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Gordon Prain

Independent Consultant, Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Security

Gordon Prain is a social anthropologist and independent consultant who advises Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) Centers on issues related to urban and rural food systems and food security, gender, and agricultural change processes. Most recently he has been advising…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Gulzar Nataran

Senior Managing Director, Global Innovation Fund

Gulzar Natarajan is a Senior Managing Director at GIF. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, the elite tier of the Indian bureaucracy, and was, before joining GIF, working in the Office of the Prime Minister of India. He has previously held leadership positions as municipal…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Hideaki Iwase

Project Formulation Advisor , JICA

Hideaki Iwase is a Project Formulation Advisor with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Fiji Office. He has over 15 years of experience in infrastructure development project such as urban development and transport projects with JICA. Currently, he oversees JICA’s infrastructure related…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Hikaru Shoji

Unit Head, ADB

Hikaru Shoji is the Unit Head of Portfolio Management Water and Urban Development Sector Office in ADB. He is a professional civil engineer specializing in water supply and sanitation, urban development, water resources development, and climate change adaptation. He led various development…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Hiroshi Komiyama

Unknown, University of Tokyo, Platinum Society Network, Mitsubishi Research Institute

Hiroshi Komiyama became Chairman of the Institute of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., President Emeritus at the University of Tokyo in April 2009, after completing four-year presidency at the University of Tokyo.  In addition to these roles of his positions, he is actively engaged in…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management, Private Sector, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Hooi Ling Tan

Cofounder , Grab

Hooi Ling Tan is the cofounder of Grab, Southeast Asia's leading "superapp" that offers a wide range of on-demand services, including mobility, food, package and grocery delivery services, mobile payments, and financial services to millions of Southeast Asians. Based in Singapore, she oversees…

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Hussain Haider

Principal Transport Specialist, ADB

Hussain has over 20 years of working experience out of which he spent 8 years working in Pacific developing member countries of ADB. As a member of Pacific Transport Sector team, his responsibilities are to lead policies and strategies and design, and manage projects to support sustainable…

   Topic(s): Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Ian Munt

Independent Consultant, World Bank

Ian Munt is a UK Chartered Urban Planner and graduated from the University of Reading, UK with a Masters in Environmental Planning and a BA in Geography from the University of Kent, UK. Over 25 years he has worked with national, regional, and local governments in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and…

   Topic(s): Economics, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

James Anderson

Principal Urban Development Specialist, ADB

Jim Anderson is the international senior business development consultant for the Private Sector Operations Department of the Asian Development Bank’s East Asia Regional Department. He is responsible for accelerating the amount of the Bank’s financing to commercially viable private sector projects…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Jane Romero

Technical Assistance Officer, The Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility

Jane Romero is a Technical Assistance Officer in the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). Jane has an engineering and economics background and has worked in various aspects of infrastructure development in many countries in Asia and the Pacific for over 15 years. In her present role in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Private Sector, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals