Hiz Jamali

Hiz Jamali is Senior Climate Change Officer at Asian Development Bank. As a regional climate focal for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Hiz provides technical support to the development, implementation, and coordination of ADB’s climate change agenda. He holds a PhD in climate change from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining ADB, Hiz was as a senior researcher at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia, providing scientific leadership to government and industry partners in environmental, agriculture, and food sectors.

Shahid Tarar

Shahid Tarar brings nearly 20 years’ experience in Sales & Marketing as well as Sourcing, Strategy, Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing. He has been in the rice export business for 20 years and 14 years at the Managing Director of Galaxy Rice Mill. Galaxy is a family owned and run business with a focus on exporting Basmati rice to the European & US market. At Galaxy he has helped to build blue chip export customers in Spain, France, and UK, who service major retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury and M&S.