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James Symons

Vice-President, Business Development, APAC, Zero Mass Water

James Symons is Vice President for Business Development, APAC for Zero Mass Water. Zero Mass Water is the manufacturer of SOURCE Hydropanels, a completely off-grid, infrastructure-free system that produces water from sunlight and air. James has worked in a variety of business development roles in…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Water
   SDG: 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 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

James Young

Chief Executive Officer , Public Utilities Board: Kiribati

James Young led the utility in delivering key services to customers on South Tarawa and promote a culture of learning, safety, and excellence within the utility. He also led the utility in a performance improvement process resulting in a more efficient, safer utility where staff is qualified,…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Jan Willem van der Kaaij

Inspector General, European Investment Bank

As independent Inspector General of the EIB, Jan Willem van der Kaaij is responsible for Fraud Investigations, Operations Evaluation and the Complaints Mechanism. His previous professional experience includes senior positions with the Dutch Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, as well as…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jane Olley

Technical Manager, Water and Sanitation for Urban Poor (WSUP), United Kingdom

Jane, a Technical Manager with WSUP, is a sanitation specialist and chemical engineer with over 26 years of experience working on sanitation and waste management projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  Since 2016, she has worked on citywide inclusive sanitation for…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Jane Toothill

Flood Risk and Insurance Specialist, JBA Risk Management

Dr. Jane Toothill holds a BSc and Ph.D. in natural hazard studies and has over 20 years of experience in the modelling of flood hazards to assess financial losses and to support the development of financial mechanisms, particularly in the insurance sector. Jane is JBA’s Director for its specialty…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Janine Elora Lazatin

Economics Writer on Gender Dimension of GVCs (Consultant), ADB

Janine is an economics research consultant, working on research projects related to infrastructure investments, urbanization, global value chains, and COVID-19. Aside from these topics, her fields of interest include the economics of innovation and health economics.  She graduated Magna cum…

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

Janyna Rhor

Principal Procurement Specialist Procurement, ADB

Janyna Rhor has been working on procurement in Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia for more than 27 years. She is currently a Principal Procurement Specialist in the Procurement Division 2 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), supporting the procurement portfolio of Bangladesh in the ADB…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jason Bogovich

Lead Consultant for the Southeast Asia Development Solutions, ADB

Jason Bogovich has over 19 years of experience in the energy, housing, and economic development fields with extensive knowledge of policy and procedural deliveries of local, state, regional, national and international programs in Asia. He has also implemented effective “Innovation through…

   Topic(s): Economics, Energy, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jasper Dijkstra

Senior Researcher/ Consultant on Nature-based Solutions, Deltares

Jasper is a hydraulic engineer with a keen interest in interactions between hydrodynamics, morphology and biology in all kinds of environments. For his MSc-thesis at Delft University of Technology (TUD), he combined fieldwork and numerical modelling to study the effect of riparian vegetation on the…

   Topic(s): Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Javed Mir

Agriculture Specialist (Consultant), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Javed is a 2019-2020 Visiting Fellow at International Program, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA. He is currently an ADB consultant working on the Rural Development and Food Security Forum and East Asia Department’s project preparation…

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