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Mohsen Gul

Senior Technical Advisor, ADB

Dr. Mohsen Gul is the senior technical advisor for youth-led climate innovation in Atoll nations in the Pacific region at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He has previously served as the climate change youth specialist at ADB. Additionally, he has led climate research strands at British Council as…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Mukta Malhotra

PPP Specialist, ADB

Mukta Malhotra is a national of India and is currently working as Public-Private Partnership Specialist in ADB since 2018. She covers projects across sectors spanning from hard infrastructure projects viz. Road, Water to social infrastructure projects viz. healthcare, education, etc., in Central…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Navneet Wadkar

Program Officer, Centre for Environment Education (India)

Navneet leads projects focused on community-based climate resilience, environmental governance, and sustainable rural livelihoods. With over nine years of experience in research, programme coordination, and stakeholder engagement. At CEE, he contributed to initiatives including the Delivering…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Noor Ullah

Investment Specialist, ADB

Noorullah is an Investment Specialist at PSOD’s Agri Investment Team covering the Pacific region. His current responsibilities include identifying private sector opportunities to invest in. Noorullah covers both debt and equity investments. Prior to joining ADB in 2019, he worked with Acumen Fund,…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Oliver Chapman

Senior Social Development Specialist, ADB

Oliver’s work focuses on youth engagement and youth employment through ADB’s youth initiative, Youth for Asia, and also on Civil Society Participation. He also supports some of ADB’s work on citizen-led approaches to governance, including from the perspective of encouraging active citizenship in…

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

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 Verwoert

Market Leader, International Development Assistance, GHD Australia

Paul has over 30 years of business development and program management experience in international development assistance in 23 countries. He has worked with DFAT’s largest aid contractors and NGOs in business development roles and as a free-lance consultant. Paul has successfully lead business…

   Topic(s): Public-Private Partnership
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Pelagia Makhauri

Governance and Anti-Corruption Specialist and Project Officer, Council of Europe

Pelagia is a Legal professional with 7+ years of experience in anti-corruption law and policy, human rights, public administration, policy development, good governance, civil participation, digital governance, anti-fraud law, and policy and business integrity. She is also…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Governance and Public Sector Management, Public-Private Partnership, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Phearong Sdeung

Executive Director, Banteay Srei

  Phearong is a woman's rights activist with more than 9 years of working experiences. Phearong is an Executive Director of Banteay Srei Organization. She begins her journey with Banteay Srei in October 2021. Before joining Banteay Srei, she was the Program Manager for Citizen and Youth…

   Topic(s): Civil Society, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action

Piyasiri Wickramasekara

Vice-President (former ILO Migration Specialist), Global Migration Policy Association

Piyasiri Wickramasekara is Vice-President of Global Migration Policy Associates; he is an internationally recognized expert in development, migration, and employment issues. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge (UK). He joined the International Labour Organization in…

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