Mr. Saroj Dash has been working in the humanitarian field, specializing on climate change and conflict for more than 30 years. He is currently working as the Head of the International Programme in Concern Worldwide Korea. Mr Dash has previously worked as the Country Director in DPR Korea for an extensive five-year period. He was the last international humanitarian country representative to leave the country in March 2021. Prior to this, he worked in Bangladesh and Nepal as the Regional Coordinator for Concern Worldwide, leading multi-country initiatives on Climate Change and facilitating a forum on Community Resilience in the Bay of Bengal region. Mr Dash has been engaged with a wide range of policy campaigns on hunger and climate issues targeting youth leaders and members of parliament across South and South-East Asia. Mr Dash has been involved in various global and regional policy forums, such as ASEAN, APMCDRR, and COP. Before joining Concern, Mr Dash led programmes in India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam for over 15 years. In 2015, Mr. Dash was nominated as the LEAD (Leadership in Environment and Development) Ambassador for India, as an alumnus and fellow of LEAD International.