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Imrana Jalal

Former Commissioner, Fiji Human Rights Commission, and the Fiji Law Reform Commission

A lawyer by profession, Imrana Jalal was formerly a Commissioner of the Fiji Human Rights Commission, and the Fiji Law Reform Commission. She is the author of Law for Pacific Women and architect of the Family Law Act 2003 which addressed children's needs and removed systemic legal discrimination…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Indranee Thurai Rajah

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance, Second Minister for National Development,, Second Minister for National Development, Singapore

She was educated at Raffles Institution in Singapore, and read law at the National University of Singapore. She was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1987 and began practice with Freshfields as a legal associate. In 1988, she joined the Litigation Department of Drew & Napier. She was appointed…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ingrid van Wees

Former Vice President Finance and Risk, ADB

Ms. Ingrid van Wees is the Vice-President for Finance and Risk Management of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She assumed the position in December 2016. Ms. van Wees is responsible for the overall management of the operations of the Office of Risk Management, the Controller’s Department, and the…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Isira Perera

Chief Operating Officer, PickMe, Sri Lanka

Isira holds over two decades of diversified industry experience in senior leadership capacity on digital mobility and digital payments enabling service inclusion. He carries hands on experience on market dynamics and consumer behaviors supporting equal opportunity.    At PickMe he is…

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

Jacqueline Yee

Board Member, Advance Health Intelligence and Mustang Energy PLC

Building new FinServs - focus: FinTech, DeepTech, ESG. MONEY 20/20 RiseUp Leadership | Fintech65 Women Investors Multilingual Executive. Founder. Board Director. Keynote Speaker. International network. Special Situations Financier: Buyout, Commercialization, Expansion, RTO, Distressed,…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Jae-Yong Lee

President, National Information Resources Service (NIRS)

Jae-Yong Lee started his career at the Public Procurement Service in April 1995. At PPS, he was involved in establishing the electronic procurement system. After that, he moved to Samsung Electronics in 2011 and spent nine years there as a general manager and vice president of several business…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jamela Alindogan

Journalist, Al Jazeera Media Network

Jamela is a correspondent with Al Jazeera English and has fearlessly reported on conflicts in many parts of the Philippines despite being on the receiving end of death threats. A recipient of the 2018 Ten Outstanding Young Filipinos Award and President of the Foreign Press Club of the Philippines,…

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

James Garber

Consultant, World Bank

Mr. James Garber is a business and technology consultant with over thirty years' experience in project/programme formulation and management, knowledge management, business analysis, system/process design, risk management and internal controls reporting for clients in government, private industry…

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

James Lang

Senior Gender Specialist, ADB

James Lang is the Senior Specialist on Gender-based Violence for the Gender Equality Division at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he provides leadership for preventing gender-based violence across ADB operations and knowledge work. James has over 25 years of experience promoting gender…

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

James Webb

Senior Public Sector Economist, ADB

James Webb is a Senior Public Sector Economist at the Asian Development Bank, where he leads policy dialogue and program design on domestic resource mobilization, public financial management, and institutional reform across Asia and the Pacific. With a career spanning ministries of finance and…

   Topic(s): Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities