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Aditya Handa

Founder and Managing Director, Abellon Group Aditya

Aditya Handa is the founder and managing director of Abellon Group. Abellon is engaged in finding sustainable development-led solutions to India's most difficult problems, such as climate change, waste management, energy security, food security, and realizing untapped human…

   Topic(s): Energy, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Alan Shaw

Chief Executive Officer, Calysta

Alan Shaw, Ph.D., is President, Chief Executive Officer and CoFounder of Calysta, and a member of the Board of Directors. He joined in 2012. Dr. Shaw is a veteran biotechnology entrepreneur and chemical industry executive, with more than 25 years of experience building and leading technology…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Ancha Srinivasan

Principal Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Ancha is a Principal Climate Change Specialist at the Southeast Asia Department (SERD) of ADB. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK and as the Climate Change Focal Point for Southeast Asia, he formulates and oversees the implementation of several projects on climate change…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Benita Ainabe

Financial Sector Specialist (Capital Markets), ADB

Benita Ainabe is a Financial Sector Specialist (Capital Markets) in the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Trade Division of the Southeast Asia Department at Asian Development Bank. She specializes in financial sector development, capital markets, innovative financing mechanisms, and…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Engr. Taqsem Khan

Managing Director and CEO , Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority

Taqsem Khan is the Managing Director and CEO of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA), Bangladesh. Taqsem is credited for the utility’s transformative reform – the “Dhaka WASA Turn Around Program” – and has helped build Dhaka WASA into a profitable, environment friendly, and sustainable…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection, Urban Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 15: Life on Land

Gordon Prain

Independent Consultant, Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Security

Gordon Prain is a social anthropologist and independent consultant who advises Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) Centers on issues related to urban and rural food systems and food security, gender, and agricultural change processes. Most recently he has been advising…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Helen Newing

Independent Consultant and Senior Research Associate, Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science at Oxford University.

​​Helen has been working on issues related to biodiversity conservation and indigenous peoples/local communities for over twenty-five years. ​In the past she has worked both as an academic and the NGO sector. Currently her work is principally in three areas: biodiversity conservation and local…

   Topic(s): Environment, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land

Jasmine Boehm

Consultant, USAID Engendering Utilities Program

Jasmine Boehm is a sustainability and diversity manager with almost 20 years of professional experience supporting private sector companies, regional governments, and international organizations. She has a long track record in developing and leading social innovation programs for multiple…

   Topic(s): Environment, Poverty, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Jocelyn Erlinda Munsayac

Director, ADB

Jocelyn Erlinda Munsayac is the Director for Regional Operations Services 3, Southeast Asia Office of Safeguards at ADB.  She graduated from the University of the Philippines. 

   Topic(s): Environment, Private Sector, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Lizzie Collins

Vice President of Engineering, Build Change

Lizzie Blaisdell Collins is the Vice President of Engineering for Build Change, a non-profit social enterprise with a critical mission of preventing housing losses caused by disasters. After working early in her career with a private sector earthquake engineering firm in San Francisco, USA, Lizzie…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action