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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

Adrian Sammons

Senior Transport Specialist, Maritime Transport and Ports, ADB

Adrian Sammons is an international transport specialist with more than 20 years’ experience in maritime, ports, and logistics. He currently serves as a Senior Transport Specialist (Maritime Transport & Ports) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), based at ADB headquarters in Manila, where he…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Economics, Environment, Finance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 13: Climate Action

Adrian Torres

Chief, ADB

Adrian Torres is the Chief of ADB's Public-Private Partnership thematic group. Prior to this position, he was the Associate Director of ANZ and Societe Generale.  He graduated from RMIT University with a degree in Business Administration and received his Master of Finance and Economics from…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Adrienne Heinrich

Head, AI and Innovation Center of Excellence Aboitiz Data Innovation

Prior to joining UnionBank, Adrienne led AI and Machine Learning use cases for personal health and connected care products and services at Royal Philips from 2012 to 2020. In 2020, she was appointed head of the AI Center of Excellence at UnionBank of the Philippines and has been instrumental in…

   Topic(s): ICT, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Aekapol Chongvilaivan

Senior Planning and Policy Specialist, ADB

Mr. Aekapol Chongvilaivan is a Senior Planning and Policy Specialist at ADB’s Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department (SPD). His role aims to strengthen operational procedures on loans, grants, and technical assistance under the New Operating Model to achieve ADB's long-term corporate…

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

Agus Prabowo

Deputy Chairman for Human Resources Development, NPPA (National Public Procurement Agency)

Dr. Agus Prabowo as the chairman at LKPP (the Indonesian National Public Procurement Agency). He advocates the effectiveness in the public procurement process of healthcare products as well as the outcomes from e-catalogue implementation in Indonesia.

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Health, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

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

Aiming Zhou

Deputy Country Director, ADB

Aiming has over 25 years of professional experience, including more than 13 years in ADB. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Advisor to the Vice-President (Operations 1). He also served as Principal Energy Specialist for South Asia, secretary of ADB’s Energy Community of Practice, and…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Energy
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Akhilesh Samyal

Associate Project Officer, ADB

Mr. Samyal is a seasoned professional with over 17 years of experience at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Currently serving as an Associate Project Officer (Procurement) in India since March 2022, he brings expertise in project administration and finance. With dual master's degrees in Business…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Akio Takahara

Director, JICA Ogata Research Institute

Educational Background: 1981 Bachelor of Laws, The University of Tokyo 1983 Master of Philosophy (Development Studies), University of Sussex 1988 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sussex Fields of Research: Contemporary Chinese Politics, International Relations in East Asia Career Background:…

   Topic(s): Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals