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Mirza Ashfaqur Rahman

CEO, BPPA

Mr. Mirza Ashfaqur Rahman was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) on November 3, 2024. Prior to this, on August 20, 2024, he was designated to lead BPPA and appointed as the Project Director for the “Digitizing Implementation…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Mirzo Iskandar Gulamov

Country Operations Head, Kazakhstan Resident Mission, ADB

Iskandar Gulamov oversees all country programming and thematic work at the Kazakhstan Resident Mission. He coordinates ADB’s work on new financing modalities and products. Before being posted to Kazakhstan, he worked for more than 10 years in ADB’s Uzbekistan Resident Mission, where he led strategy…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty

Misako Kachi

Senior Researcher, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Misako is Senior Researcher at the Earth Observation Research Center (EORC), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). She received bachelor's degree in Earth and Planetary Physics in 1993 from the Hokkaido University and M.S. in Earth and Planetary Science in 1995 from the University of Tokyo,…

   Topic(s): Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Mischa Lentz

Investment Specialist, ADB

Dr. Mischa Lentz is an Investment Specialist in PSIS and a dedicated fund manager for the Canadian Climate Fund as well as the ADF Private Sector Window. Dr. Lentz has over 12 banking and financeyears of banking and finance experience in developing countries. Prior to joining ADB, he spent 7 years…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Mitzi Borromeo

Multimedia Communications Consultant and Former Correspondent and News Anchor, CNN Philippines

Mitzi Borromeo has over two decades of media and communications experience specializing in conservation, sustainability, and popular education. She began her career in broadcasting on the ABS-CBN News Channel as news anchor, producer, and morning show presenter. She went on to do communications…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Mizna Mohamed

Environment Specialist, Preparing Outer Island for Sustainable Energy Development Project, Maldives

Mizna Mohamed has a PhD and Master's in Environmental Science from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a Bachelor of Science in Oceanography and Meteorology from the Flinders University of South Australia. Her masters’ research focused on the economic value of coral reefs, and her…

Mo Harvey

CEO and Founder, Tribe Fintech

As Fintech & Financial Services Lead for the Asia-Pacific region, Mo was a senior member of Enterprise Ireland’s Asia-Pacific team based in Hong Kong. Enterprise Ireland is one of the most active investors in Fintech start-ups in the world. Currently, Enterprise Ireland’s portfolio comprises…

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

Mochamad Ridwan Kamil

Governor of West Java, Indonesia

Mochamad Ridwan Kamil, ST. MUD is the Mayor of Bandung from 2013 to 2018. He is an architect, lecturer, and social activist. He graduated with an architecture degree from the Bandung Institute of Technology and received his master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. After…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Moekti Handajani Soejachmoen

Executive Director, Indonesia Research Institute for Decarbonization

Moekti Handajani Soejachmoen (Kuki Soejachmoen) is currently the Executive Director of IRID and one of the Co-founders. She has been working on climate change since the early 1990s. Her first area in this issue was scientific and modeling, especially in relation to the energy-based sector. She then…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action

Mohamed Ait Kadi

Technical Committee Chair, Global Water Partnership

Mohamed AIT KADI is presently President of the General Council of Agricultural Development. This Council is a high level policy Think Tank of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Morocco. He was also Secretary General of the Ministry. Previously as Director General of the Irrigation…

   Topic(s): Environment, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 15: Life on Land