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Jaiganesh Murugesan

Disaster Risk Management Specialist, ADB

Jaiganesh Murugesan is working as a Disaster Risk Management Specialist / TA Coordinator (Consultant), managing the implementation of ADB’s Technical Assistance “Strengthening Climate and Disaster Resilience of Myanmar Communities” project based in Myanmar. Among others, he is closely involved in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

James Buchan

Healthcare Policy and Analysis, WHO Collaborating Centre

Prof Buchan has specialized in healthcare workforce policy analysis throughout his career. His background includes working at the national level in the National Health Service in Scotland, his home country, and as a  specialist adviser to  Health Workforce Australia, a federal government…

   Topic(s): Education, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 4: Quality Education

James Harland

Director, STEM Digital Innovation Centre , RMIT University

James Harland is a Professor at RMIT, where he has been teaching a variety of subjects at RMIT since 1994. Prof. Harland was awarded a Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution Student Learning in 2007, and in 2019 was admitted as a Senior Fellow in the Higher Education Academy of the UK. He…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

James Spurgeon

Founder/Director, Ecosystem Valuation Specialist, Sustain Value

James Spurgeon is the founder and director of Sustain Value, a consultancy firm he established in 2011 to advise financial institutions, investors, multi-national companies and governments on natural capital, multi-capitals and the blue economy. He is an environmental economist with 30 years…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Jane Parry

Health Analyst, Parry, Frow & Associates Ltd

Jane Parry is a health analyst and communications specialist. She has been a consultant with ADB since 2014, and has extensive experience working with multilateral development agencies, the UN system, and the private sector. She has multi-sectoral expertise, including social determinants of health…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Jane Romero

Technical Assistance Officer, The Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility

Jane Romero is a Technical Assistance Officer in the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). Jane has an engineering and economics background and has worked in various aspects of infrastructure development in many countries in Asia and the Pacific for over 15 years. In her present role in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Private Sector, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, 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

Jane Toothill

Flood Risk and Insurance Specialist, JBA Risk Management

Dr. Jane Toothill holds a BSc and Ph.D. in natural hazard studies and has over 20 years of experience in the modelling of flood hazards to assess financial losses and to support the development of financial mechanisms, particularly in the insurance sector. Jane is JBA’s Director for its specialty…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Janine Teo

CEO, Solve Education!

Janine Teo is the CEO of Solve Education!, an education technology not-for-profit with the mission of delivering quality education to everyone, focusing on the BOP (Bottom of Pyramid) demographic. She is the first Asian to receive the International Intellectual Benefits to Society Award by Mensa…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Jaya Singh Verma

Policy Advisor and SRO, Indo-Pacific Regional Team, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Jaya Singh Verma is presently Policy Advisor with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office working with the Indo-Pacific Regional Team. She is the Senior Responsible Officer for the Managing Climate Risks for the Urban Poor (MCRUP) Programme. She has over 20 years of development experience…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Jayson Koh

Director, EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy

Dr. Jayson Koh is Director at EcoLabs Centre of Innovation for Energy. He focuses on developing co-innovation and test-bedding projects with start-ups, SMEs, government agencies, and large enterprises. Jayson has wide experience in early-stage technology development, open innovation, tech…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education