Displaying 61 - 70 of 306

Craig Jamieson

Director and Founder, Straw Innovations Ltd

Craig Jamieson originally trained in horticulture and has a master’s degree in International Rural Development with ‘Distinction’. He has worked in business management, consultancy and also scientific research, specializing in sustainable biomass. His work has taken him across Africa and Asia…

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

Cynthia Malvicini

Country Director for Uzbekistan, ADB

Cindy Malvicini has held numerous lead positions in operations and communications in ADB. Prior to her appointment as Country Director, she was ADB’s Deputy Country Director and Officer-in-Charge for Uzbekistan. From 2007 to 2014, she worked as a Water Resource Specialist in ADB’s South Asia…

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

Dang Casanova

Program Manager, Clean Air Asia

Dang oversees program development and strategic planning for Clean Air Asia’s impact initiatives on transport, energy, and urban air quality. She worked for government, private, and non-profit organizations in the early years of her professional career, with more than 10 years of training and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

David Davies

Founding Chief Executive Officer , Ag Unity, Australia

David is the Founder of AgUnity, FAC Global Agripreneur of the Year 2018, working on UN Sustainable Development Goals, elimination of poverty and increasing smallholder farmer incomes.   AgUnity is an impact venture applying blockchain and smartphone technology to…

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

David Dawe

Regional Strategy and Policy Advisor and Senior Economist, Office Of Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Thailand

David is currently working at FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok.  He specializes in agricultural and food policy analysis, much of it concerned with the Asian and world rice economies. He has spent much of his professional career resident in Southeast Asia,…

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

David Dovan

Senior Investment Specialist, ADB

David Dovan is a Senior Investment Specialist covering the infrastructure sector for the Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). David’s geographical coverage includes Indonesia and Malaysia Prior to joining ADB, he worked with Societe Generale, Mizuho Bank…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

David Simmons

Senior Director, Disaster Risk Finance, WTW

David Simmons has over 40 year’s re/insurance experience focusing upon catastrophic hazards. He has a mathematics degree from the University of Bristol and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Vice-President of the London Insurance Institute.  He was a pioneer in…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

David Tan

Founder and CEO , CrowdFarmX, Singapore

A serial entrepreneur with over 28 years of experience in IT, Control Engineering and FMCG Supply Chain  Management, David was responsible for optimizing the McDonald’s and KFC cold chains, as well as Global Distribution for the Jardines Group. He was also a dotcom…

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

Dawit Mekonnen

Senior Research Staff, International Food Policy Research Institute

Dawit Mekonnen is a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in the Environment and Production Technology Division. He completed his PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia. He holds M.Sc. and B.A. degrees in Economics from Addis…

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

Deepak Taneja

Principal Treasury Specialist, ADB

Deepak Taneja manages capacity building and borrower outreach programs in the area of ADB’s financial products, sovereign debt management and FX reserves management. He also handles major currencies hedging transactions for borrowers. He has over 35 years of experience in the field of treasury,…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals