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Blair Spendelow

Flood Technology Specialis, JBA Consulting

Blair is a modelling and flood risk specialist with over 17-years’ experience in flood risk and infrastructure design projects. Blair has worked on resilience, design, and environmental studies through Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Blair’s original master's degree was centered on coastal…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action

Bongki Shin

Deputy Director, International Cooperation Division of the Public Procurement Service

Mr. Bongki Shin is the Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Division of the Public Procurement Service.  Before assuming this role in 2021, Mr. Shin served as Assistant Director of the Materials and Equipment Divisions of the Public Procurement Service.Mr. Shin holds a Bachelor’s…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Boya Jiang

Nature and Climate Lawyer, ClientEarth

Boya Jiang is the Nature and Climate Lawyer at ClientEarth, an environmental law charity focusing on advancing environmental governance and rule of law. Boya is a legal expert and she holds a Magis Juris degree in law from the University of Oxford. Boya is now focusing on how to promote the…

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

Brad Williams

Head, Austrade

Brad Williams is Head of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission’s (Austrade) operations in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. He also holds the position of Consul-General of Australia in Auckland. Prior to joining Austrade, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Australian…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Bradley Hope

New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and former Wall Street Journal reporter, Project Brazen

Bradley is the co-author of Billion Dollar Whale, Blood and Oil and author of The Rebel and the Kingdom. He spent seven years breaking stories and leading investigations at the Wall Street Journal from New York and London. Before that, he covered the Arab Spring from Cairo, Tripoli and Beirut. He…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Bregje van Wesenbeeck

Scientific Director, Deltares

Dr.van Wesenbeeck chairs the science council of Deltaresthat oversees the scientific quality of the work of Deltares. She is a senior expert in nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. She has over 15 years of experience working in multicultural settings for…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Brenda Horrigan

Executive Director, Herbert Smith Freehills

Brenda Horrigan, the firm’s Head of International Arbitration, Australia, began her tenure leading ACICA on 15 April, almost a year after she was elected an Executive Director of the Centre’s Board. Ms Horrigan, a US-qualified lawyer, has nearly 20 years’ experience in international arbitration and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Brent Edelman

International Development Consultant, ADB

Brent Edelman is an independent consultant whose most recent work includes advising the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on its activities and strategies in the Pacific Islands Region, the Philippines, and Mongolia. Before that, Brent served as the economic growth advisor at USAID/…

   Topic(s): Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Brett Sutton

Technical Assistance Specialist, ADB

Brett Sutton is an agronomist and environmental scientist with ADB PSOD's agribusiness investment team. He works to optimize development impact imparted by agribusiness investment and technical assistance projects, including through improving climate and disaster resilience of smallholder farmers…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Brian Eyler

Director, Southeast Asia Program, Stimson Center

Brian Eyler is a Senior Fellow and Director of Stimson’s Southeast Asia program. Eyler is an expert on transboundary water-food-energy nexus issues in the Mekong region and specializes in China's outbound investment in Southeast Asia. He has spent more than 15 years living and working in China and…

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