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Bart Édes

Director, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, ADB

Mr. Édes is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He specializes in the analysis of international development and trade policy issues, Asia's transformation, and major trends…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Beau Damen

Natural Resources Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Beau is the Natural Resource Officer – Climate Change and Climate Finance – for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Over the past 19 years Beau has worked as a natural resource management specialist focused on promoting equitable,…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Bénédicte Nolens

Centre Head, Hong Kong Centre, BIS Innovation Hub

Bénédicte is an accomplished senior executive in the financial industry with 20 years of global experience. She has in-depth experience in implementing risk governance frameworks, including leveraging data analytics, Fintech, and Regtech. She has Law and MBA degrees.

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Benita Ainabe

Financial Sector Specialist (Capital Markets), ADB

Benita Ainabe is a Financial Sector Specialist (Capital Markets) in the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division of the Southeast Asia Department at Asian Development Bank. She specializes in financial sector development, capital markets, innovative financing mechanisms, and…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Betty Wilkinson

Formern Director, Public Management, Finance, and Trade, Central and West Asia Department, ADB

Effective innovative leader producing transformational development results. Work longer-term in developing countries with multinational teams. Inaugural Chair of the nine member Financial Sector Deepening Network across Africa. Recognized in 2015 by Asian Development Bank for tripling program to $2…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

BoonHiong Chan

Head of Securities Market and Technology Advocacy APAC Securities Services, Deutsche Bank

20 years of banking experience includes corporate and product development, P&L leadership, and market expansion. He is familiar with transaction banking operations and is specialising in securities market and technology. He is active in topics including business models; crypto/digital assets,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Bryant Kim

Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hyuncheol Bryant Kim is an Associate Professor in Economics Department at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University (on leave). He is an applied empirical micro-economist focusing on causal…

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

Callista Ng

Director of People Advisory Services, Ernst & Young

Callista Ng is Director of People Advisory Services at Ernst & Young. She has over 17 years of experience in both consulting and as an HR leader. In her role, she focuses on various aspects of workforce strategies, particularly in areas of manpower planning, organization design, talent…

   Topic(s): Economics, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Carolina de Miranda

Social and Livelihood Promotion Director, Fundación Capital

International development professional with over 10 years of experience. Focus on social protection systems, particularly with regards to poverty reduction policy and programming, livelihoods promotion, and women's empowerment. Extensive experience coordinating economic inclusion programs at the…

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

Cheng Feng

Director, China Industrial Bank

Feng is responsible for the innovation, development and application of sustainable financing products and services, and project management and risk assessment. Since 2013, he has been devoted to environmental financing innovation in the field of water resources protection and utilization,…

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