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Betty Wilkinson

Formern Director, Public Management, Finance, and Trade, Central and West Asia Department, ADB

Effective innovative leader producing transformational development results. Work longer-term in developing countries with multinational teams. Inaugural Chair of the nine member Financial Sector Deepening Network across Africa. Recognized in 2015 by Asian Development Bank for tripling program to $2…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

BH Anil Kumar

Commissioner, Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation (BBMP), Government of Karnataka

Mr. Anil Kumar BH joined the Indian Administrative Service as a commissioned officer in 1987. In his career spanning 32 years, he has held several posts within the State Government of Karnataka and at the Government of India. Some of his previous positions included Executive Director of…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Bijal Brahmbhatt

India Director , Mahila Housing Trust

Bijal Brahmbhatt is the Director of Mahila Housing Trust in India.  Her work of over 20 years in cities has been in the areas of formal, informal, and invisible governance for housing and habitat. Her programs have helped women participate in city-level initiatives, a small step to make cities…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty

Bilal Amjad Khan

Head of Supply Chain Finance–CIBG , Bank Alfalah

Business graduate and a corporate banker with over 20 years of experience. Bilal is currently working as Head of Supply Chain Finance – CIBG at Bank Alfalah. He took this role back in 2019 to establish a global best practice SCF business for the bank. During his career, Bilal has worked on key…

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

Bilal Anwar

CEO, NDRMF

Mr. Bilal Anwar is an International Climate Policy and Sustainable Development Professional with a reputation as a leading technical expert, with over two decades of diverse experience in the field of climate change. Since 17 January 2022, Mr. Anwar has been appointed as the CEO of the National…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Bisma Husen

Principal Procurement Specialist, ADB

Bisma Husen is a  Principal Procurement Specialist of ADB and has been assigned to support ADB operations in India since 2007.  He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Missouri Science and Technology, USA and an MBA in Finance from Monash University. He has worked…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Blair Spendelow

Senior Coastal and Marine Specialist, ADB

Blair Spendelow is a Senior Coastal and Marine Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office. He leads projects that strengthen coastal resilience, safeguard marine ecosystems, and support strategic adaptation planning across…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Water
   SDG: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 13: Climate Action

Bongki Shin

Deputy Director, International Cooperation Division of the Public Procurement Service

Mr. Bongki Shin is the Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Division of the Public Procurement Service.  Before assuming this role in 2021, Mr. Shin served as Assistant Director of the Materials and Equipment Divisions of the Public Procurement Service.Mr. Shin holds a Bachelor’s…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Brad Williams

Head, Austrade

Brad Williams is Head of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission’s (Austrade) operations in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. He also holds the position of Consul-General of Australia in Auckland. Prior to joining Austrade, he was Chief Executive Officer of the Australian…

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

Bradley Hope

New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and former Wall Street Journal reporter, Project Brazen

Bradley is the co-author of Billion Dollar Whale, Blood and Oil and author of The Rebel and the Kingdom. He spent seven years breaking stories and leading investigations at the Wall Street Journal from New York and London. Before that, he covered the Arab Spring from Cairo, Tripoli and Beirut. He…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions