Dr
Fakhruddin is an expert climate change risk assessor with 16 years global
experience in working on disaster risk and climate resilience projects.  This experience is a major advantage in
climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy development.  His key areas of expertise are climate and
hydrological assessment, early warning and emergency response, climate change
adaptation, and capacity building. Dr Fakhruddin designed early warning and
emergency response projects more than 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Dr
Fakhruddin is currently working as a Technical Director- disaster risk and
climate resilience in Tonkin + Taylor International in New Zealand and
professional teaching fellow for the post graduate study in disaster risk
management in University of Auckland (UoA). He is a Science Committee Member of
IRDR of ICSU/UNISDR, Co-Chair for the Disaster Loss DATA and Risk
Interpretation and Applications (RIA) Working Group of IRDR of ICSU/UNISDR. He
is also Co-Chair CODATA task group Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk
Research (LODGD) and PSG member of the Coastal Inundation Forecasting
Demonstration Project (CIFDP) and Open Panel of Commission for Hydrology
Experts (OPACHE) of WMO.