Anna Maria Oltorp, manages several research networks on environment and development economics.

Dr David James Molden joined ICIMOD as Director General with effect from December 2011. He has worked in several Hindu Kush-Himalayan countries, including China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, and has work experience on the Indus, Ganges, Yellow, Mekong, Yangtze, and Amu and Syr Darya river basins. Prior to joining ICIMOD he was the Deputy Director General for Research at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) based in Sri Lanka which received the IWRA Crystal Drop Award in 2011 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2012. Dr Molden was awarded a PhD in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University in 1987 specializing in water resources, and has since developed broader interests in integrating social, technical, and environmental aspects of natural resources management. He has contributed to the publication of nearly 200 works in books, refereed journals, research and project report series, the media, educational materials and led the recognized Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. He has received many awards including the Outstanding Scientist Award of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in 2009.

Herath M. Gunatilake, obtained his B.Sc. Degree in Agriculture form University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, M.Sc. Degree in Natural Resources Management from Agriculture University of Norway, and Ph.D. Degree in Resource Economics from University of Hawaii. He served as Professor and the Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Peradeniya before joining Asian Development Bank (ADB). During his academic career he researched on various subjects on agricultural, natural resources, forestry, energy and environmental economics. Herath served as the co-editor of Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics and the President of Sri Lanka Agricultural Economist Association. He joined ADB as an Environment Specialist in 2004 and later moved to Economics and Research Department of ADB. While overseeing the quality of project economic analysis in the water supply and sanitation, transport and energy sector projects of ADB Herath continued to research on utility tariff setting, estimation willingness to pay in water sector, energy economics and development lessons from private sector participation in infrastructure sectors. In his current position as an Energy Economist he develops energy sector projects for ADB financing and undertakes research on energy sector reforms, and renewable energy such as Biofuels.

Madhu Khanna, is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research focuses on environmental policy analysis, technology adoption and the land use, market and greenhouse gas implications of biofuels. She has authored more than 100 papers, chapters and reports and most recently edited the Handbook of Bionergy Economics and Policy. She is a member of the Science Advisory Board of the US Environmental Protection Agency and has served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. She is the editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. She is a University of Illinois Scholar and a Leopold Leadership Fellow of the Woods Institute at Stanford University.