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Alessia Destefanis

Master student at PSE and Research intern at ADBI, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Ms. Destefanis is a Master student at the Paris School of Economics (PSE), a renowned French research institute of international standing in economics. In particular, she is following a two-year program named Public Policy and Development (PPD), which aims to prepare students to become experts in…

   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

Amar Bhattacharya

Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development Brookings Institute, United States

Amar Bhattacharya is Senior Fellow at the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings Institution.  His focus areas are the global economy, development finance, global governance, and the links between climate and development. From April 2007 until September 2014 he was Director of the…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Public-Private Partnership, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Andrea Della Mattea

President, Asia Pacific, Microsoft

As President APAC, Andrea Della Mattea is responsible for leading Microsoft’s overall business, accelerating the digital transformation journeys of our customers and partners and driving the company’s mission of empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. She has…

   Topic(s): ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific took office on 1 November 2018. Ms. Alisjahbana was a Professor of Economics at Universitas Padjadjaran and was Minister of National Development Planning and the Head of the…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Axel BörschSupan

Director, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy Professor of Economics and Chair for the Economics of Aging, Technical University of Munich Germany

Axel Börsch-Supan holds a diploma in mathematics from Bonn, Germany, and a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T. He was Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University 1984-1989, then Professor for Macroeconomics and Public Policy at Mannheim University. Since 2011, he directs the Munich Center…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Aya Suzuki

Professor, University of Tokyo

Aya Suzuki is a development economist and an associate professor at the University of Tokyo. Upon obtaining her Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, she worked at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Japan before the current position. Her research focuses on analyzing…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Ayako Inagaki

Director, South East Asia Department, Human and Social Development Division, ADB

Ayako Inagaki is the Director of ADB's South East Asia Department, Human and Social Development Division. She leads the planning, implementation, and supervision of ADB's lending and non-lending operations in the social sectors, that includes education and skills development, health, and social…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan

Co-Founder and Partner, Infinite Sum Modelling LLC

Dr. Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan is an affiliate faculty member and senior economist with the School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences, University of Washington-Seattle. Furthermore, he co-founded Infinite Sum Modelling LLC, with offices in Canada, the USA, India, China, and Hong Kong, and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Christopher Knowles

Head of Climate Change and Environment Division, European Investment Bank

Knowles joined EIB in 1982 and has held a number of positions inside and outside Europe. Since January 2006 he has been part of an initiative by EIB to reinforce its activity in sectors of high policy priority for the EU and in which the EIB seeks to develop innovative approaches. In this capacity…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Chuchi Fonacier

Deputy Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Chuchi G. Fonacier is the Deputy Governor of the Financial Supervision Sector (FSS), which is mainly responsible for the regulation of banks and other BSP-Supervised Financial Institutions (BSFIs). Under her direct supervision are five subsectors which handle onsite examination and offsite…

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