Peter Mackay is an Australian citizen (with permanent residency in Vietnam) who has over 30 years of professional experience related to natural resource management and international development in the Asia Pacific. He has qualifications in natural resource management, economics and project management, together with over 20 years of experience in Asia and the Pacific with a range of International agencies (such as World Bank, ADB, Kfw and GIZ) in the fields of policy, and international level, in specialist and team leadership roles across a broad range of biodiversity conservation, protected area and sustainable forest management, water resource development and planning, coastal and marine conservation, poverty alleviation, sustainable livelihoods and climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management.