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Christopher Rollo

Country Programme Manager, UN Habitat Philippines

Mr. Christopher Rollo assumed his post as the Country Programme Manager of UN-Habitat in the Philippines in January 2012, after serving as UN-Habitat Knowledge Manager from 2007. Before joining UN-Habitat, he was the Chairman of the National Committee on Visual Arts of the National Commission for…

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

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

Cigdem Akin

Director, ADB

Çiğdem is responsible for the design, implementation, and evaluation of ADB projects as well as policy advice, capacity building and knowledge dissemination in the field of public sector management. Prior to ADB, she was teaching economics at the George Washington University as a lecturer and at…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Clara Delos Santos

Consultant (Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department), ADB

Clara works in ADB’s Statistics and Data Innovation Unit, specializing in the digital economy and the measurement of non-financial assets. She previously worked with the World Bank Group as a research consultant and with the British Chamber of Commerce Philippines as a research and project officer.

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

Craig Leeson

Global Chief Evangelist, Plastic Oceans International

Craig is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, television presenter and public speaker. He is the founder of Leeson Media International and Ocean Vista Films and Chairman of the I Shot Hong Kong Film Festival. He is also the Asia correspondent for the Seven Network and an international…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 13: Climate Action

CynYoung Park

Director , ADB

Cyn-Young Park is Director of the Regional Cooperation and Integration Division in the Economics Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In her current capacity, she manages a team of economists to examine economic and policy issues related…

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

Daisuke Mizusaw

Public Management Specialist (Taxation), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Daisuke Miura’s current role at ADB manages the Domestic Resource Mobilization Trust Fund and assists the governments in Asia and the Pacific in strengthening domestic resource mobilization. Before joining ADB in 2020, his professional career included 15 years (2005 – 2020) with National Tax Agency…

   Topic(s): Economics, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Daniel Longhurst

Social Protection and Cash Based Transfers Adviser WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, World Food Programme

Daniel is WFP’s social protection and cash adviser for Asia Pacific. He has over a decade of operational and analytical experience with WFP and other UN agencies, academia, think tanks, and development organizations in social protection, resilience, DRM and climate adaptation. He has previously…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Economics, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Daniel Sanchez

Public Procurement, Consultant

Daniel Sanchez is an International Public Procurement Expert with over 20 years of experience in international development. Currently based in Washington, DC, he supports several programs in Latin America and the Caribbean focused on the application of new technologies for electronic…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Daron Acemoglu

Institute Professor, Department of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daron Acemoglu is Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received a BA in economics at the University of York, 1989, M.Sc. in mathematical economics and econometrics at the London School of Economics,…

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