Dr Hari Ramalu Ragavan has 25 years of experience in sustainability management and policy in Malaysia and Asia Pacific. He worked at :
- University Malaya,
- Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers,
- Centre For Environmental Technologies (CETEC), and
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei Darussalam as
Programme Manager from 2004 till 2015. At UNDP he worked in the sustainable development cluster and
had developed, managed and monitored/evaluated at least 15 projects worth USD40 million.
Dr Hari is currently the Sustainability Capability Lead at Orbis Business School. He has advised UNDP, World Bank, USAID, UNIDO, UNEP and ADB in Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Philippines, Nepal, Myanmar, Timor Leste and Vietnam as well as Malaysia in the areas of climate change and nature ecosystems management, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) involving communities, private sector and local governments.
He also provides advisory services to the private sector on corporate sustainability, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework and focus areas. He is a Human Resources Development Corporation (HRDC) certified, Trainer and conducts various trainings on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SDG12), Sustainable Financing, and ESG strategy. He is a Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance (CESFi) (Frankfurt School).
- a Board Member of Sustainability Committee, MBI Selangor,
- a Board Member of Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production,
- an Exco member of the Environmental Management and Research Association of Malaysia,
- a Committee Member of the Malaysian Evaluation Society.
- a member of the Industry Expert Committee (IEC) – Sustainability under Human Resource Development
Corp (HRD Corp) - an advisor at the ESG Association of Malaysia.
Dr Hari studied in Sweden (M.Sc. Environmental Management and Policy) and UK (PhD Development Management and Policy).