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Alex Chen

Co-Founder and CEO, Asia Risk Transfer Solutions

Alex Chen is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Risk Transfer Solutions (ARTS), a Singapore-based technology company founded with the mission of establishing insurance for the masses in Asia. From product design to portfolio management and more, ARTS helps insurers build new digital…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bruno Carrasco

Director General concurrently Chief Compliance Officer, ADB

Bruno Carrasco leads ADB-wide knowledge and innovation work in all thematic and sector operation areas, establishes sector and thematic policies and strategies, and ensures compliance with environment and social safeguards policies. He also oversees the administration of trust funds and global…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Elliott Grant

General Manager, X

Dr. Elliott Grant is a recognized business leader and innovator in food and ag tech. He is the General Manager of Mineral at X, Alphabet’s “Moonshot Factory.” The mineral is using machine learning (ML) and robotics to scale sustainable agriculture globally. He was the founder and CEO of HarvestMark…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Esther Kimani

CEO, Farmer Lifeline Technologies

Esther Wanjiru Kimani is a CEO of FarmerLifeline. A trailblazer in the ClimaTech Agriculture space in Africa, driven by the passion to transform marginalized smallholder farmers lives using renewable energy, AI and Machine Learning.  

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Jiangfeng Zhang

Director, ADB

Jiangfeng Zhang is the Director of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Team; Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office; Sectors Department 2 of Asian Development Bank (ADB).  Since joining ADB in 2002 to date, he has been leading and supporting the development, design, and…

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

Krishan Rautela

India Resident Mission, ADB

Krishan Singh Rautela is working as Associate Project Officer in the Agriculture and Natural Resources team of ADB’s India Resident Mission. He is working on agriculture value chain development, farmer producer organizations, digital agriculture, climate change, coastal protection, irrigation and…

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

Linda Xiaole Wang

Investment Specialist, ADB

Linda is an Investment Specialist with ADB PSOD Agribusiness Investment Team (AIT). Over the past five years, she has been leading AIT’s investments in East Asia, developing/leading investment projects in other Asian countries, and supporting Chinese companies to expand abroad. Linda’s specialty…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Mischa Lentz

Investment Specialist, ADB

Dr. Mischa Lentz is an Investment Specialist in PSIS and a dedicated fund manager for the Canadian Climate Fund as well as the ADF Private Sector Window. Dr. Lentz has over 12 banking and financeyears of banking and finance experience in developing countries. Prior to joining ADB, he spent 7 years…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Pankaj Vashisht

Pankaj Vashisht is a Senior Fellow at Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). He specializes in the field of Labour Economics and Applied Econometrics. He has more than 12 years of experience in policy oriented research. He has worked closely with policy makers in…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, ICT
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Puri Jyotsna

Associate Vice-President, Strategy and Knowledge Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development

She leads the organization’s strategy work in IFAD’s key areas, targeting agriculture, climate, gender, nutrition, youth, and social inclusion as well as provides the vision for evidence-informed advice on programme designs and implementation, contributing to resource mobilization, and supporting…

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