Speaker detail
Herman Jean Pienaar
Head of the department in Nairobi at UN-Habitat
Herman Pienaar is a Programme Management Officer at UN-Habitat’s Urban Lab, bringing extensive local government experience as the former Director of City Transformation and Spatial Planning for the City of Johannesburg. He is a specialist in urban planning, capital investment, and municipal finance. At UN-Habitat, he leads international initiatives in policy development, integrated urban and regional planning, resilience-building, investment planning, and post-disaster and conflict recovery. His work emphasises collaboration with cities and governments to implement transformative and sustainable development solutions.