Staff

Hohit S. Gebreegziabher

 

Hohit S. Gebreegziabher is a Program Manager for the Transformative Climate Finance Program for the AU Green Recovery Action Plan and is based in Ethiopia. She brings over 13 years of designing and implementing mega and complex climate resilience and adaptation programs. Before her current role, she was a Project Officer for GGGI Senegal  (Aug 2022-2023) and a Program Officer for GGGI Papua New Guinea (PNG), supporting the overall program portfolio to promote green growth and inclusive climate-resilient development in PNG (2019- Jul 2022).  

 Hohit is a Prince II certified end-to-end Program  Specialist with a master’s in international development studies from Maastricht Universiteit. 

Before GGGI, she was a Program Manager at the International Institute for Environment and Development. She supported the design and implementation of research and policy programs supporting governments, bilateral and multilateral partners, and development finance institutions to design and test innovative approaches to equitable and climate-resilient development, design, and implementation of policy, institutional, and financial frameworks. She was also a core team member supporting the Least Developing Countries Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR) Project design and successfully implementing the first phase. 

Hohit is trilingual and fluent in English, French, and Amharic. She is a Zumba guru and a foodie lover who enjoys experimenting with culinary fusion.