Piet Klop, Senior Fellow, current Acting Director, World Resources Institute

Piet is a Senior Fellow and currently acting director of the capital markets research initiative at the World Resources Institute. He leads research projects on the valuation and pricing of environmental scarcities by the financial markets and business, with a focus on water-related risks and opportunities. Piet also liaises with Dutch and European companies and investors seeking WRI’s “environmental intelligence for tomorrow’s markets”. Piet has 20 years of experience with environmental issues and holds Masters degrees in Applied Environmental Economics (University of London) and Irrigation Engineering (Wageningen Agricultural University). Piet works at WRI on a secondment from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he held the position of Senior Economist in the Department of Climate, Energy and Water.

Other 2011 Speakers

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  Piet Klop, Senior Fellow, current Acting Director, World Resources Institute

  Piet is a Senior Fellow and currently acting director of the capital markets research initiative at the World Resources Institute.

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  Kevin O’Callaghan, Partner, Fasken Martineau

  Kevin O’Callaghan provides strategic advice on aboriginal, regulatory, environmental and other corporate social responsibility issues.

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  David Atkins, Principal Scientist, Watershed Environmental

  David Atkins is Principal Scientist at Watershed Environmental Consulting and has 20 years of experience as a water resources and environmental engineer.

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  Peter Gregg, Principal Consultant, DPS International Inc

  Peter’s early career included assignments with the Government of Canada as a senior program manager, policy advisor, and economic development fund manager in the areas of regional public health and rural economic development.

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  Rob Kerr, Vice-President, GlobeScan Incorporated

  Rob Kerr worked briefly in the mining industry in Canada, followed by 15 years of general management in the petrochemicals business in Canada, the US, and Europe.