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Dr. Jorge Emmanuel adjunct professor in Silliman University received May 18 the Albert Nelson Marque Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who, the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles.
He celebrates many years’ experience in his professional network and has been noted for…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land
Palma graduated with a BS Fisheries (major in Inland Fisheries) degree from the University of the Philippines in 1984. Before joining WWF, Palma led the sea turtle conservation project of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines. After years of work in Tawi-…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Private Sector
SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 15: Life on Land
Jose worked as a researcher, community organizer, network builder, organizer for several non-government organizations and cooperative federation in Mindanao in various capacities such as Project Officer and Trainer. At 30 years old, he was elected in 2006 as the youngest Chairperson of Oro…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Jose Tiburcio Nicolas is currently the Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards) under the Office of Social Safeguards in ADB.
Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Environment, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Joseph Bergin is the Advisor, PSOD, and Head, of the Equity Investment Unit of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department handling the Bank’s direct equity investments. He joined ADB in June 2020. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Bergin was Head of M&A at McBride plc and was Chief Investment Officer…
Topic(s): Private Sector
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Joshua Cortez is a data scientist with years of experience in data science consulting. He has delivered data science projects for organizations in various industries such as banking, FMCG, and retail, with projects varying from geospatial, customer segmentation, market mix modeling, record…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Jothiganesh Sundaram (Jothi), is Regional Technical Lead on Climate and Weather-related risk and PRISM, at United Nations World Food Programme Regional Office for Asia-Pacific at Bangkok. At WFP, he focuses on strengthening capacity of Government systems in the Asia-Pacific region on climate risk…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Economics
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action
Balbosa left his position in ADB in March 2022.
Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty
Ms. Joy Navarro had been designated as In-Charge of the Special Ecosystems Standards Section of the Caves, Wetlands and Other Ecosystems Division of the DENR Biodiversity Management Bureau since 2014. She leads the development of policies and programs for the management of caves, wetlands and other…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land
Julia is Head of International Development at ITP Renewables. She has 15 years’ experience in the energy industry, specialising in energy projects in the Pacific region. Her background is in electrical and renewable energy engineering, spanning projects of all scales from solar farms in…
Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth