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Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia is the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat), appointed by the Secretary‐General, following an election by the General Assembly on 22 December 2017.  She succeeds Joan Clos of Spain to whom the Secretary-…

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Mochamad Ridwan Kamil

Governor of West Java, Indonesia

Mochamad Ridwan Kamil, ST. MUD is the Mayor of Bandung from 2013 to 2018. He is an architect, lecturer, and social activist. He graduated with an architecture degree from the Bandung Institute of Technology and received his master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. After…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

N Varaprasad

Founder and Partner, Singapore Education Consulting Group

Dr. N Varaprasad has been dedicated to the field of education and leadership for 40 years and has made many significant contributions to public service and education in Singapore. He started his career as a lecturer in Industrial and Systems Engineering, with his Ph.D. in Urban Transport modeling.…

   Topic(s): Education, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Nidup Tshering

Consultant, ADB

Nidup Tshering works as a Social Development Consultant (GAD) for ADB in Bhutan. With a background in Development Management, he has been working with ADB for the last twelve years designing and implementing social projects. His recent works include the development of technical and vocational…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 1: No Poverty

Norman Emmanuel Ramirez

Program Officer, Ramsar Regional Centre – East Asia

Norman has extensive experience in the fields of training and capacity building and project and organizational development and management. He has worked on a number of projects supported by various international aid and development organizations such as the European Union, World Bank, British…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Otini Mpinganjira

Program Lead, PxD

Otini Mpinganjira is PxD’s Programme Lead in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Otini holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Prior to joining PxD, he worked with One Acre Fund as its Malawi Systems Lead.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Patricia Zurita

Chief Executive Officer, BirdLife International

Patricia leads BirdLife International, the world’s largest nature conservation partnership, bringing together over 100 organisations worldwide to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. An economist by…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Paul Jasper

Principal Consultant and Data Innovation Lead, Oxford Policy Management

Paul Jasper is a Principal Consultant in the Research and Evidence practice at OPM and leads the Data Innovation team. He is an Economist with extensive experience in data analytics, data management, quantitative research, experimental and quasi-experimental quantitative evaluation methodologies,…

   Topic(s): Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Piyasiri Wickramasekara

Vice-President (former ILO Migration Specialist), Global Migration Policy Association

Piyasiri Wickramasekara is Vice-President of Global Migration Policy Associates; he is an internationally recognized expert in development, migration, and employment issues. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge (UK). He joined the International Labour Organization in…

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

Protap Mukherjee

Senior Research Manager, Young Lives India

Protap Mukherjee is a Quantitative Research Coordinator at Young Lives India and works on education, child labor, and poverty. He obtained his master's degree in Geography from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and a masters degree in Population Studies from the International Institute for…

   Topic(s): Environment, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities