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Md Mafizur Rahman

Managing Director, Small and Medium Industries Foundation

Md. Mafizur Rahman is the Managing Director of the Small and Medium Industries Foundation. He is a Former Additional Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh. Md. Mafizur Rahman joined as the Managing Director (MD) of Small and Medium Industries Foundation (SMEF) on 28 December 2020. Prior to…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Md Ruhul Amin

Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Bangladesh

Ruhul Amin is the Deputy Secretary of Deputy Secretary Economic Relations Division of the Government of Bangladesh. Before becoming a Deputy Secretary, he also worked as the First Secretary of the First Secretary National Board of Revenue.  He graduated from Dhakka University with a…

   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

Meherban Khan

Head of Utility Companies, Agra Khan Rural Support Program

Meherban Khan is the Head of Utility Companies at Agra Khan Rural Support Program in northern Pakistan. He has more than 17 years of experience in the development sector and is skilled in project and program planning, implementation, management, financial budgeting, and community-based enterprises…

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

Merrin Pearse

Sustainability Advisor, The Purpose Business

Merrin combines his engineering background and his natural human-centric approach to identify, develop and implement solutions drawing on his broad sustainability experience and expertise. His international experience includes work with corporates, government departments, industry organizations,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Michael Barrow

Former Director General, ADB

Barrow was also the co-chair of ADB’s Water Community of Practice. Prior to joining ADB, he worked for the Deutsche Bank group over the course of 15 years in London, Tokyo and Singapore, lastly as both Director of Project Finance and Transportation with a project finance and PPP focus. Mr Barrow…

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

Michael EwingChow

Professor, National University of Singapore

Michael Ewing-Chow is an Associate Professor and the WTO Chair at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). He has a First Class Honours degree in law from NUS and a Master's from Harvard Law School. Michael worked in Allen & Gledhill before joining NUS where he started…

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Michael Kremer

Gates Professor of Developing Societies, Department of Economics, Harvard University

Michael Kremer is the Gates Professor of Developing Societies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Presidential Faculty Fellowship, and was named a Young Global Leader by the…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Education, Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Michael Schaper

Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Dr. Michael Schaper is a Visiting Senior Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, and an Adjunct Professor with the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University in Western Australia.

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Michiko Katagami

Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, SDTC-AR, ADB

Michiko Katagami is Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist and responsible for advising on food security, agriculture and natural resources issues and supporting ADB’s food security engagement both at the country and regional levels. She has over 15 years of the sector investment…

   Topic(s): Economics, Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Milan Thomas

Young Professional (Economist), ADB

Milan joined the ADB in September 2020. He has a decade of experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of development innovations from previous positions at USAID and Results for Development Institute (Washington D.C.). His work includes agriculture, development finance, education,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth