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Deepa Ahluwalia

Gender and Social Development Specialist, India Resident Mission, ADB

Deepa Ahluwalia is the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) focal point at the ADB India Resident Mission. She is involved in the coordination, management, and operations of projects and programs for effective implementation of gender/GESI mainstreaming strategies in ADB operations in…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality

Despoina Kouria

Supplier Diversity and Sustainability Analyst , World Bank Group

Despoina Kouria is a Supplier Diversity and Sustainability analyst with Corporate Procurement at the World Bank Group (WBG), which she joined in 2020. She is part of the team that mainstreams sustainability considerations into over $1.7 Billion of annual purchases for the World Bank Group’s…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Dilfuza Zakirova

Country Director, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Dilfuza Zakirova is the Country Director of ACTED in Uzbekistan. With over 15 years of experience in international development, Ms. Zakirova has made significant contributions to strengthening the role of civil society organizations, promoting good governance, and advancing gender equality in…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Gender Equality
   SDG: Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ding Li Yong

Advocacy and Policy Manager (Asia), BirdLife International

Dr. Ding Li Yong is passionate about biodiversity (especially migratory species, wetlands and rainforests) and its protection, and how conservation practice can be reconciled with human development. He works with culturally diverse teams across Asia to create, drive, and scale-up projects that…

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

Don Tan

Director-Corporate Affairs, Pinduoduo Inc.

Don is Director of Corporate Affairs at Pinduoduo. He has prior experience in international affairs and is a graduate of Sciences Po, HEC Paris, and the University of Oxford.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Donal Brown

Associate Vice-President, Programme Management Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development

He is responsible for developing and managing the operations that IFAD supports through its loans and grants. He oversees the program of work of the department, which is undertaken by five Regional Divisions and the Operational Policy and Results Division. Brown previously worked at the United…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Duncan Lang

Senior Environment Specialist, ADB

Duncan is a Senior Environment Specialist at ADB in the Environment Group of CCRE, CCSD where he provides advisory and compliance support to operational departments as well as working on thought leadership work within the environment sector. His current work involves development of ADB’s long-term…

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

Elene Machaidze

former Intern, ADB

Elene Machaidze was an Intern at ADB’s East Asia Department (Urban and Social Sectors Division) in 2021. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design at Politecnico Di Milano in Italy. She is part of a dual degree programme with Tongji University, Shanghai. She…

   Topic(s): Health, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Elin Andersdotter Fabre

Manager, HerCity, UN-Habitat

Elin is managing the Her City initiative at UN-Habitat’s (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Global Public Space Programme.   She previously worked as the Sustainable cities programme director at the Swedish independent think tank for Global Utmaning. She has been active in advocacy…

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

Elizabeth Burges-Sims

Former Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Elizabeth Burges-Sims was a Senior Social Development Specialist of the Southeast Asia Department at ADB.  She left ADB in June 2021.

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions