Wendy Walker, Chief of ADB’s Social Development Thematic Group, discusses social development and poverty challenges in developing Asia and how ADB is helping through financing and knowledge sharing.
Dave Woodward is LinkedIn’s Vice President, Regional General Counsel and Head of Public Policy for the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Singapore, he leads a multi-disciplinary team of legal and government relations professionals helping to achieve LinkedIn’s vision of creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Prior to relocating to Singapore for
Brigitte is tasked to contribute to the financial management of disaster and climate risk across ADB’s developing member countries by working with ADB’s operational departments to prepare and implement respective solutions. Her primary responsibilities include developing disaster and climate risk financing approaches, conducting disaster risk assessments and providing policy
Alexander specializes in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). His primary work areas include private sector cooperation in TVET, institutional eco-systems and green labor markets. Prior to joining ADB, he was a project manager at the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) where he worked on a variety of TVET topics across Southeast Asia including the ASEAN