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Sabine Spohn

Principal Investment Specialist, ADB

Sabine Spohn is responsible for managing the Women’s Finance Exchange of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department. She also remains active in the implementation of PSOD’s Microfinance Program, expanding it in the Caucasus and Central West Asia region. Prior to ADB, she worked as Deputy…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Saima Amin Khawaja

Partner, Progressive Advocates and Legal Consultants

Saima did her LLM from Kings College London. Her initial experience was in corporate and constitutional litigation, which subsequently expanded to transactional work and consultancy relating to legal reforms and development. She has received special training in Environment laws from M.C Metha…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sajid Pareeth

SeniorLecturer/researcher (Agricultural Water Management and remote sensing), IHE Delft

Dr. Sajid Pareeth is a researcher/lecturer in remote sensing for land and water use monitoring with more than ten years of international experience. His main research focus in recent years has been to develop crop monitoring systems by satellite based estimation of water use and water…

   Topic(s): Education, Water
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Sakiko Tanaka

Principal Social Sector Specialist, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

akiko's role is to provide technical support to operational departments on economic analysis of social sector projects, impact evaluations as well as country diagnostic studies in Asia and Pacific regions.

   Topic(s): Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 4: Quality Education

Samantha ORiordan

Program Officer, GIGA, the joint ITU and UNICEF initiative

Samantha O’Riordan is the Giga Program Officer at ITU for the joint ITU and UNICEF Giga initiative, which aims to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice. Samantha has worked on multiple information, communications, and technology programs…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Samina Sabir

Gender Officer, Pakistan Resident Mission, ADB

Samina Sabir, currently serving at ADB, Pakistan Resident Mission as a gender officer, holds a master’s degree in Community Development with a major in Gender in Asian Societies from Murdoch University Australia.  She brings along over 14 years experience of working around Gender and…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality

Sampath Amaratunge

Chairman, University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka

Sr. Professor Sampath Amaratunge has been appointed as the Chairman of the University Grants Commission by His Excellency the President, Hon. Gotabaya Rajapakse, effective January 2020. Professor Amaratunge received his BA (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, MA in…

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

Samsideth Dy

Deputy Director General for Sports Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia

Prior to his current role, Samsideth worked as education officer for UNESCO and as education specialist for ADB. He was also the director of the M.Ed. program and the founding dean of the Faculty of Education of the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He has provided consultancy services to OECD, GIZ,…

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

Samuel Ang

Chairperson, Pollinate (SG)

Samuel Ang is the Chairperson of Pollinate and Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Temasek Polytechnic.

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

Sana Kazmi

Head of Partnerships and Lead, STEAM Policy Unit, Sindh - STEAM Pakistan

Sana works on mobilising diverse stakeholders for STEM/STEAM outreach to government schools; and on providing technical assistance on STEAM to the Sindh Province’s School Education Department. In the past, she has worked on government school reform, establishing school enrichment programs (e.g. in…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals