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Regula Schegg

Founding Partner and Chief Financial & Operating Officer, Circulate Capital

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

Rikesh Gurung

Founder & Managing Director, Green Road, Bhutan

Rikesh is also the President of the Bhutan Association of Entrepreneurs (BAEyul) and has been awarded with the Best Entrepreneur of the year 2017. He has also been awarded Asia's best entrepreneur in Technology 2020 and Global star Change Makers Award 2020. UNEP low carbon lifestyle challenge award…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Robert Wilby

Professor, Loughborough University (UK)

Dr. Robert Wilby is a hydro-climatologist and Professor of Hydroclimatic Modelling in the Department of Geography and Environment at Loughborough University (UK). His research focuses on the management of climate risks to freshwater systems and urban environments. He co-developed the…

   Topic(s): Economics, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sameer Khatiwada

Senior Public Management Economist, ADB

Sameer is an economist who leads preparation and implementation of ADB loans and technical assistance projects in public resource management. Prior to joining Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office in Sectors Group, he was with the Southeast Asia Department where he prepared ADB’s…

   Topic(s): Economics, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Satyanarayana Kalidindi

Director, IIT Tirupati

Dr. Kalidindi N. Satyanarayana is currently the Director of IIT Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He has been a Professor in the Building Technology & Construction Management Division of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. He received his B.…

   Topic(s): Economics, Transport
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Shiu Raj Singh

Senior Financial Sector Specialist, ADB

Shiu joined ADB in 2014 and has led country programming, economic analysis, forecasting, finance sector technical assistance, programs, and project preparation, and implementation. He is the Pacific regional focal for finance sector operations and is keen on using technology to support financial…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Shreyas Bharule

Independent Consultant, ADB Institute

Shreyas is passionate about Station Area Development, Urban Infrastructure Design, Urban Analytics, and Urban and Regional Development. With industry experience as a researcher, he has focused on 'Governance for Land-use Transport Integration and Transit System Planning' such as TOD…

   Topic(s): Economics, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Simon Baptist

Chief Economist and Managing Director,, Economist Intelligence Unit

Baptist is responsible for providing intellectual leadership for the EIU’s coverage, for ensuring that our economic and political analysis and forecasts are the best available for international decision-makers, and for managing a global team of economists, consultants and editors. As Managing…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Somnath Basu

Senior Advisor, OPEC Fund for International Development

Dr Somnath Basu previously worked in Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as Principal Social Development Officer. 

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Stefano Barchiesi

Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International

Dr. Stefano Barchiesi has a PhD from the University of Florida for which he studied the trade-offs in ecosystem services at a Ramsar Site in Costa Rica. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with the IUCN Global Water Programme on several projects on the different elements of nature-based…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land