Amina Kadyrzhanova

SENIOR SUSTAINABILITY SPECIALIST

Amina joined the Hydropower Sustainability Secretariat in March 2020. Her work focuses on managing the Hydropower Sustainability Training Academy by conducting trainings and developing new courses. She also supports in delivering numerous capacity building programmes to drive sustainable hydropower development worldwide.

She has experience conducting research on hydropower modernisation, green financing mechanisms, climate policies and disaster risk reduction measures. Prior to joining the HS Secretariat, she has worked in energy efficiency and climate change financing at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), supported business development and facilitating partnerships for the Center for Forests and People (RECOFTC) and conducted research at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). She has worked in Germany, Hungary, Thailand, United Kingdom and Canada. She is fluent in English, Russian and Slovak.

Amina holds an MPhil in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge and BSc in Environmental Geography and Climate Change from the University of East Anglia.