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Jun Rentschler

Senior Economist, World Bank

Jun Rentschler is a Senior Economist at the Office of the Chief Economist for Sustainable Development, working at the intersection of climate change and sustainable resilient development. Prior to joining The World Bank in 2012, he served as an Economic Adviser at the German Foreign Ministry. He…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Junghee Oh

Intern, ADB

Junghee Oh is an intern for Gender Equality Thematic Group under Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at Asian Development Bank. She is currently on a Master in Public Policy program at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in National University of Singapore. Her interests are…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Jyoti Bisbey

Executive board member and Advisor, WAPPP and ISRC

Jyoti is a global expert with more than 20 years of experience in leading green and resilient infrastructure finance and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in developing countries. She has worked at the World Bank Group and at the United Nations with developing countries on supporting governments’…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jyoti Parikh

Executive Director, Integrated Research and Action for Development

Jyoti Parikh is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change –India and is a recipient of Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC authors in 2007. She served as the senior professor and Acting Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai 1986-2003. IIASA…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Industry and Trade
   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, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Kaelen Onusko

Public Managemnet Specialist(Taxation), ADB

Kaelen is an international tax integrity expert. Prior to her secondment at ADB, shewas a Tax Policy Advisor at the Global Forum on Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes at the OECD in Paris. In this role, Kaelen supported member jurisdiction with the implementation of the international…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Kah Meng Wong

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Funding Societies Malaysia

Kah Meng pioneered SME digital financing in Malaysia by setting up and launching Funding Societies’ operations in Malaysia, being a pioneer SME digital financing platform to operate locally. Prior to Funding Societies, Kah Meng specialized in strategy and risk management and worked across Southeast…

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

Kalpana Sankar

Co-Founder and Chairperson, Hand in Hand Inclusive Development and Services, India

Dr. Kalpana Sankar, a pioneering impactpreneur and nuclear physicist turned social entrepreneur, has reshaped social impact over the past three decades. As the Managing Director of Belstar Microfinance Ltd. and the co-founder and Chairperson of Hand in Hand India, she has empowered 10 million rural…

   Topic(s): Energy, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Kalyan Thapa

Environment and Grounds Manager/Bioengineering Consultant, Trinity Western University

Kalyan Thapa is an expert in bioengineering with over 25 years of experience in ecological restoration and sustainable infrastructure solutions. As the Environment and Grounds Manager at Trinity Western University (TWU) in Langley, BC, Kalyan specializes in bioengineering techniques for climate…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Kamrul Mehedi

Head of Small Business, The City Bank Limited

MBA, Dhaka, Master in Defense Strategy, Dhaka Graduate degree in Banking Leadership, MIT, USA Kamrul Mehedi started his banking career at BRAC Bank in 2011 after a brief service to the Bangladesh Army. He worked in the SME Division and looked after SME funding and management of non-performing loans…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Kang-il Seo

Deputy Director, International Cooperation Division, Public Procurement Services, the Republic of Korea

   

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth