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Bowden Percival

Digital Development Asia Regional Manager, Plan International

Sitting at the junction of technology and development, Bo Percival is a self-proclaimed ‘giant nerd’. Bo has worked extensively in digital development internationally in Education, HIV, LGBT rights, Youth Development and WASH. Bo has a Ba. in economics and marketing and is currently completing a…

   Topic(s): Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Brahm Prakash

Evaluation Capacity Development Expert, ADB

Brahm Prakash is a development and management professional from India with an academic background in commerce, economics, and education. He graduated from the University of Toronto (1976) with a Ph.D., and has since been engaged in teaching, research, policy analysis and training in a number of…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Brajesh Panth

Chief of Education Sector Group, ADB

Brajesh Panth is the Chief of Education Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank(ADB). He provides technical leadership to the education sector group (EdSG) in ADB, leads the preparation of the Ed SG work plan, and facilitates collaboration across the sector and thematic groups in ADB and…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Bram van Ooijen

Urban Transport Specialist, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Passionate professional and serial entrepreneur. Over a decade of work experience in urban transport policy, planning & design, company management, operations and business development in China and Asia.

   Topic(s): Environment, Transport, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 15: Life on Land

Brenda Horrigan

Executive Director, Herbert Smith Freehills

Brenda Horrigan, the firm’s Head of International Arbitration, Australia, began her tenure leading ACICA on 15 April, almost a year after she was elected an Executive Director of the Centre’s Board. Ms Horrigan, a US-qualified lawyer, has nearly 20 years’ experience in international arbitration and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Brian Gonzales

Head of Protection of Endangered Species, WWF Hong Kong

Brian Gonzales is the Head of Protection of Endangered Species at WWF Hong Kong. He is a core member of the WWF Asia Pacific Counter-Illegal Wildlife Trade Hub. He has over 20 years’ experience in project and development technical assistance management, conservation and enforcement policy, as well…

   Topic(s): Finance, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bruce Chapman

Professor and Economist, Australian National University

Professor Bruce Chapman is an economist and has worked at The Australian National University since 1984. He has extensive experience in public policy, including the motivation and design of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (the first national income-contingent loan scheme using the income…

   Topic(s): Economics, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Bruce Davis

Former Vice-President (Administration and Corporate Management), Asian Development Bank

Bruce Davis is a former Vice-President (Administration and Corporate Management) of Asian Development Bank. Mr. Davis served more than 30 years at the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), which he led as Director General for 10 years spanning 1999-2009. As Director General, he…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Bryant Kim

Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hyuncheol Bryant Kim is an Associate Professor in Economics Department at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University (on leave). He is an applied empirical micro-economist focusing on causal…

   Topic(s): Economics, Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bui Thanh Hang

Officer in charge, Innovation Communication and International Cooperation Manager National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development (NATEC)

Bui Thanh Hang has been working in the Ministry of Science and Technology for over 3 years in the field of startup and innovation ecosystem development and 10 years of experience in communication and public relation management for development organizations, including Winrock International,…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education