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Kavita Sinha

Regional Director For Southeast & East Asia, International Forum For Energy, European Climate Foundation

Kavita Sinha leads grant-making strategies that enable corporates, utilities, civil society, financial institutions, and governments in Southeast and East Asia to transition to clean and low-carbon energy system. In her previous role, she worked with an American multinational firm that…

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

Kazuhiko Seriu

Associate Environmental Affairs Officer, UNESCAP East and North-East Asia Office / NEASPEC Secretariat

Kazuhiko Seriu has extensive experience in regional environmental governance, particularly in North-East Asia. While at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), he coordinates activities under NEASPEC, including the development of a subregional project on the impacts…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment

Kazuko Ogasahara

Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, ADB

Kazuko joined ADB as nutrition specialist. Before taking this position, she worked for Japanese food manufacturer, Ajinomoto, and has a wide range of experience from R&D to scientific communication in nutrition field. She has Ph.D in chemistry from Osaka University, Japan.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Health
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keiko Nowacka

Senior Social Development Specialist , ADB

Keiko Nowacka is a Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses, in particular, on women’s entrepreneurship and promoting the ADB’s gender mainstreaming mandate,…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Kelly Hewitt

Principal Planning & Coordination Specialist, ADB

Ms. Kelly has worked in power and natural gas for more than 30 years. She has extensive experience in power, and gas market regulation and reform, energy efficiency, climate change mitigation, and renewable energy. She served as legal counsel at U.S. Department of Energy (FERC); the merger and…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Kelvin Wong

Managing Director and Deputy Global Head for Energy, Renewables, and Infrastructure, DBS Bank Ltd.

He has over 22 years of professional experience including 19 years of experience in corporate and project finance in Asia. His professional experience as an energy regulator, business consultant, and corporate financier (including project finance and mergers & acquisitions) offers unique…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Governance and Public Sector Management, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Kemen Austin

Senior Scientist, RTI International

Kemen Austin Leads a research agenda evaluating the ecological, social, and economic impacts and tradeoffs of land-sector climate change mitigation policy scenarios at state, national, and global scales. She was previously a forest and climate research analyst in the People and Ecosystems…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Environment
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Kenichi Yokoyama

Director General, ADB

Mr. Kenichi Yokoyama is the Director General of Asian Development Bank (ADB) South Asia Department. He assumed office in May 2020. Mr. Yokoyama oversees the operations of seven sector divisions and six country offices in South Asia regions as well as regional cooperation initiatives. The six…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Kezang Tshering

Senior Research Officer, Anti-Corruption Commission of Bhutan

He is involved in initiating and leading action research related to corruption, service delivery, business ethics, economics, and climate change. Corruption is secret, complex and hidden in nature.  It is also worth noting that research is one of the prevention and education strategies of the…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Ki Keun Lim

Administrator, Public Procurement Service, Republic of Korea

Mr. Ki Keun Lim is the Administrator of the Public Procurement Service, Republic Korea. Mr. Lim has a distinguished career in public service, having served in different departments in the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the President over the last 20 years. Before he was appointed…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals