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Amina Hassan

Business Group Head , Khushhali Microfinance Bank in Pakistan

Amina Hassan is the Business Group Head of Khushhali Microfinance Bank in Pakistan. She has over 20 years of service sector experience focused on managing grassroots initiatives for socioeconomically vulnerable groups. Amina joined KMBL at inception as a branch manager and has progressed to become…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Anna Samwel

Co-director, WECF Georgia

Coming from the Netherlands and now calling Georgia home, Anna is deeply committed to social and environmental justice. With a MSc in Biology and a Master's in Rural Development Studies, she works on the integration of gender issues into climate policies and actions. As the co-director of WECF…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Begum Shamsun Nahar

International Gender and Development Expert, Bureau of Manpower, Employment, and Training, Bangladesh

Ms. Begum Shamsun Nahar, a Freelance Consultant as Social Scientist & Gender Expert; Mid-Term Review and Evaluation Expert; Resettlement Expert; Knowledge Development & Training Expert; as well as Lead Researcher of Social Survey (Sanitation and Socio-Economic Household Survey; Improved…

   Topic(s): Education, Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Bernhard Bartels

Group Managing Director , Scope Group

Bernhard Bartels is Group Managing Director within Scope Group, Europe’s leading rating agency. On behalf of Scope Group, he acts as Head of ESG and oversees the analytical work at Scope ESG Analysis GmbH, including ESG ratings, reviews, second-party opinions, and climate…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Betty Wilkinson

Formern Director, Public Management, Finance, and Trade, Central and West Asia Department, ADB

Effective innovative leader producing transformational development results. Work longer-term in developing countries with multinational teams. Inaugural Chair of the nine member Financial Sector Deepening Network across Africa. Recognized in 2015 by Asian Development Bank for tripling program to $2…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Ceren Güven Güres

Country Programme Manager for Uzbekistan, UN Women

Ceren Güven Güres has been appointed as Country Programme Manager for Uzbekistan as of 25 April 2023. She has 15 years of professional experience managing peace, humanitarian and development programmes as well as partnership and advocacy work in various duty stations. Prior to her assignment in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Christina Kwauk

Research Director, Unbounded Associates

Christina Kwauk is a gender, education, and climate specialist. She is co-editor of Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action: Toward an SDG 4.7 Roadmap for Systems Change and co-author of “The new green learning agenda: Approaches to quality education for climate empowerment.”  

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Education, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Claire Charamnac

Social Development Specialist, ADB

Claire Charamnac is a Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses on gender and transport, health and water and urban development. She has over a decade of experience in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Despoina Kouria

Supplier Diversity and Sustainability Analyst , World Bank Group

Despoina Kouria is a Supplier Diversity and Sustainability analyst with Corporate Procurement at the World Bank Group (WBG), which she joined in 2020. She is part of the team that mainstreams sustainability considerations into over $1.7 Billion of annual purchases for the World Bank Group’s…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Dilfuza Zakirova

Country Director, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Dilfuza Zakirova is the Country Director of ACTED in Uzbekistan. With over 15 years of experience in international development, Ms. Zakirova has made significant contributions to strengthening the role of civil society organizations, promoting good governance, and advancing gender equality in…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals