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Sherwin Pu

Head, Business Development Unit, ADB

Sherwin Pu is currently the Head of Business Development Team within ADB's PSOD, which includes ADB Ventures Facility. He has 20+ years in investment banking, private equity, structured financing; and led dozens of landmark debt/equity finances covering a wide range of sectors - renewable energy,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Shri Nilambuj Sharan

Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), India

Shri Nilambuj Sharan is currently working as Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). He is Indian Economic Service officer of 1993 batch. He is in the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India. During close to three decades as member of…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sithisakdi Apichatthanapath

Deputy Regional Manager for Asia, U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Sithisakdi Apichatthanapath (“Seng”) is the Deputy Regional Manager for Asia at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), based in Bangkok, Thailand. There, he is responsible for managing USTDA’s activities in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, directing business development efforts, coordinating…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sofia Shakil

Director, ADB

With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, Ms. Sofia Shakil has been a transformative leader in economic and social development across Asia. Most recently, she served as the Director of Economic Development at The Asia Foundation from February 2020 to March 2023, where she led impactful…

   Topic(s): Education, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sourajit Aiyer

Vice President - Sustainable Finance & Climate Strategy, auctusESG

Sourajit Aiyer is finance and sustainability professional with 15 years of experience, with financial institutions such as Motilal Oswal Financial Services, UBS Investment Bank London and Evalueserve Research. He has worked with Grameen Impact Investment and UNEP’s Sustainable India Finance…

   Topic(s): Energy, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Srijana Bhattarai

Senior Social Safeguards Advisor, The Asia Foundation

Srijana is a Senior Social Safeguards Advisor at the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program, implemented by the Asia Foundation. As a social practitioner, she has worked in various sectors with diverse communities leading community engagements, social impact assessments, resettlement and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Stanley Lee

Senior Director and International Programs Lead, Temasek Foundation

Stanley is senior director and lead for the international team at Temasek Foundation. He drives programmes to deliver the mission, mandate and impact of the foundation in South-east, Asia and beyond to develop programmes on capability-building in education, health, urban design and governance.

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sudath Warnakulasuriya

Professor, University of Colombo Sri Lanka

Prof. Warnakulasuriya is the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing University of Colombo and the president of Sri Lanka Nurses Association (SLNA). He has obtained his BSc Honors Degree from Open University Sri Lanka, and Master degree from Adelaide University Australia and PhD from University of Sri…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Tamar Kitiashvili

General Director, Skills Agency Georgia

Tamar Makharashvili has been appointed as the First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia. The First Deputy Minister will oversee the Department of Preschool Education and General Education, as well as the National Center for Teacher Professional Development and the Resource Officer…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Tang Jun

Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

TANG Jun, researcher of Institute of Sociology and vice president of Senior Experts Association, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Since 1986, he has been engaged in social policy research and has done more than 80 related research topics. He has published more than 7 million words of treatise…

   Topic(s): Education, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals