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Aaron Sexton

Environment Specialist, ADB

Aaron is a creative and accomplished Environmental Consultant/Specialist, an experienced Project Manager, and an award-winning entrepreneur. Broadly, his skills and experience derived from working across many projects spanning the U.K, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Uganda, Brazil, Swaziland and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Abhinav Bhushan

Director for South Asia of the ICC Arbitration and ADR International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce

Abhinav Bhushan, as Director for South Asia of the ICC Arbitration and ADR International Court of Arbitration, ICC, focuses on helping companies, investors, and attorneys in the region understand how they can efficiently resolve international commercial disputes by raising their awareness on the…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Abhinav Madan

Co-founder & CEO, Gram Tarang Employability Services

Abhinav Madan is the co-founder and CEO of Gran Tarang Employability Services. Prior to this, he was a Business Planning Manager at Hewlett-Packard and Business Analyst at GE.  He had an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management. 

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Adam Triggs

Director of Research , Australian National University

Adam Triggs is the Director of Research at the Asian Bureau of Economic Research at the Crawford School of Public Policy. Formerly a visiting researcher at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Adam is published in leading economics journals and is a regular contributor to the Australian…

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

ADB Youth for Asia

Organization, ADB

Because youth and youth-led organizations are important members of civil society, ADB started the Youth Initiative—now called ADB Youth for Asia or YfA—in 2013, to support young people in contributing effectively to development. It is a program managed by ADB’s NGO and Civil Society Center to…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Education
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Adlibek Aubakirov

Head, Department of Energy and Housing and Communal Services of the North Kazakhstan

Country: The Republic of Kazakhsta Adilbek Bagdatovich Aubakirov was born in 1984 in the North Kazakhstan region, in 2001-2006 and in 2009-2012 he studied at the North Kazakhstan State University named after Kozybayev and received qualifications of an engineer and a lawyer. He began his career…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Agnes K Y Tai

Governing Board Member and Steering Committee Member, Climate Governance Initiative and Climate Governance Initiative Hong Kong

Agnes is a Governing Board member of the Climate Governance Initiative (advocating the eight principles established by the World Economic Forum in 2019), mobilizing board directors worldwide to take climate action. She is a frequent speaker, author, and university professor, serving various…

   Topic(s): ICT, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Agnes Surry

Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist, ADBI

Agnes Surry joined the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in September 2022 and is Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist. Her areas of interest include development and public finance, aid effectiveness, climate change adaptation, gender equality, social policies,…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Akhtiar Ahmed

Head, SME Finance Policy Division-Infrastructure, Housing and SME Finance Department-State Bank of Pakistan

Mr. Akhtiar Ahmed, Senior Joint Director has been associated with State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for the last 22 years and is working in Development Finance Group (DFG) of SBP since last 14 years. Currently, he is heading SME Finance Policy & Regulations Division and leading various initiatives…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Akira Matsunaga

Deputy Country Director, ADB

Akira Matsunaga began his professional career in 1994 with the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund Japan, where he supported infrastructure development in Asia. Before joining ADB in 2015, he held various roles within the Japanese government, including positions at the Ministry of Finance and the…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth