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Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan

Senior Universal Health Coverage Specialist (Service Delivery), ADB

Dr. Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan is a Senior Universal Health Coverage Specialist (Service Delivery) within the ADB Health Practice Team, Human and Social Development Office, Sectors Group. Her current focus is on health systems strengthening especially primary health care and management of…

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

Venkat Bhargav Sreedhara

Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank

Venkat Bhargav Sreedhara is a Financial sector specialist with the South Asia team of the World Bank. He works on development financing and technical assistance projects across financial sector issues such as climate finance, MSME access to finance, housing finance, fintech and others. He has…

   Topic(s): Economics, Environment, Urban Development

Vibeke Jensen

Director, UNESCO

Since 1st January 2020, Vibeke Jensen is the incumbent Director of the Division for Peace and Sustainable Development within the Education Sector at UNESCO Headquarters. The Division covers, amongst others, education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, prevention of violent…

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

Vidmantas Jankauskas

international energy regulatory expert, independent consultant

Country: Lithuania Vidmantas Jankauskas studied at the Vilnius University and worked for twenty years at the Lithuanian Energy Institute, researching energy economics. During that period he received his doctorate and doctor habilitation scientific degrees, published more than 100 scientific…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Environment
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Vignesh Naidu

Director of Operations, The HEAD Foundation

Vignesh Naidu is currently the Director, Operations at The HEAD Foundation. Vignesh helms The HEAD Foundation’s education team that works across Southeast Asia to improve education outcomes through; the design and delivery of bespoke capacity building opportunities for educators, the production of…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Ville Rimali

Business Development Manager, Philippines, Wärtsilä Corporation

Mr. Ville Rimali is an expert in business development, digital offering development as well as company mergers. Currently, he is responsible for business development in the energy industry in the Philippines. During the past career, he has worked in the global business development team of Wärtsilä…

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

Vivek Rao

Principal Financial Sector Specialist, ADB

Mr Vivek Rao has worked in ADB for over 8 years, first in the Treasury and subsequently in the South Asia Department. Mr. Rao has worked both in sovereign and nonsovereign operations with a focus on the infrastructure and SME sectors. In addition, Mr. Rao has processed and implemented program…

   Topic(s): Economics, Private Sector, Public-Private Partnership, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Volker Schmid

Head of Asia Pacific, FESTO

Volker Schmid is the Head of Asia Pacific of Festo Didactic SE. 

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education

Wayne Mendiola

Acting Secretary National Department of Education, Federated States of Micronesia

Mr. Mendiola has served the education system in his country since 2003 in roles such as Assistant Secretary for the division of Formal and Non-formal Education, Assistant Secretary for the department of Quality and Effectiveness, and administrator for Post Secondary Education. Mr. Mendiola started…

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Wenny Duncan

Independent Education and Evaluation Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Wenny Duncan engaged by ADB's Independent Evaluation Department to carry out an in-depth assessment of ADB support to the education sector in different member countries including Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

   Topic(s): Education
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education