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Shaista Hussain

Principal Results Management Specialist, ADB

Shaista Hussain is a Principal Results Management Specialist, at the Asian Development Bank, based in Manila, Philippines.  Shaista has over 24 years of experience in project management working for the Asian Development Bank at both headquarters (Philippines) and resident mission in Pakistan, as…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Shale Ahmed

Shale Ahmed, A Queer Queer-Rights Activist and Executive Director, Bandhu Social Welfare Society (Bandhu)

Shale Ahmed is the founder and executive director of Bandhu Social Welfare Society and has been a dedicated advocate for the health and human rights of Bangladesh’s transgender community and other marginalized sexual identities. Since he established the Bandhu society in 1996, he has been leading…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Shambhu Prasad Uprety

Senior Procurement Specialist, Nepal Country Office , World Bank

Shambhu Uprety is a civil engineer by education with an M.Sc. degree in highways. He has been working as a World Bank staff since 2009 as a Sr. Procurement Specialist. He has supported all sectors (transport, energy, water/irrigation, agriculture, health, education, social safety/protection,…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Shamsun Naher

Joint Program Director, Secondary Education Sector Investment Program (SESIP)

Prof. Dr. Shamsun Nahe joined as a lecturer of Bengali in BCS on 16 November 1993 and taught in five government colleges until 16 November 2003. She performed in DPE until 11 May 2005. Later, she worked in DSHE as a planning and monitoring officer and DD (Planning & admin) in SESIP. Now, she is…

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

Shantanu Mitra

Director’s Advisor, ADB Board of Director for Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Türkiye and United Kingdom

Shantanu Mitra is a Development economist with strategic leadership and management experience. His specialties are economic policy, public finance, health economics, climate change, evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, international aid policy, programme, and people management.

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Climate Change, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Shanti Jagannathan

Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office, ADB

Shanti Jagannathan has over 30 years of experience in international cooperation programs in education reforms. She leads ADB-wide work on education policy and strategy and collaborates with other sector offices on knowledge solutions and operations support. Her expertise includes policy research on…

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

Sharad Somani

Partner, KPMG Singapore

Sharad is a partner leading the infrastructure and energy sectors for KPMG covering the region. His primary areas of focus include structuring, financing and transformations. Having worked across the region with different stakeholders, Sharad bring insights across the value chain of projects from…

   Topic(s): ICT, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sharan Burrow

General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Sharan Burrow is the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing 200 million workers in 163 countries and territories with 332 national affiliates. The ITUC’s primary mission is the promotion and defense of workers’ rights and interests, through international…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Sharlene Jo-Ann Shillingford-McKlmon

Senior Procurement Specialist, ADB

Ms. Sharlene Shillingford-Mcklmon is Senior Procurement Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She is assigned to the South Asia Transport portfolio and is outposted to the Bangladesh Resident Mission. Prior to joining the ADB, Sharlene headed the East Caribbean Mission to the European…

   Topic(s): Finance, Transport
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sharmind Neelormi

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Jahangirnagar University

Sharmind Neelormi is a leading expert on climate and gender justice in Bangladesh. Her areas of expertise include climate adaptation, with a particular focus on community-based activities, disaster risk reduction and the gender aspects of adaptation and mitigation. She is a member of the Steering…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 13: Climate Action