Mr. Anil Pokhrel was appointed as the first Chief Executive of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) to design its organizational structure, prepare Standard Operating Procedures, develop work program and budget, and operationalize Nepal’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management action plan. He also serves as the Member Secretary of the National Executive Committee headed by Hon. Minister of Home Affairs and the National Council for DRRM headed by Rt. Hon. Prime Minister.

In a career spanning more than two decades, Mr. Pokhrel has worked extensively in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and water management with Nepali and international NGOs, UN agencies, Asian Development Bank and the World Bank. Mr. Pokhrel previously worked as Senior Risk & Adaptation Specialist at Plan8 Risk Consulting. Prior to that, Mr. Pokhrel served as Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank and as Research Associate at Overseas Development Institute and Institute for Social and Environmental Transition. Mr. Pokhrel was trained as a civil engineer at Tribhuvan University (1994-1997) and in environmental management -specialization in water science, policy and management- at Yale University (2004-2006) under a Fulbright fellowship.