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Aditya Handa is the founder and managing director of Abellon Group. Abellon is engaged in finding sustainable development-led solutions to India's most difficult problems, such as climate change, waste management, energy security, food security, and realizing untapped human…
Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Before becoming the United Nations (UN) deputy secretary-general in early 2017, Amina J. Mohammed was the Minister of Environment of Nigeria. Prior to this, she supported the UN Secretary-General as special adviser on post-2015 development planning, where she was instrumental in bringing about the…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Andreas Raithelhuber has worked for more than 15 years in the fields of economic development cooperation and finance. He was Senior Bank Advisor of Business & Finance Consulting, where he analyzed banks and economies in 20 emerging markets on behalf of ADB’s Trade and Supply Chain Finance…
Topic(s): Finance, Private Sector
SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Andrew holds a Master’s degree in Applied Finance, with a specialization in Risk Management from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). He is also a Chartered Accountant (CA) from the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).
He is an experienced risk and finances…
Topic(s): Energy, Finance
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
As the Head of the Social Sectors Team, Private Sector Operations at the Asian Development Bank, Aniruddha Patil is responsible for ADB’s direct lending to and investments in private healthcare and education companies in Asia and the Pacific. Prior to joining ADB, Aniruddha worked for Macquarie…
Topic(s): Education, Health, Private Sector
SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Anne is responsible for integrating gender analysis and measures into investment projects and for strategic and operational initiatives to promote gender inclusive solutions in private sector financing.
Prior to joining the ADB, Anne has been working with other development finance institutions, and…
Topic(s): Energy, Private Sector
SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
He served as Independent Director in the Philippines Electricity Market Corporation managing the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market up to the June 2015. He was Founder and first-elected President of Asia Pacific Basin for Energy Strategies, a Think tank in Special Consultative Status in UN-ECOSOC.…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, ICT
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Anwar Hossain is Minister of Environment and Forests for Bangladesh. He has also served as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Minister of Communications and a Member of Parliament. Prior to entering politics, he was in the media business, serving as editor and publisher of the Daily…
Topic(s): Energy, Governance and Public Sector Management
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Arina is an energy expert with experience in developing global and regional analysis of innovations for the energy transition based on renewable energy, electrification of end-use sectors with renewables, power sector analysis and stakeholder engagement. Arina is an Analyst on Renewable Energy…
Topic(s): Energy
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Arjun P. Gupta is on a mission to eliminate energy waste. He started Smart Joules in 2014 to make energy savings simple, substantial and profitable for large businesses and through “energy efficiency as-a-service” business models and digital technology innovations. Smart Joules has since delivered…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals