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Soon Chan Hong

Senior Country Specialist, ADB

Mr. Soon Chan Hong is Senior Country Specialist, at Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM), ADB. He leads, supports, and implements the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) and ADB’s pipeline development for Bangladesh that aims to promote continuing strong development partnership between ADB and…

   Topic(s): Economics
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Soyoung Kim

PhD Student, University of Tokyo

Soyoung Kim is a PhD candidate in International Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and Fox International Fellow at Yale University. Her research interest includes development economics, education economics, and impact evaluation. She has worked as an international consultant at the Asian…

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

Sri Wening Handayani

Principal Social Development Specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

  Sri Wening is the focal point for social analysis for ADB’s projects. She provides awareness and training on social analysis, promotes knowledge on social dimensions, facilitates sharing of information on social dimensions and social protection, and supports external relations and…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Srijana Bhattarai

Senior Social Safeguards Advisor, The Asia Foundation

Srijana is a Senior Social Safeguards Advisor at the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program, implemented by the Asia Foundation. As a social practitioner, she has worked in various sectors with diverse communities leading community engagements, social impact assessments, resettlement and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Stefan Schipper

Senior Statistician, ADB

Stefan Schipper is Senior Statistician within the Statistics and Data Innovation Unit of the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department. His work in ADB includes building statistical capacity in developing member economics, improving statistical databases using new digital technologies,…

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

Stefano Barchiesi

Ecosystem Services Officer, BirdLife International

Dr. Stefano Barchiesi has a PhD from the University of Florida for which he studied the trade-offs in ecosystem services at a Ramsar Site in Costa Rica. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with the IUCN Global Water Programme on several projects on the different elements of nature-based…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Stephan Kuester

Head of Global Ecosystem Strategy, Startup Genome

Stephan Kuester is the Head of Global Ecosystem Strategy at Startup Genome. Stephan works with clients in government and private industry consortia all around the world, advising on the creation and the acceleration of tech and innovation clusters. Prior to his role at Startup Genome, Stephan…

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

Steve Jones

Chair, i2i Global

Steve Jones is a Yorta Yorta Aboriginal man and is passionate about giving back to his people. Steve is Chair of i2i Global - a majority-owned Aboriginal Advisory Services company that optimises the employment of indigenous people and enhances indigenous business capabilities to pursue targeted…

   Topic(s): Economics, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

​Steve Pollard

Independent Consultant, ADB

​Steve Pollard spent the first 10 years of his career, from 1973 to 1982, working as an agricultural economist throughout the developing world. He was Chief Planning Officer with the Government of Kiribati from 1983 to 1986. He worked with the Asian Development Bank from 1996 to 2011 employed in…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Sucharita Mukherjee

CEO and Co-Founder, Kaleidofin Private Limited, India

Sucharita is passionate about good finance for all. She is the co-founder and CEO of Kaleidofin, a neo-bank that provides intuitive and tailored financial solutions to over a million underbanked customers in India. Prior to this, she co-founded the IFMR group and most recently was the group CEO of…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality