Valerie Isaac

Ms. Valerie Isaac is the Division Chief, Environmental Sustainability Unit at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). She has over 25 years of engagement at the national, regional, and international levels on sustainable development issues and good capacity to advise and strategize on environmental and social risk analysis, disaster risk management, climate change policy and climate change vulnerability and risk assessment within the Caribbean context. Ms Isaac is also experienced in policy development processes and successfully managing and supporting the delivery of technical assistance and capital projects/programmes, using results-based management principles, and working across multiple countries with different technical and institutional capacities.

The Environmental Sustainability Division is responsible for, among other things, developing, operationalising and providing technical oversight of the Bank’s environmental, disaster risk management and climate change, policies, strategies and procedures and maintaining dialogue with development partners on environmental sustainability matters.