Khanna obtained her PhD and MS from the University of California, Berkeley. For research, she has worked on diverse topics ranging from technology adoption and agro-environmental policy analysis, voluntary approaches to environmental protection and the land use, market and greenhouse gas implications of biofuels.

Ruschpler joined the Funding Division of the Treasury Department in November 2015 and is primarily responsible for monitoring, evaluating and executing funding opportunities in various capital markets as part of the ADB’s annual borrowing program. Prior to joining the Asian Development Bank, he worked as a Senior Treasury Officer at the African Development Bank (AfDB) where he managed and executed its annual borrowing program and spearheaed the development of AfDB’s Green Bond program.

Roderick Ruhl studied Planetary and Geological Sciences at University College London before studying Economics at London School of Economics and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He worked several years in business consulting at Accenture advising Oil, Gas and Energy clients how technology is expected to transform their industry before working at numerous start-ups for the past 10 years. He is founder of GDI (UK) and NexDrone, advising governments and infrastructure companies on harnessing geospatial and drone data to improve their operations. 

Sarkar is D. Phil in the Economics of Cluster Development. He has 25 years of experience in industrial development, with special reference to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). He specializes in competitiveness, poverty alleviation, sustainable development and innovation for MSMEs in clusters. He has done/supported in creating over 200 MSME cluster diagnostic studies, analysis of MSME finances, over 100 value chain mapping, cluster mapping in four countries and led over 25 cluster development projects in India and rest of the world.

Arif Patail is also a Council Member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and within FMM, she is the Chairman of Malaysian Ceramic Industrial Group and the Chairman of the Energy Management Committee. Additionally, she is also a trustee of the National Heart Institute Foundation.

Conn has been a long-term resident of PNG since 1977, when he arrived as a volunteer teacher in Manus Province. After a career in teaching and running his own business for 15 years he became involved with the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1988. He has over 27 years’ experience with the Chamber and now provides full-time management services to the POMCCI Bizcentre as CEO. He is currently the host of Business Plus, a regular business and current affairs programme, on the new TV station, TVWAN.

Limcaoco was previously the ICats Investment Associate Fellow of the LGT Venture Philanthropy, and has also worked as a finance consultant for Rags2Riches Inc. He worked as Senior Associate, Investment Banking and Capital Markets Department at the Amalgamated Investment Bancorporation from 2007 to 2011. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management.  

Drew graduated with an MA in Economics from Cambridge University in England and is also qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He started his banking career more than 20 years ago in London and after working in rapidly emerging Latin America and on capital intensive transactions in the Middle East has been based in Hong Kong, China since 1997.

Upadhyay heads the environmental Services and is responsible for promoting environmental sustainability across the Tata Group by driving various initiatives such as Water Footprint Assessment, Low Carbon strategy and Energy management, Natural Capital Valuation and concept of Circularity. She has over 22 years’ experience encompassing Operations, Technology Development and Product Application. Before joining the Tata Sustainability Group, she was a part of the Climate Change and Sustainability cluster at Tata Quality Management Services, a division of Tata Sons.

He has more than 20 years of experiences in policy study, planning and project consultancy in the field of energy conservation, low carbon development and green finance. As team leader, he completed a number of technical assistance projects supported by the World Bank, ADB, United Nations Industrial Development Organization and other international institutions. He holds an MBA in University of Liverpool and a Master in Engineering.