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About Sasha Jattansingh

Sasha Jattansingh is a public policy consultant and environmental advisor specializing in climate change and sustainable development. For the last 10 years, Sasha has focused on improving environmental participatory governance and supporting evidence-based policy making in the public sector, UN system and civil society sector in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean where she has participated in the development, implementation and evaluation of national environmental policies and plans and projects focused on sound chemicals and waste management, climate change mitigation and adaptation and sustainable livelihoods development.  

She is also a Lecturer in the MBA Sustainable Energy Management and MBA International Trade, Procurement and Logistics programmes at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business where she lectures postgraduate courses on climate change economics and policy, environmental impact assessments and environmental logistics. She is also a member of the Advisory Group for the MBA Sustainable Energy Management. Ms. Jattansingh is highly qualified and holds Masters degrees in environmental policy and regulation and environmental engineering from the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Auckland respectively. Sasha is also a certified Project Management Professional and is currently pursuing the Certified Expert in Climate and Renewable Finance programme at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.


She has provided technical assistance in policy research and development for national policies and assisted in organizing and facilitating public consultations on the national climate change, forest and protected areas policies. Furthermore, Sasha’s professional experience in research, environmental policy and planning, grants management and project management has also enhanced her expertise on formulation, implementation and evaluation of environmental policies and projects. 

She is the Director and Principal Consultant at Gaia Sustainable Solutions Limited, which provides environment, climate change and sustainability consulting services and products such as the bespoke sustainable jewellery line, Gaia Couture.  Sasha is also an adjunct lecturer in the MBA Sustainable Energy Management and MBA International Trade, Logistics and Procurement programmes at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, University of the West Indies,

You can contact Sasha via email at sasha.jattansingh@gmail.com


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