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Masatsugu Asakawa

President, ADB

Masatsugu Asakawa is the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He was elected President by ADB’s Board of Governors and assumed office on 17 January 2020.   He previously served as Special Advisor to Japan’s Prime Minister and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Melissa Garvey

Global Director of Ocean Protection, The Nature Conservancy

Melissa is an experienced conservation leader, responsible for developing and executing strategies, managing teams and ensuring results to address the world’s most pressing challenges to people and nature. Melissa began working with The Nature Conservancy in 2006. She has served as the Deputy State…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Michael Beck

Research Professor, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California

Michael Beck is a Professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California Santa Cruz. Mike focuses on building coastal resilience to reduce risks to people, property and nature. He works broadly on issues in climate adaptation, marine conservation, and disaster risk reduction…

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

Michael Walsh

Senior Procurement Specialist, ADB

Michael is a Senior Procurement Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, where he is involved in the establishment, harmonization, and improvement of ADBs procurement policies and procedures, consistent with effective project management for ADB financed projects. He is also…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Milica Apostolovic

Senior Consultant, Carbon and ESG Practice, AECOM

Milica is a Senior Sustainability and Resilience Consultant with AECOM’s Carbon + ESG practice, supporting cities, national governments, and private sector clients to develop effective strategies and action plans for climate change mitigation and adaptation. She specializes in nature-based…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Musaddiq Shaikh

Financial Management Officer, ADB

Musaddiq is a Chartered Accountant by profession and has over 15 years of experience, working in various organizations. He carries extensive experience in Financial Management, PPP and restructuring and has been part of several merger and acquisition and advisory transactions.

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

Neil Adrian Cabiles

Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance (Philippines)

Dr. Neil Adrian S. Cabiles currently serves as Assistant Secretary of the International Finance Group (IFG) of the Department of Finance (DOF). He supervises both offices of the IFG, the International Finance Policy Office (IFPO) which deals with the DOF’s international finance cooperation…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Nick Moody

Co-Director, Global Risk Modelling Alliance

Nick is Co-Director of the Global Risk Modelling Alliance, and Coordinator of the Risk Modelling Steering Group of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF). These programmes accelerate use of risk insight in vulnerable economies, using open data and insurance principles to build resilience and…

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

Nicola Armacost

Managing Director, Arc Finance, Ltd.

Nicola Armacost is the Managing Director of Arc Finance whose mission is to link the fields of finance, energy, water, and sanitation. Arc’s financial institution partners have provided access to clean energy for over 4.5 million people in a range of countries including Afghanistan, India, Nepal,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Finance, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, 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

Niño Alvina

xecutive Director of Bureau of Local Government Finance, Department of Finance, Philippines

Niño Raymond B. Alvina is the executive director of the Bureau of Local Government Finance, an attached agency of the Department of Finance of the Philippines, which oversees revenue operations of local governments. He supervises and coordinates all treasury and assessment operations of local…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals