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Jens Thraenhart

Executive Director , Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office

Mr. Jens Thraenhart has over 25 years of international travel, tourism, and hospitality experience. In 1999, he founded Chameleon Strategies, an Affiliate Member of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), advising tourism organizations and travel businesses in leveraging digital engagement to drive…

   Topic(s): Environment, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Jo Delaney

Partner, Baker McKenzie

Ms. Jo Delaney is a partner at Baker McKenzie, focusing on international arbitration. She has extensive experience in commercial, construction, and investment arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, AAA, UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitration rules relating to different industries. Ms. Delaney has…

   Topic(s): Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Julia Assad

Senior Investment Officer, IFC Housing Finance

Julia joined IFC Upstream in 2020 as a Senior Investment Officer in the Global Upstream Department and will be moving roles within IFC starting July 2023 as a Senior Housing Specialist in the Global Housing Department in the Financial Institutions Group, based in Washington D.C.   Julia…

   Topic(s): Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Karen English

Director International Procurement and Trade, New Zealand Government Procurement Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Karen is the Director of International Procurement and Trade with the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. She is responsible for New Zealand's international commitments and engagements relating to government procurement. This includes leading on New Zealand's participation in the World…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Kaushal Jhalla

Consultant, Innovation and Governance, World Bank Group

As a consultant on innovation and governance, Kaushal Jhalla works on cross institutional team to leverage technology and communities built around transparency, accountability and access to information. Before joining the World Bank in 2010, he was a Senior Business Analyst at Wells Fargo. He…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Lan Mercado

Regional Director, Oxfam International Secretariat Asia

Lan Mercado is the Regional Director for Oxfam in Asia. Lan is an activist and development worker, with over 30 years of experience working with civil society coalitions, environmental movements, and international women's rights organizations. Since 1999, she’s been with Oxfam, starting as a…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Lingling Ding

Principal Trade Specialist, ADB

Lingling works at ADB as Principal Trade Specialist. 

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Maneesh Mishra

Executive Vice President, Strategy National Skill Development Corporation, Government of India

Dr. Maneesh Mishra is the Executive Vice President of Strategy, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). He focuses on initiatives and good practices in promoting the social inclusion of social identity groups and poverty reduction. Dr. Maneesh spoke about how inclusive design of…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Michael EwingChow

Professor, National University of Singapore

Michael Ewing-Chow is an Associate Professor and the WTO Chair at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). He has a First Class Honours degree in law from NUS and a Master's from Harvard Law School. Michael worked in Allen & Gledhill before joining NUS where he started…

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Nasheeba Selim

Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender), Bangladesh Resident Mission, ADB

Ms. Nasheeba Selim is currently working as the Social Development and Gender Specialist in the Bangladesh Resident Mission, ADB. In the past, she has worked with UNDP Bangladesh and been directly involved in the administration of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility where she worked…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions