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Chris Tilakasri Dharmakirti

Executive Director, Strategic Enterprise Management Agency, Sri Lanka

Dharmakirti serves on the Investment Committee of this green and impact investment space venture capital company, a regionally focused fund targeting investments in emerging economies in Asia, Middle East and Africa. From 2012 to 2016, he was Chairman of the National Ocean Affairs Committee (NOAC…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Christiaan Kaptein

Partner , Integra Partners

Christiaan Kaptein is a Partner and member of the investment committee at Integra Partners. Prior to Integra Partners (formerly known as Dymon Asia Ventures), Christiaan was a co-founder of a venture capital fund focused on early stage technology investments in Asia. Selected investments include…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Christian Viegelahn

Senior Economist at the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Christian Viegelahn is a Senior Economist at the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Bangkok. He joined the ILO in 2011 and spent several years at ILO’s Research Department in Geneva, before moving to ILO’s Bangkok Office in 2018. His research…

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

Christian Wertli

Head of Infrastructure Solutions, SwissRe

​Christian Wertli is Head of Infrastructure Solutions and part of the Swiss Re Public Sector Solutions (PSS) team. The PSS team is dedicated to helping governments, government agencies as well as international organizations at all levels to strengthen their resilience strategies. In his role,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Christina Pak

Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, ADB

Christina specializes in international development finance, law and policy reform, dispute resolution and ESG standards and drives thought leadership on sustainable development issues. She is currently a Principal Counsel of the Asian Development Bank and leads the Office of General Counsel's Law…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Christopher Knowles

Head of Climate Change and Environment Division, European Investment Bank

Knowles joined EIB in 1982 and has held a number of positions inside and outside Europe. Since January 2006 he has been part of an initiative by EIB to reinforce its activity in sectors of high policy priority for the EU and in which the EIB seeks to develop innovative approaches. In this capacity…

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

Chunwan Shi

Intelligence Analyst, World Customs Organization - Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (WCO - RILO)

Mr. Chunwan SHI joined the China Customs as an anti-smuggling investigator and international law enforcement coordinator since 2004. From 2019 he served several times as global / regional coordination member of several WCO / INTERPOL operations on wildlife / environment. From 2021, he plays a role…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Cigdem Akin

Director, ADB

Çiğdem is responsible for the design, implementation, and evaluation of ADB projects as well as policy advice, capacity building and knowledge dissemination in the field of public sector management. Prior to ADB, she was teaching economics at the George Washington University as a lecturer and at…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Claire Charamnac

Social Development Specialist, ADB

Claire Charamnac is a Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses on gender and transport, health and water and urban development. She has over a decade of experience in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Clara Delos Santos

Consultant (Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department), ADB

Clara works in ADB’s Statistics and Data Innovation Unit, specializing in the digital economy and the measurement of non-financial assets. She previously worked with the World Bank Group as a research consultant and with the British Chamber of Commerce Philippines as a research and project officer.

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

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