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Hunt La Cascia

Senior Procurement Specialist, World Bank Group

Hunt La Cascia is a Senior Procurement Specialist in the Governance Global Practice at the World Bank. Based in Washington DC, he as more than 25 of professional experience of which 17 years are in development work around the world. He focuses the full range of procurement fiduciary and reform,…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Hussain Haider

Principal Transport Specialist, ADB

Hussain has over 20 years of working experience out of which he spent 8 years working in Pacific developing member countries of ADB. As a member of Pacific Transport Sector team, his responsibilities are to lead policies and strategies and design, and manage projects to support sustainable…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Imrana Jalal

Former Commissioner, Fiji Human Rights Commission, and the Fiji Law Reform Commission

A lawyer by profession, Imrana Jalal was formerly a Commissioner of the Fiji Human Rights Commission, and the Fiji Law Reform Commission. She is the author of Law for Pacific Women and architect of the Family Law Act 2003 which addressed children's needs and removed systemic legal discrimination…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Indranee Thurai Rajah

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance, Second Minister for National Development,, Second Minister for National Development, Singapore

She was educated at Raffles Institution in Singapore, and read law at the National University of Singapore. She was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1987 and began practice with Freshfields as a legal associate. In 1988, she joined the Litigation Department of Drew & Napier. She was appointed…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jason Bogovich

Lead Consultant for the Southeast Asia Development Solutions, ADB

Jason Bogovich has over 19 years of experience in the energy, housing, and economic development fields with extensive knowledge of policy and procedural deliveries of local, state, regional, national and international programs in Asia. He has also implemented effective “Innovation through…

   Topic(s): Economics, Energy, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jeff Taylor

Deputy Director General, ADB

Jeffrey Taylor is the Deputy Director General, Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department. He also serves as ADB's Chief Procurement Officer representing ADB in the MDB Heads of Procurement forum. Jeff has been working on the public procurement of infrastructure projects for 36…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Karma Wangdi

Chief Procurement Officer, Department of National Properties Ministry of Finance, Bhutan

Karma Wangdi started as an accountant climbing up as Chief Procurement Officer is a lifetime achievement with accounting experience and now as a procurement professional. Equipped with dual experience is an edge given the current fierce competitive world of employment. He graduated with Honors…

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

Kate Vyborny

Associate Director, Duke University

Kate Vyborny is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Economics at Duke University. She holds a D.Phil. (Ph.D.) in Economics from the University of Oxford. Previously, she worked on research and policy outreach on foreign aid, trade and development at the Center for Global Development and…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Poverty, Transport
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land

Keiko Nowacka

Senior Social Development Specialist , ADB

Keiko Nowacka is a Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses, in particular, on women’s entrepreneurship and promoting the ADB’s gender mainstreaming mandate,…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Kelvin Wong

Managing Director and Deputy Global Head for Energy, Renewables, and Infrastructure, DBS Bank Ltd.

He has over 22 years of professional experience including 19 years of experience in corporate and project finance in Asia. His professional experience as an energy regulator, business consultant, and corporate financier (including project finance and mergers & acquisitions) offers unique…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Governance and Public Sector Management, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals