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Alison McKechnie

Project Director, DT Global

Alison is a Project Director for DT Global in the Asia Pacific Sustainable Infrastructure team. She has corporate responsibility for leading business priorities which includes developing client relationships, framing business strategy, and delivering quality project outcomes. Passionate about the…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Angela Kastner

Director Procurement Strategy, Procurement Group United Nations Office for Project Services

Angela is a passionate procurement professional, believing that buying decisions made by governments, funders and implementers in the development sector have long term impacts and by supporting the sector to improve procurement outcomes we can affect real change. With 20 years’ experience in…

   Topic(s): Finance, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty

Anjum Ahmad

Ex-Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank

Mr. Anjum Ahmad is an Energy, Private Sector Development, and SME Professional. He previously worked with the World Bank, SMEDA, USAID, IRG, PepsiCo, Descon, Glaxo, and Libyan Electricity Corporation.  · Freelance.

   Topic(s): Energy, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Arnaud Heckmann

Country Operation Head, ADB

Arnaud Heckmann is the Country Operation Head at the Asian Development Bank’s Nepal Resident Mission. He was formerly Principal Urban Development Specialist at ADB’s East Asia Urban and Social Sectors Division. He has extensive experience designing, processing, and administering integrated economic…

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

Bansari Saha

Senior Director, ICF

Dr. Bansari Saha, a Senior Director at ICF, is an economist by training and supports public and private sector clients understand the economic effects of public policy decision-making. His expertise lies in the intersection of energy and environmental issues and studying the economic and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Benita Ainabe

Financial Sector Specialist (Capital Markets), ADB

Benita Ainabe is a Financial Sector Specialist (Capital Markets) in the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division of the Southeast Asia Department at Asian Development Bank. She specializes in financial sector development, capital markets, innovative financing mechanisms, and…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Carmine Piantedosi

Chief Executive Officer, Nauru Utilities Corporation, Fiji

Carmine is the CEO of Nauru Utilities Corporation in Fiji. Prior to this, he was the CEO of the Land Transportation Authority in Fiji. He also worked as a Manager of Regulation and Pricing at Goulburn-Murray Water. He has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of South Australia and a…

   Topic(s): Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

David Fairman

Managing Director, Consensus Building Institute

David Fairman is Managing Director at the Consensus Building Institute and Associate Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program. For 28 years, he has built consensus and enhanced collaboration capacity on complex public and organizational issues internationally and in the U.S. His primary…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Douglas Sabo

Chief Sustainability Officer, Visa

Douglas Sabo is chief sustainability officer at Visa Inc. In this role, Sabo leads development and oversight of Visa’s global environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts, including Visa’s ESG strategy, framework, reporting and stakeholder engagement. Sabo also leads Visa’s initiatives in…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

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