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Manjula Amerasinghe

Unit Head, ADB

Manjula Amerasinghe, Unit Head, Portfolio Management, AFNRD sector group is a civil engineer by training with Masters degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and Bachelors from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She has over 25 years of…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Manoj Gupta

Chief Executive Officer, Tata Power Renewable Microgrid Company

Mr Manoj Kumar Gupta, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Tata Power Company Ltd, India’s largest integrated utility. He has been leading the Renewable Microgrid Business organization for the last five years for supplying affordable,…

   Topic(s): Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Manuel Cocco

Senior Advisor - Energy & Climate, GIZ

Manuel Cocco is a senior climate policy expert with more than 15 years of experience working on climate change and renewable energy policy development, including public climate finance and sustainable development advisor. He has deep knowledge of the SD and CC policy environment around the world,…

   Topic(s): Energy, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Marcel Kroese

Marine Biologist Consultant, International NGOs

Marcel Kroese is a marine biologist that has worked in a number of roles in the marine environment from classic research to law enforcement for government agencies as well as international NGOs. He has been involved in innovation in fisheries management, primarily working on the management of tuna…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Marco Leidel

Environmental and Social Specialist, KfW

Marco Leidel works as an expert for environmental and social due diligence for projects of the KfW development bank and the KfW IPEX Bank. Prior to joining KfW, he was a Natural Resources Specialist at ADB, where he was responsible for the environmental due diligence of projects in the natural…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Marco Silvestri

Deputy Head/Program Officer, UN ESCAP

Marco Silvestri is currently the Deputy Head of the Center for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), where he has worked since 2019, mainly on regional standards for testing of agricultural machinery,…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Marco Wopereis

Director General, World Vegetable Center

Marco joined the World Vegetable Center as Director General in April 2016 and is based in Taiwan. He is an agronomist with global expertise in agricultural science and management. He previously served as Deputy Director General and Director of Research for Development of the Africa Rice Center (…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Marga Manzo

Investment Director, SunFunder

Marga joined SunFunder in August 2021 to drive the company's entry into Asia. Over the years, Marga has sat on both the developer and funder sides of the table. She has managed venture debt funds for Southeast Asian energy and WASH SMEs, fundraised for a Kenyan micro-grid startup, and led corporate…

   Topic(s): Energy, Finance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Maria Goravanchi

Regional Managing Director, Lower Mekong, U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Maria Goravanchi is a Managing Director at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC), formerly the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). As DFC’s regional representative based in Bangkok, she is responsible for business development in the Lower Mekong, specifically…

   Topic(s): Energy, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Maria Theresa Capellan

Chairman of the Board, Philippine Solar and Storage Energy Alliance

Selected in 2013 as the Power Woman of the Year, Tetchi is a pioneer in renewable energy in the Philippines. In 2006, she began her career in renewable energy as Country Director for the US-government funded rural electrification project, where her work energized 500 villages using solar home…

   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