Kunal Walia

Kunal Walia is a Partner in New Delhi and works across essential issues related to financial inclusion, investing for development, and technology for good. Kunal has over 15 years of experience advising commercial and impact investors, philanthropies, the private sector, and NGOs across these issues. He has been working closely with ADB over the last 5 years to identify opportunities within India's WASH sector.

Sharon Lesa

Sharon Lesa is the Wastewater Engineer for the Samoa Water Authority (SWA). Sharon’s time at SWA is mostly spent on water and wastewater projects ranging from design, planning, process control, and smart systems to improve service delivery. Sharon graduated from the University of Sydney with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Hons).

Toilet Talk: How to Create Transformative Global Movement on Sanitation

Access to water and sanitation services should be a basic human right. Yet this is not the case for billions of people worldwide. In observance of UN World Toilet Day 2022, the Asian Development Bank organized a "Toilet Talk" webinar with the Founder of the World Toilet Organization (WTO), Jack Sim, to talk about how transformative global movement on sanitation can be achieved through effective communication and storytelling.

Tom Rankin

Tom is Senior WASH Advisor at Plan International Australia and is a qualified engineer with over 16 years of experience managing WASH and engineering projects across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa.  Tom provides program management and technical support to Plan International country office teams and partners with a current focus on the Pacific region.   

 

Brian Quan Inomea

Brian Quan Inomea is the Sanitation Construction Officer for Plan International (SI) Urban WASH project. Brian is an accomplished construction designer, who enjoys using his skills to contribute to the exciting sanitation activities that happen every day at Plan International (SI). Brian graduated from the Fiji National University of Building, Science, and Technology in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.