Md. Mafizur Rahman is the Managing Director of the Small and Medium Industries Foundation. He is a Former Additional Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh. Md. Mafizur Rahman joined as the Managing Director (MD) of Small and Medium Industries Foundation (SMEF) on 28 December 2020. Prior to joining this post, he was the Director General of Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Center (BITAC) from 27 February 2018 to 31 August 2020. Dr. Rahman was born on 01 September 1971 in an aristocratic Muslim family at Hijla upazila of Barisal district.

Sabyasachi (Saby) Mitra is the Director of Public Management, Financial Sector & Trade Division of the South Asia Department of Asian Development Bank. He has been with ADB for 15 years and specializes mainly in development finance, policy planning, regional cooperation and institutional partnerships.

Anil Kumar Sharma is the Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India. Before taking over as ED, he was headed the Enforcement Department of Reserve Bank of India as Chief General Manager. He has done his Masters in Economics from Doaba College Jalandhar, Punjab and was UGC Fellow at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune before joining RBI in 1986. He holds a Diploma in Treasury and Risk Management and is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. His experience in the Bank lies in the area of management of currency and banking, rural credit, and supervision.

J P R Karunaratne is the Secretary to the Monetary Board and possess over 30 years (1991) experience in the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and at present Assistant Governor in charge of Department of Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Institutions, Regional Development Department, Macroprudential Surveillance Department and Risk Management Department.

Abu Farah Md. Nasser is the Deputy Governor of the Bangladesh Bank. He has been Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank since March 2021. He started his career as Central Banker at Bangladesh Bank in October 1988. With over 32 years of experience in different positions in Bangladesh Bank, he supervised the activities of the Banking Regulation and Policy Department, Department of Off-site Supervision, Department of Banking Inspection, Agricultural Credit Department, SME & Special Programmes Department, etc.

Fatima Javaid is the Joint Director for Infrastructure, Housing and SME Finance Department of the State Bank of Pakistan. Joining the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in October 2005, Ms. Fatima Javaid has a central banking experience of over 16 years. She has vast experience of working in policy, regulations refinance schemes and promotion and development of SME sector and Islamic banking. She is currently working on SME policy and regulations related assignments.

Tim Gould was appointed the Agency' s Chief Energy Economist in 2021. As Chief Energy Economist, he provides strategic advice on energy economics across a wide range of IEA activities and analysis. Mr. Gould is also Head of the Division for Energy Supply and Investment Outlooks, in which capacity he coleads the World Energy Outlook, the IEA' s flagship publication, and oversees the Agency' s work on investment and finance, including the World Energy Investment report.

Kanya is a Senior Trade Specialist at the ADB’s Southeast Asia Department. She joined ADB in 2009 and has worked in the area of regional cooperation and integration in Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining ADB, she served at the ASEAN Secretariat for 13 years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical engineering from the University of Indonesia and master’s in public policy from the National University of Singapore.

David headed the Economics, Strategy, and Planning Unit at ADB’s Cambodia Resident Mission. Before moving to Cambodia, he served as Country Economist in Timor-Leste, leading ADB’s support for poverty reduction, economic diversification, and regional integration. He also worked on private sector development in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific islands and supported ADB’s programs in the Pacific. David studied economics at the University of Nottingham, England, and the University of British Columbia, Canada.

He left his position in ADB in November 2021.