Mukhtar Ahmad

An ex-civil servant with over 30 years of experience in public policy formulation and implementation with focus on public sector management, social protection, public health and economic diplomacy; within that, well-honed skills in institutional development, administration, development planning, development finance processing/negotiation and project/program design and implementation. Remained the focal person in the establishment of Pakistan’s largest social safety net, Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). After the govt.

Claire Charamnac

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.

Nadine Poupart

Nadine Poupart is Social Protection Coordinator and Project Manager in the Health and Social Protection Division at Agence française de développement (AFD), an organization that she joined in 2015. Prior to this position, she spent over twenty years at the World Bank where her last assignment was Human Development Coordinator and Senior Economist at the Morocco Country Office.