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Investor & entrepreneur, Sarah is Co-Founder of Beyond The Billion (launched as The Billion Dollar Fund for Women), a global consortium of over 100 venture funds and limited partner investors that have pledged to invest beyond $1 billion towards women-founded companies. To date, the consortium has deployed $638 million and counting into close to 800 women-founded companies, of
Krisila has led a range of engagements around the world that have enabled clients to increase gender equity, generate and measure impact, increase efficiency and scale. Prior to Propelevate, Krisila worked as the Senior Director of Program Services at TechnoServe; Country and Program Director with PSI in the Central African Republic, Guinea, and India; and the Director of
Matthias' research interests include international trade, health, infrastructure financing, and urban economics. He has published ten books, including with Oxford University Press. Matthias' research has appeared in flagship publications of international organizations as well as in books and scientific journals. Before joining ADBI in 2013, he was a Senior Economist at ADBI.
Mr. Xu serves in the ADB education sector group as a member of expert pool in the area of Education Technology, Jeffrey covers ADB’s engagement in education related projects with DMCs, particularly using ICT and education technology to promote education equity, improve efficiency and efficacy in teaching and learning. Jeffrey is an information technology professional with over
Mr. Panth provides technical leadership to the education sector group (ESG) in ADB, leads the preparation of the ESG work plan and facilitates collaboration across sector and technical groups in ADB and with external partners. He has over 25 years of experience in the education sector including sector assessment, project processing, implementation, evaluation, and policy