During his 13 years tenure working at Institute for Information Industry, Gary was directly involved in ICT/DT development or promotional assignments for Africa (Sao Tome & Principe and Kingdom of Eswatini), the Middle East (Kuwait and Qatar) and Southeast Asia (Vietnam and The Philippines). He was posted to Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait (2015-2018) to head the Liaison office jointly established by Kuwait and Taiwan. He was also seconded to Asian Development Bank, The Philippines (2019-2021) as Senior Digital Technology Specialist.

Hyun Joo Youn is a Senior Results Management Specialist at Results Management and Aid Effectiveness Division of the Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department of ADB. She leads several workstreams including the development and roll-out of ADB’s Corporate Results Framework, Theory of Change in the sector and thematic plans, results reporting on ADB’s COVID-19 response. She also provides guidance on developing results framework including project Design and Monitoring Framework. Prior to joining ADB, Ms.

Lan Mercado is the Regional Director for Oxfam in Asia.

Lan is an activist and development worker, with over 30 years of experience working with civil society coalitions, environmental movements, and international women's rights organizations. Since 1999, she’s been with Oxfam, starting as a project officer working directly with women and men supported by Oxfam before gradually progressing to senior leadership. Today, she leads Oxfam in Asia.