Tülin’s work with ADB spans 15 years advising Resident Mission Gender Specialists, and managing flagship gender capacity building programs to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in Asia and the Pacific. In 2003 she developed the biannual Results-Based Lateral Learning Program for ADB and its partner agencies, which has facilitated gender mainstreaming in ADB operations in different sectors and thematic areas. In 2014, she launched ADB’s Asia Women Leaders Program which in its fifth year is strengthening and expanding the cadre of women leaders in public administration.

Gita Sen has over 40 years of experience working nationally and internationally on gender equality and women’s human rights. Her work has ranged widely spanning poverty, population policies, human development, labour markets, and women’s health. A citizen of India, she holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University. She is currently Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health at the Public Health Foundation of India.

Rosie is a passionate advocate for human rights, gender equality, and universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. She has over two decades of international development experience, having lived and worked in Indonesia for six years before joining WaterAid Australia at its inception in 2004. She was Director of International Programs prior to becoming Chief Executive in 2016. Rosie’s leadership manifesto focuses on being an authentic servant leader who always pushes herself beyond her comfort zone—this is where Rosie believes she learns most and performs at her best.