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Prakash Gaudel

Assistant Manager, Environment and Social Studies Department, Nepal Electricity Authority

Prakash has more than 10 years of experience in environmental assessment (IEE/EIA) of a variety of energy development projects, ranging from storage type to RoR hydropower projects, high voltage transmission lines, project access road, and camp facilities. He is currently engaged in cumulative…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Shaahina Ali

Executive Director, Parley Maldives

Guided by a background in photojournalism and a passion for marine conservation, Shaahina worked closely with the Maldivian government to formalize recreational diving standards and establish a dive center. She is the first woman to work professionally in the Maldivian dive industry. Shaahina’s…

   Topic(s): Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Sherwin Pu

Head, Business Development Unit, ADB

Sherwin Pu is currently the Head of Business Development Team within ADB's PSOD, which includes ADB Ventures Facility. He has 20+ years in investment banking, private equity, structured financing; and led dozens of landmark debt/equity finances covering a wide range of sectors - renewable energy,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, 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

Sunae Kim

Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, ADB

Sunae works on ADB’s operations on agriculture and rural development in South Asia. Prior to joining ADB, she worked over 14 years in more than 20 countries in Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East on agriculture value chain development, rural financing, climate change adaptation,…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Sushil Babu Dhakal

Project Director, Project Directorate (ADB), Department of Roads

Sushil Babu is a Gazetted First Class Officer with over 15 years of experience in the construction and management of roads and bridges. He has completed a Master of Science in Transportation Engineering and is an staunch proponent of sustainable transportation planning. He has…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, Transport
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Varun Deshpande

Managing Director, The Good Food Institute

Varun Deshpande serves as Managing Director at the Good Food Institute Asia, where he is focused on building the future of food by working with scientists, foundations, governments, entrepreneurs, and corporations to build the alternative protein sector across the continent. As the son of a cancer…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Victor Ochieng Owino

Nutrition Specialist, International Atomic Energy Agency

Dr. Victor Owino is a Nutrition Specialist in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s, Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Section. His work focuses on supporting the Member States to apply stable isotope techniques to design and evaluate nutrition interventions that target all…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Yutaka Arai

Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of Japan

Yutaka used to be the Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan. She joined it in April 1987. Some of the positions she held was detailed below: • April 1987 Joined Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) • October 2006…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Zac Goldsmith

Minister for Pacific and the Environment at the Foreign, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), United Kingdom

The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park is the Minister for Pacific and the Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). He was first appointed as a Minister of State in the Foreign & Commonwealth…

   Topic(s): Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Zichen Deng

Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian School of Economics

Zichen Deng is an applied economist working on environmental, health, and development economics. He joined the Department of Economics at NHH in August 2020 and is also affiliated to the Macroeconomics and Natural Resources group.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being