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Rowan Douglas

Chair, Operating Committee, Insurance Development Forum (IDF)

Rowan Douglas joined Howden Group as CEO Climate Risk & Resilience in June 2023.  Previously he led the Climate and Resilience Hub (CRH) at WTW which he grew to over 130 climate risk professionals across parametrics and wider climate related disciplines.…

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

Sanjay Dube

Chief Executive Officer, International Institute for Energy Conservation

Mr. Sanjay Dube has over 32 years of experience and his dynamic portfolio consists of working on clean energy and climate change related programs supported by international agencies like USAID, ADB, World Bank, UNIDO, UNEP, UNDP, GIZ, and DFID. Prior to joining IIEC, he worked as Chief of…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 13: Climate Action

Sidhartha Gupta

Co-Founder, Smart Joules

Sidhartha leads the Central Resources team including Finance, Operations & Administration functions at Smart Joules, a company that he co-founded. He was responsible for single handedly managing the maiden $5 Million fundraising round for the company in 2021 & is currently involved in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Finance
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Srestha Banerjee

Director, Just Transition, iFOREST

A public policy expert, Srestha’s interest lies in improving environment and resource governance, and securing community rights through an interface of strong research and advocacy. She is the Director, Just Transition at iFOREST. Her current areas of work include climate change and just transition…

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

Stephen Mosese

In-Country Coordinator, Landells Mills

In-Country Coordinator, Landells Mills

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

Susan Roxas

Fisheries and Finance Lead, WWF Coral Triangle Program

15 years with WWF, currently lead for fisheries and finance of WWF’s Coral Triangle Program working with the SEA and Pacific countries towards sustainable fisheries management strategies to maximize conservation and socio-economic impacts on the ground, building human and ecological systems’…

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

Thomas Kessler

Principal Finance Specialist (Disaster Insurance), Asian Development Bank

Thomas has more than 25 years of experience in the private reinsurance market having actively managed risks, developed (re)insurance markets and implemented innovative insurance solutions for the private and public sector to close the protection gap in the area of natural hazard, credit, political…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

V Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India

Prior to his appointment as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India in January 2022, Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran was a writer, author, teacher and consultant.​ He has written a weekly Mint column for fifteen years on Tuesdays since 2007.​ ​He has co-…

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

Wei Sen Li

Secretary General, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction

Dr. Wei-Sen Li is the Executive Director of APEC Emergency Preparedness Capacity Building Center (EPCC) and the Secretary General of National Sceince and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR). Dr. Li holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from National Central University, where he specializes…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Wouter Schalken

Senior Sustainable Tourism Development Specialist, ADB

Wouter Schalken is a Senior Tourism Development Specialist. Wouter has around 28 years of experience in diverse and multi-faceted interventions in tourism market development and operations. Before joining ADB, Wouter worked for a wide variety of multi- and bilateral development agencies across Asia…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Environment, Finance, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land