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Ayumi Konishi

Formerly Special Senior Advisor to the President, ADB

Mr. Konishi joined ADB in 1988 and served in various capacities, including as Director General for the East Asia Regional Department, Deputy Director General for the Pacific, Senior Advisor to the Strategy Policy Department, and Country Director for Viet Nam. Prior to ADB, he worked for the UN in…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gender Equality, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Ellen Joyce Suficiencia

Director, Center for Learning and Inclusion Advocacy (CLIA), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

As the Director of the Financial Inclusion Group – Center for Learning and Inclusion Advocacy (CLIA) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Joyce is deeply involved in various initiatives to drive the BSP’s financial inclusion agenda forward. She handles policy development and advocacy work with…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Eunjin Oh

Vice President, Korean Women's Development Institute

Eunjin Oh is the Vice President and Senior Research Fellow at the Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI). Prior to her position at KDWI, she was a lecturer at Sogang University, Sungshin University, Ajou University, and Dongduk Women's University. She also worked with Korea Research…

   Topic(s): Education, Gender Equality, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Giulia Zaratti

Consultant, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Giulia has extensive experience in financial inclusion, women’s economic empowerment, gender equality and sustainable development, acquired by working for various UN agencies, international organizations, governments and management consulting companies, such as the UN Capital Development Fund, the…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Keiko Nowacka

Senior Social Development Specialist , ADB

Keiko Nowacka is a Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses, in particular, on women’s entrepreneurship and promoting the ADB’s gender mainstreaming mandate,…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Khalid Hassan

Director, International Labour Organization

Mr. Khalid Hassan is the Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines. Mr. Hassan has an extensive background on fundamental principles and rights at work, rural development and primary education. Prior to the Philippines, he served for 17 years in ILO Country Offices for…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Mekhala Krishnamurthy

Head of the Department, Sociology/Anthropology, Ashoka University

Over the last 15 years, Mekhala’s research, publications, policy and professional engagements have involved work within and across a range of field sites and subjects, including women's courts and dispute resolution, community health workers and public health systems, agriculture and agricultural…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Nandini Harihareswara

Senior Advisor, Inclusive Digital Economies , UNCDF

Nandini Harihareswara is a Senior Advisor on Inclusive Digital Economies, Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment. Formerly, she served as the Digital Finance Regional Technical Specialist, responsible for the creation & implementation of the United Nations Capital Development Fund…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Nasreen Haque

Vice President , Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST)

Mrs.  Haque, Vice President SZABIST, possesses 41 years of experience as a senior civil servant retiring as grade-22 Federal Secretary. Her last assignment was Secretary to the President of Pakistan, prior to which she was Chairperson of Karachi Port Trust, preceding…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Patricia Mariano

Advisor and Project Manager (PH) , GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)

Patricia has 8 years of experience in transport, first with the Philippines' Department of Transportation (DOTr) and then with the German development cooperation (GIZ). She works on sustainable transport policy and the role of technology in improving urban mobility, and has experience with airport…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Transport
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure