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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

Jaime Galvez-Tan

Public health advocate and physician, and Chairman, Health Futures Foundation

He has the rare combination of the following expertise: solid grassroots community work in far flung doctorless rural areas; national and international health planning and programming, a faculty of colleges of medicine and health sciences; clinical practice combining North American European…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

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 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

Jan Czuba

Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Papua New Guinea

His first assignment as missionary to Papua New Guinea was in Ambunti (1987-1988) as Parish Priest of the said parish from 1989-1995. In October 1995 he was assigned to the Divine Word Institute in Madang as President. Under his leadership the Institute evolved into Divine Word University of which…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Janice Chia

Founder and Managing Director, Ageing Asia, Singapore

Influenced by the changing needs of her elders, Janice was inspired to start Ageing Asia to drive and nurture opportunities and the development of innovation and solutions that address the evolving needs of the rising ageing population in the region. Having accumulated a vast experience from…

   Topic(s): Health, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jasmine Boehm

Consultant, USAID Engendering Utilities Program

Jasmine Boehm is a sustainability and diversity manager with almost 20 years of professional experience supporting private sector companies, regional governments, and international organizations. She has a long track record in developing and leading social innovation programs for multiple…

   Topic(s): Environment, Poverty, 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 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala

Former Goodwill Ambassador, Women's Rights Sri Lanka Ministry of Women's Affairs

Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala is a women's rights activist with 18 years of experience in the field of women's rights and gender equality. She holds a MA in Gender Studies from Sussex University (UK), and a post graduate diploma in Women’s Studies from Colombo University. In 2016, she became the first Sri…

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

Jayati Ghosh

Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Jayati  Ghosh  taught  economics  at  Jawaharlal  Nehru  University,  New  Delhi for  nearly  35  years.  She  is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA.  She has authored and/or…

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

Jelson Garcia

Garcia, Senior Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, ADB

Jelson has over twenty years of strategic management of complex programs, international policy advocacy, and campaign strategy around development finance and resource governance in the Asia Pacific region with attention to environmental and social safeguards, accountability, financial integrity,…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions