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Steve Vincent

General Manager , Aon Fiji

Steve Vincent has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry, with the last 20 years being spent with Aon New Zealand and Aon Fiji. He currently holds the position of General Manager of Aon Fiji and is responsible for overseeing the risk and insurance arrangements for Aon’s large…

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

Steven Wade

Technical Director, Atkins

An experienced consultant operating as Project Director, technical expert, reviewer, trainer and facilitator in UK water resources and international development. Highlights include roles as technical lead for the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, strategic water resources planning for London,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action

Sudarno Sumarto

Policy Advisor, National Team for Acceleration of Poverty Reduction, Indonesia

Sudarno is an economist and the first director of The SMERU Research Institute. His current position as a policy adviser at the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia shows his strong linkages to Indonesian…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Economics, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 13: Climate Action

Suzanne Gaboury

Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Ms. Suzanne Gaboury as Director General of its Private Sector Operations Department. Ms. Gaboury assumed office in early January 2021. Before joining ADB, Ms. Gaboury was Chief Investment Officer at FinDev Canada where she was responsible for strategic…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sven Beyersdorff

Founding Partner, Nordic Sustainability

Sven Beyersdorff is co-founder of Nordic Sustainability, a Copenhagen-based consulting firm focusing on sustainability-related projects for public and private sector clients across the Nordics and beyond. Sven has a background in strategy consulting, having previously worked at a McKinsey spin-off…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Taichi Minamitani

Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Division, Japan International Cooperation Agency

Mr. Minamitani Taichi sis the Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Division 1, Global Environment Department, Japany International Cooperation Agency (JICA). He joined JICA in 2007. His division is in charge of JICA's flood and landslide projects globally. This includes JICA's operations for the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Tan Bin Ru

CEO (Southeast Asia), OneConnect Financial Technology

Tan Bin Ru is the CEO (Southeast Asia) of OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd. (NYSE: OCFT), a leading technology-as-a-service platform for financial institutions. OneConnect is an associate company of Ping An Group which ranks 21st on 2020 Fortune Global 500 and 7th on Forbes 2019 Global…

   Topic(s): ICT, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Tanya Hotchkiss

Executive Vice President, Cantilan Bank

Tanya Hotchkiss is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Cantilan Bank, a rural bank that serves over 100 underbanked communities across 12 provinces in Mindanao. She is in charge of driving the bank’s digital transformation towards sustainable growth and inclusive finance…

   Topic(s): ICT, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Teresa Kho

Director General, ADB

Ms. Teresa Kho is the Director General of the East Asia Department at the Asian Development Bank. The Department is responsible for ADB’s engagement with the People's Republic of China (PRC); Hong Kong, China; Republic of Korea; Mongolia; and Taipei,China.  Prior to this, she was the Deputy…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Tetsuya Ikeda

Deputy Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management

Tetsuya IKEDA started working as a government official on civil engineering since April 1989 at the Ministry of Construction (Now Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism: MLIT) on river engineering and flood disaster risk reduction. He also worked on water supply system planning,…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 15: Life on Land