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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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alanna Jayne Inserra

Senior Social Development Specialist , Asian Development Bank

Alanna Jayne Inserra is a Senior Social Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank's Fragility and Engagement Division. Seconded from Plan International, Alanna leads ADB's work on meaningful youth engagement with a focus on empowering young people, particularly marginalized young…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Civil Society, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions