Experts & Staff

WRI brings together nearly 1,900 staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, economics, finance, governance and more. Our staff and researchers work globally and in 12 focus countries to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.

Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.

Program Experts & Staff

Bukti Bagja

Supply Chain and Livelihood Transformation Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Bukti Bagja

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Sarah Carter

Research Associate

Sarah Carter.

Edward Davey

Head, World Resources Institute Europe UK Office; Senior Advisor, Food and Land Use Coalition; Advisor, New Economy for the Amazon and Congo Basin

Edward Davey

Rizky Firmansyah

GIS Analyst, WRI Indonesia

Rizky Firmansyah

Hidayah Hamzah

Manager For National Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia 

Tomi Haryadi

Director for Food, Land and Water (FLW) Program, WRI Indonesia

Tomi Haryadi.

Rakhmat Hidayat

Sumatra Regional Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Rakhmat Hidayat

Dwiki Ridhwan

Land Use Governance and Social Forestry Lead, WRI Indonesia

Mila Khaerunnisa Rizqiani

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Financing Research Analyst, WRI Indonesia

Tjokorda Nirarta "Koni" Samadhi

Country Director, Indonesia

Nirarta Samadhi

Yulia Stange

Director, Nature Crime Alliance

Yulia Stange

Stephanie Tan

Communications Manager, Supply Chains, Land and Forests

Stephanie Tan

Wessel van Eeden

Strategic Communications Manager, Restore Local

Wessel van Eeden.

Arief Wijaya

Program Director, WRI Indonesia

Arief Wijaya.
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