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Krishan Rautela

India Resident Mission, ADB

Krishan Singh Rautela is working as Associate Project Officer in the Agriculture and Natural Resources team of ADB’s India Resident Mission. He is working on agriculture value chain development, farmer producer organizations, digital agriculture, climate change, coastal protection, irrigation and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Kundhavi Kadiresan

ADG and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, FAO

Kundhavi Kadiresan, who holds a PhD in Economics and an MA in International Business, is Assistant Director-General and FAO’s Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific. She has more than 25 years of managerial experience in economic and policy development. Kadiresan, an economist, has spent…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Lan Mercado

Regional Director, Oxfam International Secretariat Asia

Lan Mercado is the Regional Director for Oxfam in Asia. Lan is an activist and development worker, with over 30 years of experience working with civil society coalitions, environmental movements, and international women's rights organizations. Since 1999, she’s been with Oxfam, starting as a…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Lant Pritchett

Research Director, Research on Improving Systems of Education

Mr. Pritchett is a development economist from Idaho. He graduated from BYU in 1983 and from MIT with a PhD in Economics in 1988. He worked with the World Bank from 1988 to 2007. He taught at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2000 to 2018 (with some leaves) and is now affiliated with Oxford's…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Lasse Leponiemi

Executive Director & Co-founder, HundrED

Lasse Leponiemi is a Partner and the Head of Operations at HundrED, a company focusing on educational innovations. He is also supporting Idealist Group as the Head of Operations. Lasse has been working with youth education and career planning since 2003. In 2008, he founded an e-student counseling…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Laura Phelps

Principal Consultant Shock Responsive Social Protection, Oxford Policy Management

Laura is a shock responsive social protection specialist with over 22 years-experience, working across the nexus from complex protracted crisis and into development. Her programme and policy experience in LMIC across Africa, SE Asia and Central Asia has focused on socio economic vulnerability to…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 13: Climate Action

Lauren Whitehead

Director of Technical Assistance, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative

Lauren manages a talented technical team to design and deliver high-quality technical assistance, advisory services, and policy advocacy to governments and an array of partners including development banks, UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral institutions, and international NGOs. As a Graduation…

   Topic(s): Industry and Trade, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Lay Phallin

Deputy Director General, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, the Kingdom of Cambodia

Ms. Lay is deputy director general of DGTVET, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in Cambodia. Ms. Lay oversees the TVET development policy and strategy and guides to operationalize the TVET policies. Ms. Lay has been a key government counterpart staff of the ADB-financed Skills for…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Leah Gutierrez

Director General, Sectors Department 3, ADB

As the Director General of Sectors Department 3, Leah Gutierrez manages operations for three sector offices: the Finance Sector Office, the Human and Social Development Sector Office, and the Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office. Ms. Gutierrez has over 35 years of professional…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Lee PaiPo

Deputy Secretary General, Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund

Lee Pai-Po is an expert in international agriculture, human resource development, international development cooperation and the third sector - international NGO and NPO, who has devoted himself to international cooperation and development programs for over 20 years. He has been in charge of many…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities