation.

Makoto has extensive experience working across the Asia-Pacific Region on a range of waste related projects and is currently engaged in a variety of waste management activities including solid waste (particularly plastic waste) and marine debris/plastic management in Papua New Guinea, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam in collaboration with Ministry of the Environment, the Government of Japan, City of Yokohama, JICA, UN Environment, UNIDO and IGES.

Camille Laude has over 10 years of experience in international consulting across Brazil, Mozambique, Tuvalu, Fiji, Lebanon, Republic of Congo, Jamaica and Bangladesh.

Camille has proven expertise in the areas of solid waste management and disaster waste management, facilitation of capacity development and decision-making processes, disaster risk management/disaster response, community engagement, participatory mapping and geographical information systems.

Nashfa Hawwa holds a Master of Environmental Management Policy from Lund University, Sweden, and Bachelor of Arts in International Political Economy and English literature from the College of Idaho, USA.

Nash grew up in the Maldives and has over six years of experience with public-private engagements in waste management, climate change adaptation, project management, and natural resource management. 

Nash is currently the Policy Lead for Clean Blue Maldives at Common Seas. She has a great interested in circular economy, nature-based solutions and sustainable development models for island nations.

She wrote her master’s thesis on the feasibility of implementing Extended Producer Responsibility for P.E.T bottles in the Maldives and worked with the Ministry of Environment to develop a single use plastic phaseout plan. Nash also has experience working with different stakeholders from the tourism, fisheries and waste management sectors of the Maldives.