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Francis Areki

Senior Technical Advisor, WWF Pacific

Francis Areki is Senior Technical Advisor to WWF Pacific’s Director. He has worked in the environmental and community development field for over 20 years with expertise in forestry, climate change and marine fisheries management- project design, resourcing, research and advocacy. Through WWF and as…

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

Fred Chang

Managing Director, Qomo Collboratory

Mr. Chang combines over 25 years of venture capital, intellectual property investing and start-up company experiences in the US and China where he has conducted cross-border investments and helped build the businesses for international VC and intellectual property investment firms, as well as…

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

Giap Minh Bui

Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Economist, ADB

Giap Minh Bui is a Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Economist in the Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office; Sectors Group; Asian Development Bank (ADB). He has pioneered in the formulation of lasting-impact and least-cost economic policies for the last 26 years.…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Hee Woo Yang

Director, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (currently seconded at ADB)

Mr. Hee Woong Yang is an Investment Specialist in the Private Sector Financial Institutions Division at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), seconded from the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT), one of the largest credit guarantee organizations in the world. With 23 years of experience in credit…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Hideaki Iwasaki

Deputy Director General, Pacific Department, ADB

Mr. Hideaki Iwasaki joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2002. Mr. Iwasaki has 33 years of professional work experience, primarily in the infrastructure sector and in regional development. As Deputy Director General, Mr. Iwasaki oversees ADB’s operations in the Pacific region comprising 14…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Ilyaz Koya

Head of Broking, Insurance Holdings (Pacific)

Ilyaz has spent over 20 years in the Insurance industry and has extensive experience in the placement and management of Insurance programs for Corporate clients in Fiji and globally. He has a Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking) from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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

Jason Mortimer

Head, Sustainable Investment – Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager , Nomura Asset Management

Jason is the head of Sustainable Investment - Fixed Income & Senior Portfolio Manager at Nomura Asset Management.  He has over 10 years of local expertise on fixed-income investment in EM and DM Asian Bonds, FX, Credit, Interest rate derivatives, and Volatility markets, and a…

   Topic(s): Finance, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jessica Espinoza

CEO, 2X Collaborative

 Jessica Espinoza is the CEO of 2X Collaborative, a global industry body that convenes the entire spectrum of investors to promote gender lens investing. She is also Chair of the 2X Challenge that has raised more than US$ 11 billion of gender lens investments since its launch at the G7 Summit…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

John Beirne

Vice-Chair of Research and a Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

John Beirne is Vice-Chair of Research and a Senior Research Fellow at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). In this role, he co-heads ADBI’s Research Department, leading research workstreams on macroeconomics, finance, and infrastructure. He was previously a research fellow at the ADBI and…

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