Guillermo A. Siercke is a Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and team member of the Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries. Guillermo is currently a focal point for the Japan-WB DRM Program’s activities in Africa and East Asia and Pacific regions and leads technical assistance activities on emergency preparedness and response, adaptive social protection, and hydromet services. Prior to joining GFDRR, Guillermo worked with the World Bank’s South Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean teams on investment lending operations and technical assistance in disaster risk financing and modernization of hydromet services. He is a core member of the Hydromet, Climate Services, and Resilience Community of Practice. Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked as an Operations Specialist at the Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness at the Inter-American Development Bank. A Honduran national, Guillermo holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from Georgetown University.