Meet the Team
The ADN is currently convened by Dr Nibedita Ray-Bennett in collaboration with Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita, Regional Coordinators and Advisory Board. She is supported by an Operations Manager, Media and Communications Manager, Information and Networking Coordinators, Production Coordinator and Administrative Coordinators. ADN’s team is truly global. The Presidents are based in the UK and Japan, and the Operation Team is based in the UK, India, Bangladesh, Uganda, Brussels, and Abu Dhabi. The Regional Coordinators are based in Asia, Africa, Australasia, Caribbean, Europe, Indian Ocean Islands, Middle East, North America and South America. They play a crucial role in bringing local stories and perspectives to ADN’s global community.
Find out more about joining the ADN, either as a affiliate, partner or regional coordinator.
ADN Presidents:
Associate Professor in Risk Management, School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.
Associate Professor at Graduate School and Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University, Japan.
Operations Manager:
Researcher and PhD Candidate, School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.
Media and Communications Manager:
Marketing Executive, Bridge Motorcycles, Devon, UK.
ADN Activity Coordinators:
Ms. Rwittambhara KashyapGraduate with a Bachelors degree in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India.
Former Field Research Manager of icddr,b, Bangladesh
ADN Administrative Coordinator:
Alex is a British diplomat currently posted to Copenhagen, Denmark.
ADN Administrative Coordinator:
Studying a MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management at the University of Leicester.
ADN Information and Networking Coordinator:
Ms. Lauren MacleodStudying a MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management at the University of Leicester.
ADN Production Coordinator:
Studying a MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management at the University of Leicester, UK.
ADN Hub India Advisor:
Studying a MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management at the University of Leicester.
Interns:
Student studying a MSc degree in Psychology and Learning Disability, University of Portsmouth, UK.
Senior Research Fellow, University of North Bengal, India
Senior Research Fellow, University of North Bengal, India
Project Coordinator for the project on Snakebites in India
Graduate with a MSc in the Control of Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Advisory Board Members:
Professor of Physical Geography and Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, University of Leicester, UK.
Professor of Finance, Director of the Leicester Finance Research and Industry Group, and Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching within the School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.
Professor of Economics and Strategies, School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.
Emiratus Professor, Kyoto University, Japan, Advisor to Kwansei Gakuin University, Visiting Professor at Kumamoto University, and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, Germany.
Founder & CEO of the Risk Society consultancy.
Former Deputy Humanitarian Director at IPPF Humanitarian Hub, Bangkok, Thailand.
Director of the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), India.
Atlas Corps fellow at Center for Teen Empowerment, Boston Massachusetts U.S.
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility of Tata Steel in Odisha, India.
Disaster Risk Reduction Regional Advisor for Africa based in UNDP Regional Service Centre in Addis Ababa.
Retired senior economist from the Untied Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Founder and managing director of Albida International LLC, Dakar, Senegal.
An international development consultant specializing in development and change, with over 40 years’ experience in the UN system.
Founder of SharedAim.
Professor of Geology, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology,
New Zealand.
Environmentalist and political activist, Sultanate of Oman
Former President Emeritus and Fellow of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management.