Green Entrepreneur
gao.pronove@ghginstitute.org
Summary
I'm developing my practice in the green economy and green design. I'm very excited about starting
social enterprises in the nonprofit and private sectors. My work blends climate change, e-learning,
and entrepreneurship with my interest in sustainable development.
Specialties
Vision, policy, networking, partnerships, learning systems, management
Experience
Senior Vice President / COO at Basic EcoMarket Farms
September 2008 - Present (11 months)
Basic EcoMarket Farms (BEF) is a joint venture between Basic Energy, a publicly listed company in
the Philippines, and EcoMarket Farms. BEF is developing a cassava to ethanol project in
Zamboanga. BEF is cuurently focused on expanding its cassava farms. By 2012, in partnership
with Trio-Chem, an Indian green engineering company, it is expected that BEF will produce 60,000
liters per day of bio-ethanol.
Co-Founder and Deputy Executive Director at Greenhouse Gas Management Institute
June 2007 - Present (2 years 2 months)
The GHG Management Institute is a nonprofit whose mission is to combat global climate change by building the army of professionals needed to ethically and competently account, verify, and manage the emissions of greenhouse gases that cause climate change. GHGMI is a partner of the World Resources Institute, Carbon Disclosure Project, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, UNFCCC, Point Carbon, Harvard University Extension School, General Electric, Association of Energy Engineers, Offset Quality Initiative, and more. It offers rigorous training online and has trained more than 500 people in 40 countries. It also offers professional networking and boasts of the world's largest GHG management network. Go to www.GHGinstitute.org.
CEO at EcoMarket Farms
June 2005 - Present (4 years 2 months)
EMF is a green economy social enterprise. Its current projects include developing cassava farms
for bio-ethanol,developing pineapple and banana farms, as well as renewable and appropriate
technology energy systems.
Founder at GoVida
2001 - Present (8 years)
GoVida is an e-learning company established in 2001. GoVida helps build schools. It leverages
e-learning technology to offer complete solutions for educators, trainers, and learning organizations.
Its client list include the United Nations, World Bank, USAID, Swiss Development Cooperation,
Philippine Judicial Academy, GHG Management Institute, Bridgecomm, etc.
Executive Director at Earth Council Geneva
July 2001 - October 2007 (6 years 4 months)
I co-founded ECG and managed its e-Learning Centre for Sustainable Development. ECG hosts
courses on climate change, global trade, biodiversty, and sustainability in partnership with the UN,
universities and NGOs.
Programme Coordinator at United Nations
July 1991 - June 2001 (10 years)
During my 10 year career at the United Nations, I worked at the Institute for Training and Research
(UNITAR), Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD). In all of these agencies, I worked on climate change, particularly in
assisting developing and emerging countries to prepare national climate change strategies. I
worked in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and Western and
Southern Africa. My responsibilities included fund-raising, program design, and managing
international partnerships with NGOs, research institutions, and governments.
Associate at Siguion Reyna, Montecillo & Ongsiako
December 1986 - August 1989 (2 years 9 months)
Practiced labor, civil and administrative litigation in the Philippines on behalf of international and
national corporate clients.
Education
Tufts University
Environmental Policy, 1989 - 1991
University of the Philippines
LLB, Law, 1982 - 1986
Activities and Societies: President, Law Student Government
Commander, UP Law Liberation Forces, 1986
University of the Philippines
AB, Psychology, 1978 - 1982
La Salle Greenhills
High School, 1974 - 1978
Interests
flyfishing, badminton, golf, skiing, cycling, camping