Claire Charamnac is a Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses on gender and transport, health and water and urban development.

She has over a decade of experience in gender mainstreaming and implementing programs with a focus on women and girls. Prior to joining ADB, she worked for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the World Bank Group and Catholic Relief Services.

Anand Ramesh Kumar is a Social Development Specialist – (focusing on social protection) working with ADB’s Human and Social Development Sector Office. His focus areas include digital social protection and services, and adaptive and shock responsive social protection. Previously, he worked as an independent consultant supporting various development partners and countries in Asia and Africa on the design, implementation and capacity development of social protection initiatives. Prior to that he was Principal Consultant with the Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship in India.

Namrata Saraogi is a Social Sector Specialist working with the Education Practice Team of the Asian Development Bank. Her focus is on strengthening education systems across the Asia and Pacific region. Prior to ADB, she worked with several national and international organizations like UNICEF, World Bank, among others on a range of research and operational projects in education and social protection across East Asia and Pacific, Africa, Middle East, and South Asia. Namrata holds an M.Sc.

Alanna Jayne Inserra is a Senior Social Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank's Fragility and Engagement Division. Seconded from Plan International, Alanna leads ADB's work on meaningful youth engagement with a focus on empowering young people, particularly marginalized young people, in climate action.

His first assignment as missionary to Papua New Guinea was in Ambunti (1987-1988) as Parish Priest of the said parish from 1989-1995. In October 1995 he was assigned to the Divine Word Institute in Madang as President. Under his leadership the Institute evolved into Divine Word University of which he was the funding President until 2016.

Heenaben associated with SEWA for more than 20 years and, under her leadership, 62840 women have strengthened their work, income and social security  through strengthening their trades and bringing grassroot women to mainstream market.  She has been the main contributor for strengthening the value chain of the salt workers and helped the salt workers to come out of drudgery. She had been the lead implementer of the bringing in Green Energy leading to increased / improved livelihoods and social security for thousands of salt workers and small and marginal farmers.