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Aholotu Palu

CEO, Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company

Aholotu Palu has been involved in various roles in Tonga’s Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister’s Office for almost 20 years. He has also held significant positions at the World Bank, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Finance
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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

Alberto Lorenzo Alonso

Geospatial Information Scientist, Indra Company

Alberto Alonso obtained his PhD in Geography in 2009 with a thesis devoted to Earth Observation and Digital Elevation Models and Orthoimagery applied to cartography. He is a geospatial information scientist with long experience in international and national research projects playing different…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Environment
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 15: Life on Land

Albrecht Weerts

Hydrology and Forecasting Expert, Deltares

Albrecht Weerts is an expert on data model integration and hydrological forecasting at Deltares. He has been leading research and development projects on data assimilation techniques for improving flood forecasting system. He is also a Professor of Hydrologic Predictability at Wageningen University…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, ICT, Water
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Alessio Giardino

Senior Water and Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Alessio Giardino is a climate adaptation and disaster risk management specialist with over 18 years’ experience of professional experience in the water sector, including both specialized consultancy and research. His current focus at ADB is on the development and implementation of innovative…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Alexander Fowler

Resilience Specialist (Consultant), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Alexander Fowler has been working in the field of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation since completing his undergraduate degree in Disaster Management in 2011. He has worked on resilience building projects in Lao PDR, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka with a specific focus on…

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

Alexander Jett

Public-Private Partnership Specialist, ADB

At ADB’s Office of Public-Private Partnerships, Alexander Jett helps manage the Asia Pacific Project Preparation Facility, established to prepare PPP projects. He also supports transaction advisory services for South Commuter Railway in the Philippines. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Jett worked at the…

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

Alexandra Galperin

Unit Head Disaster Risk Management, ADB

Alexandra Galperin has over 25 years of experience in Disaster Risk Management. Before joining ADB’s Pacific Regional Department in 2020, she worked for the Red Cross, the United Nations, and as a consultant for multiple technical, donor, humanitarian, and development organizations balancing…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Alison McKechnie

Project Director, DT Global

Alison is a Project Director for DT Global in the Asia Pacific Sustainable Infrastructure team. She has corporate responsibility for leading business priorities which includes developing client relationships, framing business strategy, and delivering quality project outcomes. Passionate about the…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure