Displaying 51 - 60 of 65
Osman is a technology strategist with expertise in product development, global sales, and business expansion across New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Singapore. As Managing Director of Pakistan Software Export Board (2020-22), he led Pakistan’s first National IT Export Enhancement Framework,…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, ICT
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Petter has been involved in CoST since its origins and he has led CoST International since 2011. As Executive Director, he has overall responsibility for CoST policy, strategy and programme delivery.
In addition to his role in CoST, Petter is Executive Director of Engineers Against Poverty, an…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Mr. Prakash Pillai is a partner at Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Pte. Ltd. He focuses on dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration across a multitude of sectors including corporate, commercial, insolvency, trade and commodities, construction and engineering, and employment…
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
Dr. Roshan Shrestha is the Deputy Director, Global Growth and Opportunity Division, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WSH) team of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He also led the Urban Sanitation Market Initiative of the WSH that deals with scaling City Wide Inclusive Sanitation and Non-sewered…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 4: Quality Education
Ruth is responsible for risk-based assessments on project design and supervision/implementation support, developing approaches to promote the use of country FM systems in developing member countries. She has designed and implemented sweeping project financial management reforms that changed the way…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Country: The Republic of Kazakhstan
Sergey Vasilyevich Poleshchuk was born in 1969 in Shakhtinsk. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics (Thermal Physics Engineer, 1992) and the Themis Law Academy (Lawyer, 2002). He started his working career in 1992 at…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Shanti Jagannathan has over 30 years of experience in international cooperation programs in education reforms. She leads ADB-wide work on education policy and strategy and collaborates with other sector offices on knowledge solutions and operations support. Her expertise includes policy research on…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Policy Analyst at the OECD and produce policy analysis and advice that advances economic growth and social progress. My major current work at the OECD Centre for Skills focuses on vocational education and training (VET). The work of the Centre for Skills includes strengthening VET systems to be…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Srijana is a Senior Social Safeguards Advisor at the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program, implemented by the Asia Foundation. As a social practitioner, she has worked in various sectors with diverse communities leading community engagements, social impact assessments, resettlement and…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Steven Gillard is a Principal Procurement Specialist and the Head of the Consulting Services Unit in the Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department at ADB.
Prior to joining ADB in 2017, he was Associate Director and Head of Operations in the Technical Cooperation Department at the…
Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals