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Shuji Hashizume

Principal Investment Specialist, ADB

Shuji has over 14 years of experience with the Asian Development Bank covering Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Asia. As an experienced infrastructure finance expert, Shuji’s recent transactions include: regional blue loan for PET recycling; large-scale solar power projects in Viet Nam; mass…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Shuji Sonoda

Corporate Sustainability Department, Suntory Holdings Limited

Shuji Sonoda is in charge of the sustainability of packaging for the Suntory group in Tokyo. He is an R&D expert, experienced in delivering beverages for a global market. He has held leadership in varied projects related to Sustainability and the Environment. He is leading to making Suntory…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Siddharth Hande

Founder and CEO, Kabadiwalla Connect

Siddharth Hande is a development sector specialist based in Chennai, India. He is a GIS expert, experienced in delivering high-quality data-driven research. He has held leadership roles in varied projects related to Urban Governance, Sustainability and the Environment. He is the founder and current…

   Topic(s): Environment, ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 15: Life on Land

Simon Bernard

CEO and Co-founder, Plastic Odyssey

Simon Bernard is the Co-founder and CEO of Plastic Odyssey, a pioneering global expedition focused on tackling plastic pollution. With a background in the Merchant Navy, Simon brings a unique blend of maritime expertise and environmental passion. Under his leadership, the…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Simon Young

SimonYoung Co-Head: Disaster Risk Finance / Parametrics Climate and Resilience Hub, Will Towers Watson

Simon is a Senior Director in Willis Towers Watson’s Climate and Resilience Hub, leading work in the innovative collection, modeling, and use of hazard and risk data in risk management tools and risk financing instruments to bring greater resilience to sovereigns, other public institutions, and the…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land

Sing Terry Cho

Senior Urban Development Specialist (Waste Management), ADB

Terry is the Senior Urban Development Specialist (Waste Management) of the Asia Development Bank (ADB). He joined ADB from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the World Bank, where he was employed as the Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist at the World Bank (WB) and the Senior…

   Topic(s): Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Somesh Kumar

Leader - Power and Utilities, Ernst & Young

Somesh has been involved in managing large-scale power and utilities transformation programs for over 20 years. Prior to EY, Somesh was associated with Tata Power Company Limited and Accenture. He has been extensively associated with the development of smart/ digital grids (IoT) including…

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

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

Stefano Barchiesi

Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International

Dr. Stefano Barchiesi has a PhD from the University of Florida for which he studied the trade-offs in ecosystem services at a Ramsar Site in Costa Rica. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with the IUCN Global Water Programme on several projects on the different elements of nature-based…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Sudatta Ray

Assistant Professor, Council on Energy, Environment & Water

I am an Assistant Professor at the Environmental Studies Department at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. I received my PhD from the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) at Stanford University. I study the unintended consequences of different electrification strategies…

   Topic(s): Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land