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May Tai

Managing Partner, Asia, Herbert Smith Freehills

Ms. May Tai specialises in cross-border China-related and Asian disputes, as well as contentious regulatory matters. She regularly advises governments, government-owned entities and commercial clients (including financial institutions and energy companies) in Asia, Europe and the United States,…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Md. Ruhul Amin

Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Bangladesh

Ruhul Amin is the Deputy Secretary of Deputy Secretary Economic Relations Division of the Government of Bangladesh. Before becoming a Deputy Secretary, he also worked as the First Secretary of the First Secretary National Board of Revenue.  He graduated from Dhakka University with a…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Meherban Khan

Head of Utility Companies, Agra Khan Rural Support Program

Meherban Khan is the Head of Utility Companies at Agra Khan Rural Support Program in northern Pakistan. He has more than 17 years of experience in the development sector and is skilled in project and program planning, implementation, management, financial budgeting, and community-based enterprises…

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

Mehran Avini

Senior Private Sector Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

  Mehran Avini is a Senior Investment Officer with AIIB for sovereign and non-sovereign investments, focusing primarily on the transport sector. Prior to AIIB, he worked in the consulting industry, focusing on the transaction and technical advisory for public and private financed…

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

Mel Altoveros

Procurement Specialist, ADB

Mel Altoveros is a Procurement Specialist in ADB’s Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department. A Canadian national, he has 28 years of contracts and procurement experience spanning various industries including oil and gas, EPC, and the academe. Before joining ADB, he…

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

Meredith Wyse

Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Meredith Wyse is a Senior Social Development Specialist – Aging and Care, Human and Social Development Sector, Sectors Group at the Asian Development Bank.  She has nearly 20 years experience working in the Asia-Pacific region on issues related to adaptations to population aging and older…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Mi-young Kim

Assistant Director at the Lowcarbon Policy Division, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province

Mi-young Kim began her career as a government official in Jeju Province in 1990. She worked on various areas, including information technology, energy, and smart grid. She transferred to the Low-carbon Policy Division in August 2020. She is the representative for facilitating policies for carbon-…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: 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

Michael Abundo

Managing R&D + Innovation in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Automation & Robotics, Energy & Sustainability, Saab-NTU Joint Lab

Michael Lochinvar Sim Abundo is currently the Assistant Director and Programme Manager for the Saab-NTU Joint Lab. The Saab-NTU Joint Lab conducts R&D in technologies like autonomy, data analytics, machine learning, and systems engineering, thus staying at the forefront of digitalization by…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: 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

Michael Adams

President, Oceans Assets Institute, Switzerland

Michael established Ocean Assets Institute (OAI) in 2015, leveraging his 35-year career in finance to speed the transition to sustainability in the maritime sectors. Achievements include helping launch the BlueInvest program for the European Commission, design maritime green bond standards for…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Michael Ashford

Director, Water, Energy and Sustainable Cities Practice, Chemonics International

Mike Ashford is Director of Chemonics International’s Water, Energy and Sustainable Cities Practice headquartered in Washington, DC. He is an energy and water infrastructure professional with over 20 years’ experience in project development and program management. His current work focuses on the…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: 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