Dame Joanna Gabrielle da Silva (born 1967) is the Global Director of Sustainable Development at Arup Group.
[12] Arup encourage humanitarian efforts to build back better, preventing homes being destroyed when floods or disasters return.
She worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
[19] Da Silva worked with Tower Hamlets Council on Ideas Stores, a way to bring IT facilities to communities in East London.
[13] In 2021, Da Silva was named a Dame for her work within disaster relief and sustainability in locations such as Haiti and Sri Lanka.
[31] In November 2021 Da Silva was the guest on the long running BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs.