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Vas Withanage

Director, DFAT

Vas is currently Director of the Development Partners Engagement Section, where he is responsible for outreach and engagement with development contractors and helping ensure the contractor market DFAT operates in is vibrant and competitive. Prior to this role, Vas was director of Human and…

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

Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan

Senior Universal Health Coverage Specialist (Service Delivery), ADB

Dr. Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan is a Senior Universal Health Coverage Specialist (Service Delivery) within the ADB Health Practice Team, Human and Social Development Office, Sectors Group. Her current focus is on health systems strengthening especially primary health care and management of…

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

Veari Hitolo

Executive Manager, Ministry of Finance, Papua New Guinea

Veari Hitolo is an Executive Manager at Strategy and Systems Division in the Ministry of Finance, Papua New Guinea. 

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Vegard Skirbekk

Professor, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Columbia University

Vegard Skirbekk is a Professor of Population and Family Health at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, and a Professor at Columbia University’s Columbia Aging Center. His research focuses on understanding the links between aging, health, and worker productivity in countries undergoing…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Veronique Salze-Lozach

Former Deputy Director General, ADB

Veronique Salze-Lozac'h left ADB in May 2021.

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Vicky C.L. Tan

Former Principal Director (Department of Communications), ADB

Vicky Tan has nearly 19 years of development experience working at the ADB, spanning areas in financial sector reforms, private sector investments, infrastructure development, regional cooperation and integration, and communications.  Prior to leading the ADB’s Department of…

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

Victorino Manalo

Executive Director, National Archives of the Philippines

Mr. Victorino Mapa Manalo is the Executive Director of the National Archives of the Philippines. He is also the current Chairperson of SARBICA. 

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

Vidmantas Jankauskas

international energy regulatory expert, independent consultant

Country: Lithuania Vidmantas Jankauskas studied at the Vilnius University and worked for twenty years at the Lithuanian Energy Institute, researching energy economics. During that period he received his doctorate and doctor habilitation scientific degrees, published more than 100 scientific…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vijay Kumar Akasam

Principal Portfolio Management Specialist, ADB

Vijay Kumar Akasam is an experienced development professional. He holds a master’s degree in Sanitary Engineering from IIHE, Netherlands and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from India and has over 30 years of experience covering entire project cycle including planning, designing,…

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

Vikas Choudhary

Senior Economist, World Bank

Vikas Choudhary is Senior Economist at the World Bank, based in Jakarta, and leading the agricultural work program in Indonesia and Timor Leste. Prior to this, he was based in Ethiopia and led the agriculture team working in Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea. His interest areas are the food…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals