Team

PROFOR is managed by a core team based at the World Bank, with support from multiple donors. Team members listed below work in tandem with the broader World Bank Forests Team.

	Peter Dewees, PROFOR Manager, joined the PROFOR team in May 2009, from the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank, where he had worked as Lead Environment Specialist since 2002, and was responsible for activities related to forestry, watershed management, and nature protection, with a particular interest in the role and impact of EU accession.  In 2005 he completed a major analytic study on how forest institutions in ECA have responded to the economic transition, focusing specifically on the challenges of institutional reform.  Prior to joining ECA, he held the position of Lead Natural Resource Management Specialist in the Africa Region, where, in addition to his natural resource management portfolio, he also worked on issues related to environmental policy and institutions; refugee resettlement and reintegration; the conservation and development of cultural heritage; woodfuel management; and community-driven natural resource management activities in Eastern and Southern Africa.  He holds a DPhil from Oxford University.
	Mr. Tuukka Castrén is a Senior Forestry Specialist and the Team Leader of the Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) Program in the World Bank Sustainable Development Network. Prior to working at the World Bank, he was with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Development Policy in his native Finland, where he first joined the Ministry as an economic adviser, and later became the senior adviser for development policy. He has also worked in private sector forest consulting for many years earlier in his career. Mr. Castrén has university degrees both in forestry and economics from the University of Helsinki.
	Diji Chandrasekharan Behr is a Natural Resource Economist with PROFOR, and works on livelihoods and cross-sectoral themes. Her professional interests include adaptation to climate change, impact of sectoral policies on forest resources and forest dependent people, community-based natural resource management, and institutional dimensions of natural resource use (specifically, tenure and rights). Diji has worked in South Asia and more recently in East and West Africa. She is also involved in conducting analytical studies and strategic environmental and social assessments. Diji holds a Master's in Agriculture and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph. D in Natural Resource Management and Policy from Cornell University.
	Nalin Kishor is a Senior Natural Resources Economist, and the Coordinator of the Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) Program in the World Bank Sustainable Development Network.  His work interests focus on the governance of sustainable forestry and natural resource management, trade growth and income distribution, institutional reforms, incentive compatible systems and diagnostics approaches and indicators for forest governance.  He is a co-author of "The Quality of Growth (OUP)" a book on sustainable development. He holds a Ph. D in economics from the University of Maryland--College Park, with a specialization in natural resource and environmental economics.
	Jane Li joined the PROFOR team in September 2009 as Operations Analyst. Her main responsibilities include the trust fund financial management and work program coordination.  Previousely, she worked 11 years in the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, first at the IFC China country office, then at the IFC headquarter in Washington DC.  She holds an MBA from the Robert Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, and a BA from the China Foreign Affairs University.
	Edgar Maravi is a Natural Resources Specialist for the PROFOR team. He is originally from Peru, and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University and a degree in Agricultural Engineering, specializing in tropical agronomy, from the Universidad Agraria in Peru. Prior to joining the Bank, he worked at WWF as the Director of the WWF-Peru. He has also worked at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and held various positions in rural development in the public sector and international agencies in Peru.
	Thomas Sembres joined the PROFOR team in February 2010 as Forest Specialist. He previously worked in Europe for a network of philanthropic foundations interested in strategies to reduce deforestation in the Congo Basin and East Africa. He also worked in Ethiopia at the Economic Commission for Africa, and provided training on payments for environmental services in Gabon (Government) and in France (for the Master of Public Affairs at Sciences Po, Paris). He holds an MPhil in Environmental Policy from Cambridge University.
	Flore de Préneuf joined PROFOR as Communications Officer in April 2010. She previously reported on development projects for the World Bank and worked as a journalist and photographer mainly in the Balkans, the Middle East and the United States. She holds a degree in economics and finance from Sciences Po, Paris, and an MPhil in Russian and East European Studies from Oxford University.
	Genalinda A. Gorospe joined the PROFOR team in 2008 as Program Assistant.  She has worked more than 15 years for the World Bank and IFC in areas of international finance, corporate governance, procurement and budget monitoring, event planning and office management.  Her previous positions included working with the Philippine Veterans Bank as Chief, Loans & Discounts department and as Executive Assistant to the Ambassador of Yemen to the United States.  She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Banking & Finance from the Philippine Women’s University.