Angus Scrimgeour is the founder and president of the International Association for Digital Publications, a British charity that provides eBooks and other e-learning resources for university students in developing countries. He served as vice president of the World Bank Group and as chief financial officer of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Scrimgeour was also a member of the Knowledge and Learning Council and is the former vice president of Citibank.

Aniket Shah is the program leader for sustainable finance at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He is seconded from Investec Asset Management, a leading emerging markets investment firm, where he was global strategist.

Anila Qehaja leads UNDP’s assessments and digital solutions team, supporting governments and country offices in generating timely, actionable data for crisis recovery. Her work has supported emergency planning, reconstruction, and livelihood restoration in over 60 countries. She is a Fulbright scholar and holds degrees from The George Washington University and Rochester Institute of Technology.

Anir Chowdhury is the policy advisor of Access to Information in Bangladesh, a UNDP and USAID-supported program run by the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh. In this capacity, he leads the formation of a whole-of-society innovation ecosystem in Bangladesh through massive technology deployment, extensive capacity development, integrated policy formulation, whole-of-government institutional reform and an innovation fund. He has also co-founded several software and service companies in the U.S. and Bangladesh focused on enterprise management and IT strategy for Fortune 500 corporations.

Aniruddha Dasgupta is the global director of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, WRI’s program that galvanizes action to help cities grow more sustainably and improve quality of life in developing countries around the world. Ani guides WRI Sustainable Cities in developing environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable solutions to improve people’s quality of life in developing cities.

Anirudh Poddar is the manager of nutrition commodities at Sight and Life, where he contributes to strategy and implementation pertaining to health industry supply chains and improves the accessibility and affordability of nutritious foods and micronutrient supplementation among vulnerable communities. Though he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering, his interest in nutrition led him to work with PwC and Procter & Gamble, before joining Sight and Life.

Anirudha Nagar is a human rights lawyer and communities co-director for Accountability Counsel, which supports communities to defend their environmental and human rights. Through its communities program, Accountability Counsel is advising communities in Jharkhand, India, on the World Bank’s Inspection Panel process.

Anissa Toscano is vice president for humanitarian leadership and response at Mercy Corps. With 27 years of experience in humanitarian and development contexts, she has worked with a range of organizations including the U.K. government's Department for International Development, United Nations, NGOs, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Anita Bhatia is assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships at UN Women. Ms. Bhatia has had a distinguished career at The World Bank Group, serving in various senior leadership and management positions, both at headquarters and in the field. She brings extensive experience in the area of strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and management.

Anita Makri is a freelance writer/journalist, producer, and editorial adviser specializing in global development and science in society, drawing from 25 years of experience across sectors. She is based in London and has produced stories from Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Her work has been published in The Guardian, National Geographic, Nature, SciDev.Net, and Undark, among others. Before going freelance Anita held senior editorial positions and in 2020, founded WorldWise on Substack, a newsletter for discerning readers and producers of journalism on global issues.