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Noor Ahmed

Executive Director, ADB

Elected as Executive Director for Kazakhstan, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Timor-Leste effective 1 July 2021. Mr. Noor Ahmed is a career civil servant with 32 years of public service experience in key government positions. Mr. Ahmed holds a master’s degree in…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Noor Ullah

Investment Specialist, ADB

Noorullah is an Investment Specialist at PSOD’s Agri Investment Team covering the Pacific region. His current responsibilities include identifying private sector opportunities to invest in. Noorullah covers both debt and equity investments. Prior to joining ADB in 2019, he worked with Acumen Fund,…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Nuno Meira Simoes da Cunha

Senior Social Protection Specialist, ILO

Nuno Meira Simoes da Cunha is the Senior Specialist on Social Protection (Decent Work Technical Support Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific) of the International Labour Organization. Prior to joining the ILO, he worked in the Portuguese Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

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

Olatunji Yusuf

Senior Climate Change Specialist, Resilience & Social Development Global Practice, Islamic Development Bank

Olatunji is a Senior Climate Change Specialist within the Global Practices Directorate of the Islamic Development Bank. He is responsible for mainstreaming climate change in the Bank’s funded operations and portfolio and helping member countries attain low carbon and climate resilient development…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Energy, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Omer A. Zafar

Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, ADB

Omer serves as a Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist of the Asian Development Bank, covering Southeast Asia. He is currently based at the ADB resident mission in Lao PDR. Before joining ADB, he worked for IFAD and UNOPS, where he covered about 35 countries of Southeast Asia, East…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Otini Mpinganjira

Program Lead, PxD

Otini Mpinganjira is PxD’s Programme Lead in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Otini holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Prior to joining PxD, he worked with One Acre Fund as its Malawi Systems Lead.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Ouk Ravuth

Chief of Office, Department of Employment and Manpower, Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Kingdom of Cambodia

 

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

Padmanabhan Soman

Project development In African countries, Jain Irrigation Systems

Expertise in irrigation agronomy, Subject matter Expertise in several tropical and temperate crops Consultant to several Integrated Agri-horti projects Modern irrigation methods , Fertigation and nutrient management Solutions for small and large farms Trainer and extension specialist Business…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Pallab Chakma

Executive Director, Kapaeeng Foundation, Bangladesh

Currently, he is working as Executive Director of Kapaeeng Foundation (KF), a leading indigenous peoples’ organization in Bangladesh that works for the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples. Pallab has been working for indigenous peoples’ land rights for the last 14 years. He…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Pamela Wyatt

Principal Public Management Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Pamela is a Principal Public Sector Specialist who works on projects around the Pacific, including in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga and Kiribati. They currently range from large budget support programs focused on public finance management to smaller health projects. Pamela has been with ADB for 6…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities