Prof. Bakhadir Suyunovich Mirzaev is the rector of the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers National Research University (TIIAME NRU). He was appointed to the position in 2019 and is the first rector of the university since it was granted national research university status.

Dr. Kim served as president of the Korea Rural Economic Institute and is currently a visiting scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Centre. He was recently appointed as a subcommittee chairman of the Presidential Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Policy. He is particularly interested in promoting agricultural human resources in DMC's and is committed to building a global high-tech agricultural network.
 

Yee Ler Lau leads Tencent’s public affairs and policy work in Southeast Asia. He oversees the company’s engagements with governments and other partners on programmes and policy developments to promote the positive impact of technology on the economy and community. 

Prior to Tencent, Mr Lau spent eight years with the Singapore Foreign Service and worked on cross-cutting issues including foreign policy, economic partnerships, and security. He also served as a diplomat at the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta.

Ms. Nandita Ganapathy serves as Partner & Head, Investor Relations at Kaizenvest. Prior to joining Kaizenvest, Nandita spent nine years at Northern Arc Capital. Nandita has twenty years of experience in financial services with global and Indian Financial Institutions such as ICICI Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. She has a Bachelors degree in Commerce from Mumbai University.
 

Stanley is senior director and lead for the international team at Temasek Foundation. He drives programmes to deliver the mission, mandate and impact of the foundation in South-east, Asia and beyond to develop programmes on capability-building in education, health, urban design and governance.

Fahad joined EAA in December 2012 as the director of administration and finance, where he successfully set up the foundation’s management system and was involved in developing its first strategy plan and three- to five-year business plan. Fahad is active in the foundation’s resource mobilisation plan and leads the establishment of EAA’s international entity in the United Kingdom.

Shri Nilambuj Sharan is currently working as Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). He is Indian Economic Service officer of 1993 batch. He is in the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India.

During close to three decades as member of Indian Economic Service, served in various capacities in the Government of India in the erstwhile Planning Commission and Ministries of Social Justice & Empowerment, Food and Public Distribution and Health & Family Welfare.

Christina Kwauk is a gender, education, and climate specialist. She is co-editor of Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action: Toward an SDG 4.7 Roadmap for Systems Change and co-author of “The new green learning agenda: Approaches to quality education for climate empowerment.”
 

Lisa Lahalih has over 15 years of experience in education, as a teacher and development professional.  At ADB, Lisa manages the Access to Primary and Secondary Education Sustained project in Afghanistan. Prior to joining ADB, Lisa worked for USAID and the World Bank and managed projects with a focus on system-wide education reform, teacher professional development, workforce development, and education policy development in the Middle East and North Africa Region and Central Asia Region.