People for Cities

  • Michael Nolan

    Michael Nolan Michael Nolan is the inaugural Chair of the Global Compact Cities Programme. He joins us from a global role which focused on resilient cities with AECOM, an urban planning, infrastructure and environmental consultancy. Michael has over 20 years’ experience in sustainability, climate adaptation and resilience for government and private sectors. In his role...

  • Michael Young

    Michael Young Michael Young is an international development practitioner with 20 years experience working in over 40 countries with multi and bi-lateral donors; private and public sectors; and humanitarian agencies and NGOs. Contracted as a Team Leader, Program Manager and adviser, Michael has extensive experience in managing large and dispersed teams of multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural...

  • Michel Frojmovic

    Michel Frojmovic Michel Frojmovic is the Director of Acacia Consulting & Research in Ottawa, Canada. Since 1998, he has managed the WorldLink International Internship Program for Young Professional Planners for the Canadian Institute of Planners. He leads the comprehensive re-design and delivery of the Community Data Program for the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD),...

  • Mim Kempson

    Mim Kempson Mim Kempson is the Cities Programme’s new Communication and Engagement Officer responsible for establishing and maintaining communication with participant cities around the world and for growing the company’s social media presence, media and web communication. With a background in journalism, Mim offers her writing, graphic design, photography, video and other media skills to...

  • Mireia Belil

    Mireia Belil Mireia Belil is a geographer who studied at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1986, Mireia has worked as a researcher and consultant specialising in development and urban policy issues, especially in defining territorial, social and cultural strategies, and cities’ international relations. In 2002, Mireia joined the...

  • Mushfiq Wahed

    Mushfiq Wahed Mushfiq Wahed joined Global Compact Cities Programme as an intern in February 2013 while he was pursuing his Masters of Professional Accounting and Finance at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. Mushfiq’s role at Cities Programme supported external partnerships and communication activities. Prior to joining the Cities Programme, Mushfiq worked as a Research...

  • Nick Rose

    Nick Rose Dr Nick Rose is a specialist in the emerging field of sustainable food systems and the related fields of food sovereignty and food security. Nick was awarded his PhD in Political Ecology from RMIT University for investigating the transformative potential of the global food sovereignty movement. During and after his PhD, he co-founded...

  • Niina Kautto

    Niina Kautto Niina Kautto has over seven years of experience in the interface of science, technology and policy-making. She holds an MSc in environmental sciences and renewable energy from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), and has worked for four years on bioenergy policy and data reporting at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra,...

  • FPAA

    FPAA Pan American Federation of Architects Associations (Federación Panamericana de Asociaciones de Arquitectos – FPAA) The Pan American Federation of Architects Associations is a nonprofit organization which aims to unite Architectural organizations from all parts of North, South and Central America including the Caribbean across all racial, religious or political boundaries. The FPAA was started...

  • Paris Huxley

    Paris Huxley Paris Huxley undertook an internship with the Global Compact Cities Programme over a period of several months in 2014. He worked on two specific projects, including a translation from English into French of the Circles of Sustainability Urban Profile Process as well as writing an Urban Social Profile on the city of Paris....