Ayah Shashaa works with governments and foundations globally on large-scale national capability-building programs, to upskill thousands of learners in the latest technologies from Silicon Valley. 

Unika works on the education and skills sectors in South Asia. Prior to joining ADB, she worked with the World Bank education team for three years, most recently on the flagship World Development Report 2018 on education in which she assessed the role played by inherent system complexities as well as political economy forces in implementing education policies and programs. She has extensive experience conducting analytical research to answer policy-relevant questions, notably on school governance and financing, social security, and financial inclusion.

Lasse Leponiemi is a Partner and the Head of Operations at HundrED, a company focusing on educational innovations. He is also supporting Idealist Group as the Head of Operations.

Lucia manages Malala Fund's research and policy analysis programmes, informing organisational advocacy and thought leadership in girls' education.

Dr. Roshan Shrestha is the Deputy Director, Global Growth and Opportunity Division, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WSH) team of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He also led the Urban Sanitation Market Initiative of the WSH that deals with scaling City Wide Inclusive Sanitation and Non-sewered Sanitation globally through demonstration, capacity building, advocacy as well as mobilizing resources from development banks and development partners.