Dr. Shotaro Sasaki is the Senior Environment Specialist for ADB's Urban and Social Sectors Division in the East Asia Department. He joined ADB in 2005 and worked on energy projects in Central and West Asia such as Afghanistan, environment improvements in South Asia such as India, and in the private sector.

Tanja Kuchenmüller, M.A., M.Sc, coordinates, leads and manages ad interim the Knowledge Management, Evidence and Research for Policy-Making unit (KER); Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation (DIR) at the WHO Regional Office for Europe. DIR/KER has the mandate to support Member States in strengthening capacity for generating health research, following globally-accepted ethics principles, providing access to scientific knowledge and translating the best available evidence into policies and practice.

Dr. Monica Nolan (MBBS, MPH, EIS ’99) grew up in Victoria, obtained her medical degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia and worked in Victoria and the Northern Territory in Australia. While serving remote indigenous communities in Arnhem Land she saw the need to address structural determinants of poor health and wellbeing and was inspired to change curse and pursue a public heath career.

Mr. Rui Liu is a health specialist at ADB, currently outpost to Bangladesh Resident Mission. He is the health focal for Bangladesh ADB Operations, contributing to new project processing, implementation and policy dialogue with the government.

Doctor Chao-Hung Kuo is the current Superintendent of Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital (KMSH).

He is also a Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine at Kaohsiung Medical University where he was a Ph.D. Graduate from the KMU Institute of Clinical Medicine. 

Doctor Chao-Hung Kuo also served as Chief of Digestive Endoscopy Center of KMSH, Chief Executive of Kaohsiung Healthy City Promotion Center, and former Director of Kaohsiung Healthy Harbor City Association.