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Otini Mpinganjira

Program Lead, PxD

Otini Mpinganjira is PxD’s Programme Lead in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Otini holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Prior to joining PxD, he worked with One Acre Fund as its Malawi Systems Lead.

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

Padmavathi Viswanathan

Deputy Director General, National Information Center of Government of India

Padmavathi leads the New Delhi office of NIC as Deputy Director-General. She also served as Senior Technical Director.  She graduated from PSG College of Technology with a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. 

   Topic(s): ICT, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Patricia Zurita

Chief Executive Officer, BirdLife International

Patricia leads BirdLife International, the world’s largest nature conservation partnership, bringing together over 100 organisations worldwide to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. An economist by…

   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, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Paul Kent

Economist, KPMG Services Pte Ltd. (Singapore)

Paul is an economist with over 18 years of experience in Australia, the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has previously worked as an economist with the Australian Government and also been based in Beijing between 2000 and 2004 and Hong Kong, China from 2008 to 2012. He is currently…

   Topic(s): Economics, Governance and Public Sector Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Paulina Rauca

Principal Corruption Prevention Officer, Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption

  

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Peter Matthews

Executive Director, CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative

Petter has been involved in CoST since its origins and he has led CoST International since 2011. As Executive Director, he has overall responsibility for CoST policy, strategy and programme delivery. In addition to his role in CoST, Petter is Executive Director of Engineers Against Poverty, an…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Governance and Public Sector Management, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Prakash Pillai

Partner, Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Mr. Prakash Pillai is a partner at Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Pte. Ltd.  He focuses on dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration across a multitude of sectors including corporate, commercial, insolvency, trade and commodities, construction and engineering, and employment…

   Topic(s): Capacity Development, Finance, Industry and Trade, Knowledge Management, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Pramila Crivelli

Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB

Dr. PRAMILA A. CRIVELLI is an economist at ADB’s Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department. Her main fields of specialization are applied econometrics in international trade policy, regional trade agreements, trade negotiations, rules or origin, nontariff measures, and geographical…

   Topic(s): Economics, Industry and Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Rene Rohrbeck

Professor of Strategy, EDHEC Business School

Rene Rohrbeck is Professor of Strategy and Director of the Chair for Foresight, Innovation and Transformation at EDHEC Business School. He has a PhD in Technology and Innovation Management and an MSc in Business Administration from the Technical University Berlin. He is also visiting Professor of…

   Topic(s): ICT, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Richard Jones

Senior Scientific Officer, Met Office Hadley Centre

Prof. Richard Jones holds a PhD in Numerical Analysis (1984-1988) and a BSc in Mathematics (1980-1983) from Imperial College, United Kingdom. He was a post-doctoral research scientist at Oxford University from 1987 to 1990. Richard has been working at the Met Office since 1990. He has been a…

   Topic(s): ICT, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 15: Life on Land