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S M Jakaria Huq

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh

Mr. S M Jakaria Huq is a career bureaucrat who has over 24 years’ experience working in the Bangladesh civil service. Since November 2022, Jakaria has been working as a Joint Secretary in the ADB Wing of Economic Relations Division (ERD) under the Ministry of Finance of the Bangladesh government.…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sabine Spohn

Principal Investment Specialist, ADB

Sabine Spohn is responsible for managing the Women’s Finance Exchange of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department. She also remains active in the implementation of PSOD’s Microfinance Program, expanding it in the Caucasus and Central West Asia region. Prior to ADB, she worked as Deputy…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sah Gitanjali

Strategy and Policy Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union

Ms. Gitanjali Sah is an experienced International Civil Servant and has worked with several United Nations Organizations like ITU, UNESCO, and UNDP in the field of ICT on Development related policy and implementation issues at an international, regional, and national level. At present, she is…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sajid Raza

Senior Financial Management Specialist, ADB

Sajid is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a Senior Financial Management Specialist at ADB. Sajid has over 20 years of experience in governance and financial management. He has extensive experience of contributing to the development of the public sector accounting, financial reporting and auditing…

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

Sameer Narula

Managing Director, AugustOne

Sameer is the managing partner of August One, a private investment firm with a mission to Invest in Good. For Good. Through its Singapore and Europe based funds, August One invests in companies that can help transform the way we live and work. Working closely with governments, corporates,…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Sani Ismail

Principal Financial Sector Specialist, SERD , ADB

Mr. Mohd Sani bin Mohd Ismail is currently Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He joined ADB in 2009 and has been leading various missions on financial market development, financial inclusion, fiscal policy, and capital market integration in Southeast Asia. Prior…

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

Sarah Jehaan Khan

Award Winning Filmmaker and Student, Oxford University

Sarah Jehaan Khan is an environmental filmmaker from Pakistan and an undergraduate at Oxford University. Her work focuses on the nexus between climate change and women’s rights, and documents indigenous, local adaptation methods to climate change. Her films have won over 18…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Saroj Yakami

Country Manager, MetaMeta Nepal

Saroj Yakami has worked over the past 10 years in water resource management covering water resources, agriculture, irrigation, and water harvesting. He has been involved as Country Manager in Nepal working on (i) water security, climate change, and community resilience; (ii) road water management…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, 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

Satoru Yamadera

Principal Financial Sector Specialist, ADB

Satoru Yamadera is an Advisor at the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank. Mr. Yamadera has been serving the Secretariat of the Asian Bond Markets Initiative (ABMI) of ASEAN+3 since 2014. He has vast experiences in capital market development, payment…

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

Satoshi Ikeda

Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Satoshi Ikeda has been the Chief Sustainable Finance Officer (CSFO) at the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) since 2019. In this role, he covers a wide range of issues concerning sustainable finance which include, among other things, designing Japan’s own transition finance framework based…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals