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Sohel Rana

Associate Water Resources Officer, ADB

Sohel Rana possesses 24 years of experience in civil engineering field focusing urban, rural and water resources development sectors in Bangladesh. He started his career as a research engineer at BUET-DUT linkage project on water management in 2001. Later he joined the Local Government Engineering…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Sok Sokunthea

Senior Procurement Officer, ADB

Sok Sokunthea joined ADB in January 2011 at ADB Cambodia Resident Mission as a Senior Procurement Officer. He was mapped to be a Procurement Staff under PPFD, ADB in April 2024 as Principal Procurement Officer. He holds a Master of Policy Science in Economics from Saitama University, Japan in 2007…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Sonal Shah

Independent Consultant, ITDP India

Ms. Shah leads urban planning, gender and transport strategy, research, projects and policy at ITDP India. She has 13+ years' experience across multiple scales on city development, neighborhood plans, transit-oriented development and station accessibility planning, street design, historic precinct…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection, Transport
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 15: Life on Land

Sonomi Tanaka

Country Director, Lao PDR Resident Mission, ADB

She is Chief of the Gender Equity Thematic Group, responsible for overseeing and providing advice on ADB-wide operations in support of gender equality and women’s empowerment.  She facilitates knowledge management on gender and development in ADB and coordinates gender mainstreaming…

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

Sophea Mar

Senior Social Sector Officer, Cambodia Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank

Sophea has been with ADB in various capacities since 2003. Prior to his current role, he was the national program manager and chief technical advisor for the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Cambodia and Bangladesh. He holds a master’s degree in business administration specializing in…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sophia Cason

Chief of Party, USAID Laos Legal Aid Support Program

Sophia Cason is an Australian lawyer who has been working for The Asia Foundation as Chief of Party for the USAID Laos Legal Aid Support Program. 

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Soyoung Kim

PhD Student, University of Tokyo

Soyoung Kim is a PhD candidate in International Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and Fox International Fellow at Yale University. Her research interest includes development economics, education economics, and impact evaluation. She has worked as an international consultant at the Asian…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Sreylin Meng

CEO and Co-Founder, Smart Farm Assistance

Sreylin Meng is the CEO and co-founder of Smart Farm Assistance. She has always been frustrated about how Cambodian farmers are struggling to get a proper livelihood even if they are working very hard. She had the chance to be the 1st one in my family to pursue higher education, and…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Minister of Finance, Indonesia

Sri Mulyani Indrawati is the Minister of Finance of Indonesia, currently on her second term—having first been appointed in 2016 and then re-appointed in 2019—under the administration of Indonesia President Joko Widodo. She also served as Indonesia’s coordinating minister of economic affairs in 2008…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Srijana Bhattarai

Senior Social Safeguards Advisor, The Asia Foundation

Srijana is a Senior Social Safeguards Advisor at the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program, implemented by the Asia Foundation. As a social practitioner, she has worked in various sectors with diverse communities leading community engagements, social impact assessments, resettlement and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals