Gao Pronove, Director, Business Development and Co-Founder

Gao is a co-founder of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, where he is currently the Director for Business Development.  He works on the Institute’s reach through partnerships with various organizations globally and helps develop business opportunities.

Gao is a social entrepreneur with unique expertise in developing “green economy” projects that bring together climate change, GHG management, e-learning, agriculture, and renewable energy.

Gao retired from the United Nations in 2001, after a decade of working with developing countries build their capacity in climate change issues. He worked with UNITAR, UNFCCC, UNCTAD, UNDP, and GEF. During COP 9, he was the Capacity Building Team Leader at the UNFCCC. After his UN days, Gao helped found Earth Council Geneva, where he was Executive Director until 2007. Earth Council Geneva is a non-governmental organization that uses e-learning to train and educate in global issues such as climate change, global trade, biodiversity and sustainability.

Gao is also the founder of GoVida eLearning and EcoMarket Solutions, successful enterprises that are innovative and pioneering companies in the Philippines. GoVida eLearning helps organizations like the GHG Management Institute leverage e-learning technology to meet its global mission. EcoMarket Solutions develops and manages cassava, pineapple, and recently medicinal mushroom farms in the Southern and Northern Islands of the Philippines, as well as small-scale biomass to energy projects.