Mariam is an Associate Project Manager within MCII's Climate Risk Finance Solutions team, where she contributes to ongoing work to address climate change, adaptation and vulnerability by promoting index-based insurance as a climate change adaptation instrument in African, Asian, Pacific and Caribbean developing countries.
Before joining UNU-EHS, Mariam has gained an in-depth understanding of disaster risk financing and insurance products while working as an Underwriting Assistant at Liberty Mutual Reinsurance. Building on her hands-on experience, she is enthusiastic to leverage her technical knowledge of insurance products and processes to develop instruments to reduce the adverse effects of climate change for the most vulnerable communities.
Previously, Mariam worked for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). There she was responsible for the financial monitoring and reporting component of the BIRD (Bildungsraum Digital) project, which seeks to develop an IT infrastructure for the first-ever national digital education platform in Germany.
She was also a Co-Founder and an Executive Board Member of a non-profit organization "Cooperation for Peace and Progress" in Georgia. In her capacity as a project manager between 2014-2018, she had an opportunity to implement numerous initiatives to raise awareness of socio-political issues among the youth, including climate change, in the South Caucasus region.