Following an extensive career focusing on environment and development in government and international organizations, Erik Solheim was elected to become Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme on May 13, 2016. Prior to joining UNEP, Solheim was the chair of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Sanjaasuren is a Member of the Parliament of Mongolia. She was elected first in 1998 and has been re-elected in the terms of 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. She served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during 2007-2008 and Minister of Environment and Green Development during 2012-2014. During the term of 2004-2008, she respectively held the positions of Vice-Speaker of the Parliament, Leader of the Democratic Coalition Parliamentary Caucus and Chairman of Sub-Committee on Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction.

You has been with ADB since 1993 when he joined as a Young Professional. He subsequently worked in the Office of the General Counsel for 13 years and then served as the Senior Advisor to the Managing Director General. Before joining ADB, he was a banking and corporate associate in law firms in New York City and Seoul, Republic of Korea. He is a member of the New York Bar, and is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B. in Economics) and Harvard Law School. 

Chan is also a co-founder of Cleantech Marketplace Forum and Green Trade Hub, an O2O platform for B2C and B2B eco-products plugging them into the East Asia Business Exchange. Chan is a practicing management consultant and a certified Green Productivity Consultant and Trainer by APO. He is an accredited trainer and serves on the advisory board of WIPO Green, and as ADB Senior Green Business Development Advisor (Consultant) for its Green Business Forum.

Locsin assumed the position of Director General at the SDCC in July 2014. Prior to this, she assumed various positions including Head of the Office of Co-financing Operations (OCO); Deputy Director-General, South Asia Department; Deputy Director-General, RSDD; and Director of OCO. Prior to joining ADB in 1997, she worked at the International Finance Corporation, United States, and the World Bank for 7 years.

Ponzi has, for more than 30 years, worked in the field of environment policy and management as staff and consultant for various international organizations and Italian companies including academes and NGOs. He joined ADB in 1995, and is currently the Technical Advisor (Environment) and Chair, Environment Thematic Group Committee. In his 18 years with ADB, Ponzi has worked in several departments and held a wide range of responsibilities covering the Bank corporate strategic green growth and environment agenda, and associated policies and knowledge management for green growth.

Lopez is an environmentalist and has initiated Bantay Bata 163, the country’s first media-based hotline. In 1997, Bantay Bata was the United Nations Grand Awardee for Excellence besting 187 countries. She qalso spearheaded Bantay Kalikasan, for which she received the 1997 International Public Relations Award of Excellence for the Environment and Outstanding Manilans Award for the Environment, 2009. For Sineskwela, Lopez was honored with the Unesco Kalinga Award, the first Southeast Asian to earn this distinction.

Leung has over 20 years of experience in water and urban development. She was chair of ADB’s in-house Water Community of Practice from 2008 to 2014. Her expertise includes urban planning, water and sustainable development, public-private partnerships, and green cities. Leung’s work in ADB allowed her to complement her expertise with onthe-ground work on project design and implementation covering urban development and water management projects, as well as direct involvement in policy discussions with government and development partners.

Bauer is Principal Economist in ADB’s Sustainable Development Department, a think tank department on sector and cross cutting thematic issues, where he is heading the poverty and inclusive growth team. He also coordinates the Inclusive Business initiative of ADB, in cooperation with ADB’s private sector investment department. Mr. Bauer works with ADB since 1995 in knowledge, strategy, and operations departments. He also managed various poverty funds in ADB. Mr. Bauer, a German national, has a Ph.D. in development economics, a M.A. in Political Economy, and a B.A. in Administrative Science.