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Kim Allen

Climate Activist, Papua New Guinea​​​​​​​

Kim Allen, from Papua New Guinea, has over ten years of volunteer work in the youth space and four years of experience in international development. He’s currently doing a Master of Arts in International Development in Japan. Kim started his career with the United Nations Development Programme,…

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

Koung Sorita

Undersecretary of State at Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Cambodia

Koung Sorita is the Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Women's Affairs. She in charge of economic affairs as well as women entrepreneurship.   

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Kounila Keo

Managing Partner, Mekhala Communications

At the age of 18, Kounia Keo started working for Agence France Presse and various foreign media publications. Nowadays when she's not writing news reports, she blogs about Cambodian social issues, Southeast Asia online trends, and her travel experiences abroad at http://blueladyblog.com. She often…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Kris Panday

Executive Director,Constituency Office rep. Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, ADB

Radha Krishna “Kris” Panday was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank in April 2018. In this capacity, he represents Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, with responsibility for the direction of the general operations of the Bank,…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Lala Rukh Khan

Project Manager, Center of Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)

Lala Rukh Khan is a Project Manager at the Center of Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP). She has an MA in Demography from University of California, Berkeley and a BSc (Hon) in Economics from LUMS. Her interests lie in development issues relating to gender and political economy.

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

Lan Mercado

Regional Director, Oxfam International Secretariat Asia

Lan Mercado is the Regional Director for Oxfam in Asia. Lan is an activist and development worker, with over 30 years of experience working with civil society coalitions, environmental movements, and international women's rights organizations. Since 1999, she’s been with Oxfam, starting as a…

   Topic(s): Economics, Gender Equality, Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Lara Jean Salaysay

Youth Project Designer (Consultant), ADB

Lara is a professional teacher who specializes in education for sustainable development particularly climate change education. Over the past 6 years, she supported learners and teachers for their meaningful engagement in sustainable development and climate action by serving as a private high school…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Laura Crow

Principal Product Manager, M-Pesa Africa Ltd

Laura is part of M-Pesa Africa’s Product team responsible for designing and rolling out platforms which the 7 M-Pesa markets can commercialise. Her focus within the team is to develop the product strategy, set the commercial priorities, drive thought leadership and specify the features and…

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

Lenke Balint

Head, Partnership, Capacity & Communities Department, BirdLife International

Lenke leads two global programmes of capacity development, research, advocacy and conservation action focused on strengthening grassroots conservation organisations and on the linkages between biodiversity, well-being and human rights. She has responsibility, among others, for building the capacity…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Civil Society, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Lida Loem

Co-founder and Program Manager, SHE Investments

SHE Investments (Support Her Enterprise Co. Ltd.) is a social enterprise that delivers the first and only gender-focused and culturally tailored business incubator and accelerator programs for women entrepreneurs in Cambodia.

   Topic(s): Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities