Mr Babar Ali is Sector Adviser – Humanitarian at Welthungerhilfe Pakistan, a post he has held since October 2023. A humanitarian and climate resilience professional, he has more than 18 years of experience in disaster preparedness, anticipatory action, climate change adaptation, humanitarian response and resilience building in Pakistan. At Welthungerhilfe, he contributes to humanitarian coordination with the National Disaster Management Authority and United Nations agencies, monitors emergency projects and compliance with the Core Humanitarian Standard, and supports local partners, Early Action Protocols, field assessments and funding proposals. He previously spent more than 13 years with Muslim Aid UK, rising from District Coordinator to Head of Programme. There, he managed multi-sector, multi-donor programmes in Pakistan and Afghanistan, including about US$5 million in emergency response funding for Balochistan. Earlier, he worked with ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development), Apex Consulting, ISCOS and Médecins Sans Frontières on relief, displacement, recovery, and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes, including support for earthquake-affected communities. His expertise includes disaster risk reduction, disaster risk financing, localisation, inclusive humanitarian action and the humanitarian–development–peace nexus. He holds a Master’s in International Relations and a Bachelor’s in Commerce from Hazara University.