Displaying 41 - 50 of 56
Elected as Executive Director for Kazakhstan, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Timor-Leste effective 1 July 2021.
Mr. Noor Ahmed is a career civil servant with 32 years of public service experience in key government positions. Mr. Ahmed holds a master’s degree in…
Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Norma Mansor is the Director of SWRC, a position she holds since 2013. She is a professor at the Department of Administrative Studies and Politics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya where she served as the Dean from April 2004 to June 2009. She was appointed as…
Topic(s): Economics, Regional Cooperation and Integration
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Paul White started his career as a consultant power systems engineer with Worley International.
It made him realized that solving complex problems required more than just good engineering, and so he worked through a commerce degree part-time. He then shunned consultancy for a few…
Topic(s): Economics, Finance
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Radhika Lal joined UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub as SDG finance policy advisor and team lead in December 2019. Prior to this, she served as economic policy advisor with UNDP Ghana; strategic planning advisor for the UN country team in South Africa; senior policy advisor and team co-lead at the…
Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Regula is Founding Partner and Chief Financial & Operating Officer (CF&OO). A key member of the Leadership Team, Regula is responsible for all corporate functions, including corporate finance, HR, IT, investor relations, legal & compliance, and fund management.
Throughout her…
Topic(s): Economics, Environment
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Rhea works on labor economics, education, social protection, and innovation using microdata from household and firm surveys. Before joining ADB, she was with the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance where she worked on public debt and civil conflict. She received her…
Topic(s): Economics, Education
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education
Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the John and Natty McArthur University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. His research focuses on finance theory, including lifecycle and retirement finance,…
Topic(s): Economics, Finance
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Ryotaro works on improving the education sector in South Asia, particularly Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Before joining ADB as a Young Professional in 2015, he has worked for 10 years in international development organizations like the World Bank, the Japan International Cooperation…
Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Education, ICT
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
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
Sayed Ikram Afzali has been the Executive Director of Integrity Watch Afghanistan (www.integritywatch.org) since 2014. He has also served as the Chief Information Commissioner of Afghanistan between 2015–2018. He has worked in the area of governance with a focus on civil society and anti‐corruption…
Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals