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Loveelen Kacker

Former CEO , Tech Mahindra Foundation

Loveleen is a published writer, a Civil Servant, and Podcaster. Her career spans over forty years. I worked for the Indian government for over thirty years and in Corporate Social Responsibility for another seven years.  Simultaneously, she has been writing children's fiction and adult…

   Topic(s): ICT, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Luis Gonzales

General Manager, Power Industry Aboitiz Data Innovation

Luis has 24 years of experience leading and developing AI solutions, enterprise software and digital transformation initiatives of industrial enterprises with the development and implementation of ERP, Control, Analytics, Historians, GIS and Machine/Deep Learning AI platform solutions. Luis has…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Madhumita Gupta

Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards), ADB

Madhumita Gupta is a Principal Safeguard Specialist at the Asian Development Bank. She attended the Delhi School of Economics, where she obtained here master's degree in sociology.

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Mailene Radstake

Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards), ADB

Mailene Radstake is the Principal Social Development Specialist for Safeguards at ADB. 

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Maneesh Mishra

Executive Vice President, Strategy National Skill Development Corporation, Government of India

Dr. Maneesh Mishra is the Executive Vice President of Strategy, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). He focuses on initiatives and good practices in promoting the social inclusion of social identity groups and poverty reduction. Dr. Maneesh spoke about how inclusive design of…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Maria Cecilia Alcantara

President, Coca Cola Foundation Philippines, Inc.

Maria Cecilia Alcantara is Vice-Chair of League of Corporate Foundations and President of Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines. She is a trustee of the Association of Foundations, Philippine Council for NGO Certification, and the Associate Missionaries of the Assumption Foundation. She holds a degree…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Maria Lorena Cleto

Social Development Specialist (Safeguards), ADB

Maria Lorena Cleto is Social Development Specialist (Safeguards) for the Urban and Social Sectors Division of ADB’s East Asia Department. Before joining ADB, she held various consultancy positions as a social development and social safeguards specialist for projects across Southeast Asia and in…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Marina Best

Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Marina is a Senior Social Development Specialist in the NGOC and Civil Society Center at ADB where she focuses on local and community-based development.  Prior to ADB, she served as Associate Vice President of Sector Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation and Senior Policy Advisor…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Civil Society, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Mark Holmes

Head of Membership and Development, National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR), UK

Mark has worked in the public and private sectors for more than 40 years, including 10 years in the Middle East and Asia, with experience across a wide range of sectors including transport, manufacturing, finance and health managing large workforces and complex contracts. Mark’s expertise is in…

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

Mark Sutton

Environmental Physicist, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Professor Mark Sutton is an environmental physicist based at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), in Edinburgh. An expert on atmospheric ammonia, he leads international research activities on nitrogen at the science–policy interface. He is a former chair of the International Nitrogen…

   Topic(s): Environment, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land