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Agnes Surry

Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist, ADBI

Agnes Surry joined the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in September 2022 and is Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist. Her areas of interest include development and public finance, aid effectiveness, climate change adaptation, gender equality, social policies,…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Climate Change, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Agus Prabowo

Deputy Chairman for Human Resources Development, NPPA (National Public Procurement Agency)

Dr. Agus Prabowo as the chairman at LKPP (the Indonesian National Public Procurement Agency). He advocates the effectiveness in the public procurement process of healthcare products as well as the outcomes from e-catalogue implementation in Indonesia.

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Health, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Ahmed M. Saeed

Vice-President, ADB

Mr. Ahmed M. Saeed joined ADB in 2019 and has significant prior leadership experience in both government and the private sector. He is currently responsible for overseeing ADB’s operations in East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Between 2004 and 2008, Mr. Saeed served in senior roles at the…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Climate Change, Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Ahu Meryem Erdogan

Head of the International Relations Department, Public Procurement Authority, Türkiye

Dr Ahu Meryem Erdogan started her career as an assistant social policy expert at the Prime Ministry of Türkiye in 2006, and continued to work as an expert upon the acceptance of her specialization thesis. After 5 years of work, she worked as a planning expert at the Ministry of Development of…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Aijun Qui

Deputy Director General, China Center for Urban Development

Dr. Aijun Qiu, Deputy Director-General and Research Fellow, China Center for Urban Development, National Development and Reform Commission; Consultant to the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB); Executive Director, China Society of Urban Economy. Previously in the State Commission…

   Topic(s): Governance and Public Sector Management, Urban Development
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Acting Prime Minister of Fiji and Minister for Economy and Minister responsible for Climate Change, Fiji, Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Civil Service, and Communications, Fiji

Mr. Sayed-Khaiyum is the Fijian Attorney-General and the Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Civil Service, and Communications, and the minister responsible for climate change. He is the second-ranking elected official in the country. Mr. Sayed-Khaiyum oversaw the creation of a climate change…

   Topic(s): Environment, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Akihito Watabe

Health Specialist, Human and Social Development, ADB

Dr. Watabe joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in May 2023 as a health specialist. He primarily focuses on technical assistance and projects in the area of health financing for universal health coverage (UHC), digital health financing, health impact investment, and climate change and health…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Alessia Destefanis

Master student at PSE and Research intern at ADBI, Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Ms. Destefanis is a Master student at the Paris School of Economics (PSE), a renowned French research institute of international standing in economics. In particular, she is following a two-year program named Public Policy and Development (PPD), which aims to prepare students to become experts in…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Alexander Kalache

President, World Health Organization

Alexandre Kalache is Co-President of the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance (ILC-GA) at Columbia University, New York. He contributed to global ageing policy issues for four decades as an academic at the Universities of Oxford and London (1975-1995). As Director of the World Health…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Ali Ghufron Mukti

President Director, Indonesia Social Security Administering Body for Health (BPJS Kesehatan)

Ali Ghufron Mukti is now a President Director of BPJS Kesehatan(The Indonesian Social Security Administering Body for Health) after being inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Indonesia in February 2021. His area of interest are epidemiology, health insurance, managed health care and…

   Topic(s): Health
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals