Public Seminar: Investing in Gender Equality for a Sustainable Future for All

GEAC 2023 Member and the Co-Founder of Sehati TeleCTG. Sehati TeleCTG is a medical technology company that develops software and IoMT hardware to assist in providing equal access and opportunity to quality women and children healthcare. Sehati TeleCTG is built as the foundation that enables lower cost, high quality, standardized and value-based healthcare which can be experienced by every woman, children and family – an innovation that is useful for effective and efficient healthcare financing and operations through demand planning and predictive analysis. The innovation has earned her acknowledgement as "50 Women in Tech" and drive her to aim more on the policy side to further strengthen impactful Public Private Partnership.

CEO of Shibusawa and Company, Inc., a strategic advisory firm for alternative investments, ESG/SDGs alignment and human resource development. Ken Shibusawa also founded Commons Asset Management in 2008, a mutual fund dedicated to deliver long term investment opportunities to the Japanese household. He has extensive market experience at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs as well as Moore Capital, a global macro hedge fund, where he was the Representative Managing Director of the Tokyo Office. He is also Director of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), advisor to the Office of the President, Co-chair of Impact Investment Initiative (Triple I) for Global Health, steering group member of UNDP SDG Impact, and member of Council of New Capitalism, established by Prime Minister Kishida.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SEWA Grih Rin Limited (Sitara). Shruti Gonsalves has over 21 years of expertise in project finance, appraisal, monitoring and evaluation and development financing, largely in the domain of microfinance and capacity building. She has extensive experience of working with various government ministries both at central and state level, financial institutions, multilateral and bilateral agencies in the area of development finance and financial inclusion, She has dedicated to setting up innovative financial services mechanisms which enable sustainable livelihoods, especially for low-income families and the women working in informal sectors.

GEAC 2023 Member and Regional Director for UN Women in East and Southern Africa Regional Office. Maxime Houinato is leading the UN Women's efforts to promote gender equality and empower women in Africa. Prior to joining the UN, between 2000 and 2008, Dr. Houinato held the roles of Deputy Regional Director (West Africa), and Regional Director (Southern Africa) for Oxfam UK. He is a charismatic speaker and has collaborated with various organisations, including UNDP, ILO, and AfDB. At GEAC, he specifically contributes Gender Data to support economic and social policy. He holds a PhD in Applied Sociology, an MBA and a Certificate in Sustainability and Social Impact.

GEAC 2023 Member, GEAC 2021 Chair, and Deputy Chair of British Council. Sarah Sands has edited two British newspapers, The Sunday Telegraph and The Evening Standard and was a former editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme. She is an honorary fellow of Goldsmiths College, University of London and of Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge. She has been a trustee of Index on Censorship. She is currently a board member of the Berkeley Group, a board member of Channel 4, a partner at Hawthorn Advisors and a trustee of the Science Museum Group.