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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

Sayed Ikram Afzali

Executive Director, Integrity Watch Afghanistan

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

Soon Chan Hong

Senior Country Specialist, ADB

Mr. Soon Chan Hong is Senior Country Specialist, at Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM), ADB. He leads, supports, and implements the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) and ADB’s pipeline development for Bangladesh that aims to promote continuing strong development partnership between ADB and…

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

Sucharita Mukherjee

CEO and Co-Founder, Kaleidofin Private Limited, India

Sucharita is passionate about good finance for all. She is the co-founder and CEO of Kaleidofin, a neo-bank that provides intuitive and tailored financial solutions to over a million underbanked customers in India. Prior to this, she co-founded the IFMR group and most recently was the group CEO of…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Takehiko Nakao

President, ADB

Takehiko Nakao is the former President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He was elected President by ADB’s Board of Governors and assumed office in April 2013. Before joining ADB, Mr. Nakao was the Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs…

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

Tamar Tsiklauri

Project Analyst, Georgia Resident Mission, ADB

Tamar is a Project Analyst at ADB's Georgia Resident Mission. Prior to this, she works as a freelance at Business Developer for Fintech Companies. She also worked as Main Analyst, Project ManagerMain Analyst, Project Manager at Georgia Revenue Service.  Tamar graduated from the…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ulrich Volz

Professor in Economics, SOAS University of London

Dr Ulrich Volz is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS, University of London. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability, a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Undral Gombodorj

Director, Democracy Education Center (DEMO) Mongolia

Undral is the Director of the Democracy Education Center (DEMO), a Mongolian NGO. She holds a Master's degree in Economics from the Institute of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic. She is a certified trainer, facilitator, mentor, researcher, and author of numerous publications in NGO management,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Young-sook Nam

Secretary-General , World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization

Dr. Young-sook Nam is the Secretary-General of WeGO (World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization), an international organization of 122 cities and 5 national ICT institutions dedicated to pursuing smart sustainable cities for all. Prior to joining WeGO, she was a Professor at Ewha Woman's…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Yuanyuan Deng

Senior Research Associate, CEPAR, UNSW Sydney

Yuanyuan Deng is a CEPAR Senior Research Associate. She is an applied microeconomist with broad empirical interests focusing on Health Economics, Public Economics, and Labor Economics. Her research has been supported by the Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) and the Center…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities