Tuga Alaskary
Risk Finance Specialist
Disaster Risk Financing Specialist with over 14 years of professional experience across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Gender lead for UNDP Insurance and Risk Finance Facility.
Technical Specialist Risk Financing, United Nations Development Programme
Geneva, Switzerland
ContactAreas of expertise
Available for
CDRFI Expertise
Contingency FundsNational and sub-national CRI SchemesNational and Sub-national DRM StrategiesRisk PoolsSovereign Risk TransferSub-Sovereign Risk TransferGender
Gender Dimensions of Climate Risk and DisastersGender MainstreamingNetworks and Partnerships on GenderWomen’s Leadership & ParticipationLanguages
ArabicEnglishMethods & Skills
Capacity Building & TrainingsEvent/Webinar FacilitationModerationRegional Expertise
AsiaEuropeGlobalMiddle East & North AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaProfessional experience
Technical Specialist Risk Financing/ Gender Lead
Responsible for leading and guiding UNDP's work on sovereign and sub-sovereign risk financing, providing representation to develop and deliver technical risk finance solutions
Lead
Head of the InsuResilience Centre of Excellence for Gender-smart Solutions
Advisor
Climate Risk Insurance Advisory, Policy and Partnerships, Communication, Concessional Finance, Impact Evaluation, Gender, Disaster Risk modelling and Data, and Microinsurance
Disaster Risk Finance Specialist
Providing guidance and support to operational departments of the Asian Development Bank in identifying, developing and implementing disaster risk financing strategies and instruments
Senior Advisor, Policy and Partnerships (and various positions)
I played a key role in the design, establishment and operationalisation of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) as a specialised agency of the African Union, one of the world's first sovereign risk pools
