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Sofia Shakil

Director, ADB

With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, Ms. Sofia Shakil has been a transformative leader in economic and social development across Asia. Most recently, she served as the Director of Economic Development at The Asia Foundation from February 2020 to March 2023, where she led impactful…

   Topic(s): Education, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro

Secretary General, CARE International

A leader in international development and humanitarian response, Sofía brings over 25 years of experience of working at CARE. She spearheaded CARE’s first program strategy and was integral to placing gender equality at the very heart of CARE’s worldwide work. In CARE’s 75-year history, her…

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

Sonal Shah

Independent Consultant, ITDP India

Ms. Shah leads urban planning, gender and transport strategy, research, projects and policy at ITDP India. She has 13+ years' experience across multiple scales on city development, neighborhood plans, transit-oriented development and station accessibility planning, street design, historic precinct…

   Topic(s): Gender Equality, Social Development and Protection, Transport
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 15: Life on Land

Sonalini Khetrapal

Senior Health Specialist, ADB

Sonalini Khetrapal is a passionate health expert with over 15 years of experience leading transformational public sector projects in South Asia, South-East Asia, and North Africa. With a specialization in public health and economics, she has dedicated her career to researching, implementing, and…

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

Spyros Tsolis

Deputy Education Director, FCI

Spyros Tsolis is the FCI Deputy Education Director responsible, along with the FCI Education Director, for the execution of the FCI Education Strategy and Policy including the development and maintenance of all FCI courses, workshops/seminars, tailor-made training programmes, FCI manuals, internal…

   Topic(s): Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Sri Wening Handayani

Principal Social Development Specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

  Sri Wening is the focal point for social analysis for ADB’s projects. She provides awareness and training on social analysis, promotes knowledge on social dimensions, facilitates sharing of information on social dimensions and social protection, and supports external relations and…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Srijana Bhattarai

Senior Social Safeguards Advisor, The Asia Foundation

Srijana is a Senior Social Safeguards Advisor at the USAID and Australia Mekong Safeguards Program, implemented by the Asia Foundation. As a social practitioner, she has worked in various sectors with diverse communities leading community engagements, social impact assessments, resettlement and…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Energy, 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 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Stephen Carmody

Director of Programs, Wildlife Justice Commission

Stephen Carmody is the Director of Programs at the Wildlife Justice Commission. Stephen has over 30 years of law enforcement experience having served with the New South Wales Police Force, Australian Federal Police and the N.S.W. National Parks and Wildlife Service. He was also a Senior Law…

   Topic(s): Finance, Industry and Trade, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

​Steve Pollard

Independent Consultant, ADB

​Steve Pollard spent the first 10 years of his career, from 1973 to 1982, working as an agricultural economist throughout the developing world. He was Chief Planning Officer with the Government of Kiribati from 1983 to 1986. He worked with the Asian Development Bank from 1996 to 2011 employed in…

   Topic(s): Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

Steven Beck

Head, Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program, ADB

Steven Beck is the head of trade and supply chain finance at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He has managed exponential growth of the bank’s trade finance business and implemented its first supplychain finance business. While at the ADB, Steven initiated a tool that maps the entire supply chain…

   Topic(s): Industry and Trade
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth