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Jose Avelino Flores

Co-Founder, Plug and Play Tech Center

Jojo is currently involved in the overall strategic planning and prioritizing of Plug and Play. Jojo’s immediate focus is on building strategic alliances in the Philippines and other reigns of South East Asia.

   Topic(s): Finance, ICT, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Jose Luis Syquia

Principal Public Management Specialist Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Jose Luis Syquia is a Principal Public Management Specialist at the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC), where he focuses on governance assessments and reforms, and the mainstreaming of citizen engagement in the areas of public accountability…

   Topic(s): Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jose Palma

President and Chief Executive Officer, WWF Philippines

Palma graduated with a BS Fisheries (major in Inland Fisheries) degree from the University of the Philippines in 1984. Before joining WWF, Palma led the sea turtle conservation project of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines. After years of work in Tawi-…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 15: Life on Land

Joseph Bergin

Advisor, PSOD and Head, Equity Investment Unit, ADB

Joseph Bergin is the Advisor, PSOD, and Head, of the Equity Investment Unit of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department handling the Bank’s direct equity investments. He joined ADB in June 2020. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Bergin was Head of M&A at McBride plc and was Chief Investment Officer…

   Topic(s): Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Joseph Simms

Assistant Attaché, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

Joseph Simms was selected as the Assistant Attaché for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Hong Kong in August 2019.  As the Assistant Attaché, he provides investigative and programmatic support for HSI’s mission in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Simms…

   Topic(s): Finance, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Juan-Pablo Martinez-Molina Mercado

Vice-President (Market Solutions), ADB

Juan-Pablo Martínez-Molina Mercado, a Spanish national, serves as Senior Advisor to ADB’s Vice-President (Market Solutions), overseeing Private Sector Operations and Public-Private Partnerships across Asia and the Pacific. Juan-Pablo joined ADB in 2017 as an Investment Specialist in the…

   Topic(s): Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

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

Julian Newman

Campaigns Director, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

Julian Newman has worked for the London-based NGO Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) since 1997. EIA was established in 1984 to investigate, expose, and campaign against environmental crimes.  He joined the organisation as an Investigator, and during his time at EIA he has carried out…

   Topic(s): Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jungwook Lim

Deputy Minister, Ministry of SMEs & Startups (MSS), South Korea , Startup Alliance

Formerly a career journalist, Lim served as the head of web portal operator Lycos and global business in Daum Communications, which later merged with Kakao. “Lim’s vast experience and network in the Korean startup ecosystem will be able to generate vigor to our portfolio companies,” TBT CEO Lee Ram…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, ICT, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Jyoti Parikh

Executive Director, Integrated Research and Action for Development

Jyoti Parikh is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change –India and is a recipient of Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC authors in 2007. She served as the senior professor and Acting Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai 1986-2003. IIASA…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production