Gilles Mettetal

Mr Mettetal is the Chairman of the Investment Committee of Diligent Capital Partners, a Private Equity Fund also based in Ukraine. He is also a member of the supervisory board of Nibulon and of Astarta, two leading agribusiness companies in Ukraine. In addition he is a senior agribusiness advisor the Asian Development Banks and he has been advising the African Development Bank and  as well as for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Fabio Massimo Pallottini

Born in Rome on August 28, 1959. Graduated in Jurisprudence with economic address at the University La Sapienza of Rome.

Economist, expert in economic and territorial problems development, he has developed a consistent administrative and managerial experience.

Since 2014 he is the Managing Director of CAR Scpa, the company that built, owns and manages the Centro Agroalimentare Roma, the first Italian structure in the sector. In this capacity he is responsible for the management of the structure and ensures its productive and economic results.

WEBINAR 1: Taking a Fresh Look at How We Fix Sanitation

Lack of access to safe, adequate, and affordable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services has a devastating effect on the health, dignity, and prosperity of billions of people across Asia and the Pacific. More than 55% of the region’s population will live in cities by 2030. With higher population densities and urban expansion, managing the vast amounts of human waste is becoming ever more challenging.

Nina Brander

Nina Brander is a pedagogical expert on several cutting-edge projects for the Education Division of the City Turku. Nina has been teaching Biology and Geography in Upper Secondary Schools of Turku for twenty-five years. She is also involved in national curriculum work in Finnish National Agency for Education and a Geography textbook writer.

Olli Pekanheimo

Olli Pekanheimo is a physicist and an experienced teacher. He has been teaching science-related subjects at a lower secondary school for 15 years. For the past two years Pekanheimo has been moonlighting as the STEAM pedagogical expert in charge of the whole comprehensive school in the city of Turku.

Riikka Vuorinen

Riikka Vuorinen is a master of early childhood education. She is a kindergarten teacher and has worked five years in functional preschool group (year before the Finnish comprehensive school). For the past three years she has been working as project coordinator in different (ece/kindergarten) learning environment development projects and STEAM Turku project.