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Adlibek Aubakirov

Head, Department of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of the North Kazakhstan

Country: The Republic of Kazakhsta Adilbek Bagdatovich Aubakirov was born in 1984 in the North Kazakhstan region, in 2001-2006 and in 2009-2012 he studied at the North Kazakhstan State University named after Kozybayev and received qualifications of an engineer and a lawyer. He began his career…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

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

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

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

Caitlin Weisen

UNDP Resident Representative Vietnam, United Nations Development Programme

Ms. Wiesen took her assignment as UNDP Resident Representative in April 2019 and prior to this appointment was UNDP Viet Nam Country Director (2017-2018). She served as Chief Regional Policy and Program for Asia Pacific (2014-2017) and as Regional Manager of the UNDP Asia Pacific Center (2013-2014…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Callista Ng

Director of People Advisory Services, Ernst & Young

Callista Ng is Director of People Advisory Services at Ernst & Young. She has over 17 years of experience in both consulting and as an HR leader. In her role, she focuses on various aspects of workforce strategies, particularly in areas of manpower planning, organization design, talent…

   Topic(s): Economics, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Christina Pak

Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, ADB

Christina specializes in international development finance, law and policy reform, dispute resolution and ESG standards and drives thought leadership on sustainable development issues. She is currently a Principal Counsel of the Asian Development Bank and leads the Office of General Counsel's Law…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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