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Ahmed M. Saeed

Vice-President, ADB

Mr. Ahmed M. Saeed joined ADB in 2019 and has significant prior leadership experience in both government and the private sector. He is currently responsible for overseeing ADB’s operations in East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Between 2004 and 2008, Mr. Saeed served in senior roles at the…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Climate Change, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Alexandra Pamela Chiang

Senior Transport Specialist, ADB

Pamela is a Senior Transport Specialist from the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at ADB. She is an experienced team leader with 20 years of international experience in the development and management of transport projects including urban transit systems, railways, seaports,…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Capacity Development, Environment, Transport
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ali Jamil

Director General, Agriculture Facilities and Infrastructure Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia

Mr. Ali Jamil was born in Siabu, August 30, 1965. He has completed his Bachelor's and Master in Agriculture in North Sumatra and also has completed his Doctoral in Soil Science/Plant Physiology from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB), the Philippines in 2006. He has had a career…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Health
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Amerita Ravuvu

NCD Policy and Planning Adviser, Pacific Community-SPC

Amerita Ravuvu is an early career policy researcher and development practitioner with a trans-disciplinary professional background in human geography, climate change financing and development studies. She is currently a regional public servant focusing on policy and planning across cross-cutting…

   Topic(s): Health, Transport
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Amit Jain

Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank

Amit is a solar engineer, with a Ph.D. in solar energy and Fulbright Scholarship from NREL, USA and Chevening Fellow at King’s College, London. He loves to shares real-life stories on how solar energy is transforming people’s lives across health, transport, water, and agriculture sector. He works…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Health
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Andini Effendi

Journalist and Documentarian, Independent Consultant

Andini Effendi is an Independent journalist & a documentarian. She holds a Master's degree in Global Affairs at New York University, concentrating in peacemaking and peacebuilding. Ms. Effendi won Best Current Affairs Presenter at the Asian Television Awards 2019 and 2020. She is also the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Health
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

André Taylor

Leadership Specialist, International WaterCentre

Dr. Taylor is a leadership development specialist, leadership coach, water practitioner and sustainability practitioner. His professional purpose is to build the leadership capacity of enthusiastic, self-motivated people to help them drive positive change to create healthier communities and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Water
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Anne Orquiza

Senior Public Management Officer (Disaster Risk Management), Asian Development Bank

Anne Orquiza is a Senior Public Management Officer (Disaster Risk Management) in the Asian Development Bank. She works across ADB supporting disaster-resilient development and post-disaster recovery. Before joining ADB in 2020, she worked for over a decade with the Australian Department of Foreign…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Ashish Dhawan

Founder and Chairperson , Central Square Foundation

Ashish Dhawan is one of India’s leading philanthropists and a key voice for system reform in the country. Ashish is the Founder and CEO of Central Square Foundation (CSF) with the mission to improve the quality of school education for all students (especially from low-income communities) through…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education, ICT
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Aude Demontesquiou

FinEquity Facilitator / Team Lead, CGAP

Aude de Montesquiou is FinEquity Community of Practice Facilitator at CGAP. Aude worked at CGAP from 2005 to 2017, last as Financial Sector Development Specialist, leading CGAP’s Graduating the Poorest and Vulnerable Segments work. She oversaw the implementation of the CGAP-Ford Foundation…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Poverty, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals