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Kushaal is the Acting Manager for Climate Change and the Ocean Specialist for the Climate Change and International Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Economy, Fiji. He coordinates Ocean and Climate activities in Fiji. He is also responsible for updating the nation’s progress in the role…
Topic(s): Environment, Finance, ICT
SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land
Dr. Kyi Thar is a medical doctor, public health and pharmacovigilance expert. He has extensive working experience as a consultant for ADB over eight years in various health projects. Previously, he was a Technical Officer for surveillance and epidemiology at the WHO SEARO and the WHO DPR Korea. He…
Topic(s): Health
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
Laarnie is one of the five women founders of Luntiang Pamumuhay, Inc., also known as Back to Basics Ecostore, a zero-waste refillery store in Maginhawa, Quezon City in the Philippines. She is a top performer graduate of the Zero Waste Academy Asia Pacific Cohort 2022–2023. She actively engages as a…
Topic(s): Environment, Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Education and training: MD (Mahidol University), MSc (Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Dip. Thai Board of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nutrition (FRCPed T), and Fellow of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (FIUNS).
Position: Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty…
Topic(s): Health
SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
Ms. Thomas leads the implementation of ADB’s fragile and conflict-affected situations and small island developing states approach, which institutionalizes differentiated strategies to improve the performance of ADB’s operations in these contexts.
Prior to this, Ms. Thomas oversaw ADB's work on…
Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Lai has over 20 years of experience in public sector management, including with the Fijian Ministry of Finance, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (a regional organization), and the Asian Development Bank.
He recently joined the Strategy, Practice & Knowledge Group of ADB’s Public Sector…
Topic(s): ICT
SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Laksmi Dhewanthi is a government official with more than 25 years of experience in the field of environment and sustainable development. She is currently a Senior Advisor to the Minister on Industry and International Trade, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia.…
Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Health
SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
Lalaine has spent most of her career in the non-profit organizations. She got her degree in Agricultural Development from the Visayas State University in Baybay City, Leyte and is currently taking up Master of Arts in Development Policy at the De La Salle University-Manila. She specializes in…
Topic(s): Health, ICT
SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
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