H. Elizabeth Thompson is a high level consultant to the United Nations on the post-2015 development agenda. She is a former UN Assistant Secretary General having served as one of two executive coordinators of the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development. Ms. Thompson was as a member of the Parliament and Cabinet of Barbados from 1994 to 2008. Her last portfolios were energy and environment.
In 2008 she received the UNEP Champion of the Earth Award for her work in climate change and environment. She has written numerous articles and papers on sustainable development, energy and environment.
Ms. Thompson holds an LL.B. from the University of the West Indies, an M.B.A. with distinction from the University of Liverpool, UK and an LL.M. from the Robert Gordon University in Scotland. She is a qualified commercial arbitrator.