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Speakers and Panelists
Nepal Investment Summit 2024 / Speakers and Panelists
Rt. Hon'ble. Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda
Prime Minister
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Rabi Lamichhane
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Raghubir Mahaseth
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Narayan Kaji Shrestha
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Government of Nepal
Hon'ble. Sher Bahadur Deuba
Former Prime Minister
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Barsha Man Pun
Minister for Finance
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Jwala Kumari Sah
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Sumana Shrestha
Minister for Education, Science and Technology
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Rekha Sharma
Minister for Communication and Information Technology
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Damodar Bhandari
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Shakti Bahadur Basnet
Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble. Hit Bahadur Tamang
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat
Former Finance Minister & Member of the House of Representatives
Federal Parliament of Nepal
Hon’ble Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha
Vice Chairman
National Planning Commission
Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada
Former Finance Minister
Government of Nepal
Hon’ble Dr. Swarnim Waglé
Member of the House of Representatives
Federal Parliament of Nepal
Hon’ble Prof. Dr. Sangeeta Singh
Member
National Planning Commission
Dr. Baikuntha Aryal
Chief Secretary
Government of Nepal
Mr. Aabhushan Jyoti Kansakar
Executive Member
Nepalese Young Enterepreneurs’ Forum
Mr. Aditya Jha
Chief Executive Officer
DGMarket International Inc.
Mr. Ajay Rao
Regional Managing Director, South Asia
US International Development Finance Corporation, USA
Mr. Amlan Mukherjee
Managing Director
Unilever Nepal Limited
Mr. Anand Bagaria
Managing Director
Nimbus Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Anjan Shrestha
Senior Vice-PresidentFederation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Ms. Anu Joshi Shrestha
Enterprise and Value Chain Development Specialist ICIMOD
Mr. Arjun Kumar Gautam
Chief Executive OfficerHydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited
Mr. Arjun Suwal
Senior Divisional Engineer
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Mr. Arun Dhiman
Cheif Executive Officer
SJVN Arun-3 Power Development Company Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Ashish Garg
Chair, Energy Development Council
Confederation of Nepalese Industries
Ambassador. Atul Keshap
Senior VIce President
South Asia of the US Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Axit Raj Poudyal
Consultant
Investment Board Nepal
Ms. Ayushi Koirala
Consultant
Investment Board Nepal
Mr. Ben Mellor
Regional Director
FCDO
Mr. Bharat Raj Dhakal
Chairman
Muktinath Bikas Bank Limited
Ms. Bhawani Rana
Board Member
Investment Board Nepal
Prof. Dr. Bhola Thapa
Vice-Chancellor
Kathmandu University
Mr. Bhupendra Bhandari
Chairman
Nepal Telecommunications Authority
Mr. Biraj Singh Thapa
Program Lead
Nepal Hydrogen Initiatives
Mr. Birendra Raj Pandey
Vice President
Confederation of Nepalese Industries
Mr. Bishal Thapa
Founder & Chairman
Saral Urja Nepal
Mr. Bishnu Prasad Koirala
Secretary
Office of Chief Minister and Council of Minister, Karnali Province
Mr. Bishow Ram Prajapati
Senior Divisional Engineer
Ministry of Urban Development
Mr. Buddhika Samarasinghe
Vice President and Programme Director
Cadmus London and Invest for Impact Nepal
Mr. Chandra Prasad Dhakal
President
Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry
H. E. Dr. Danielle Meuwly Monteleone
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of Switzerland in Nepal
H.E. Ambassador. Dean R. Thompson
The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal
US Embassy
Dr. Deepak Kumar Kharal
Secretary
Ministry of Forests and Environment
Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi
Director General
Confederation of Nepalese Industries
Ms. Devyani Rajya Laxmi Rana
Vice President Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability
Coca-Cola India and South West Asia
Mr. Dinesh Kumar Ghimire
Former Secretary
Government of Nepal
Mr. Dipesh Bista
Chief Executive Officer
E-Governance Commission, Government of Nepal
Mr. Dushyant Thakor
Deputy Executive Director
World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
Mr. Dzenan Malovic
Senior Energy Specialist, South Asia Region
The World Bank Group
Ms. Edore Onomakpome
Infrastructure Industry Manager, Asia Pacific
International Finance Corporation
Mr. Faris H. Hadad-Zervos
Country Director - Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
The World Bank Group
Dr. Frank Rijsberma
Director General
Global Green Growth Institute
Mr. Gajendra Budathoki
Editor-in-Chief
Taksar Magazine
Dr. Gandi Pandit
Senior Advocate
Gandhi and Associates Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Ganesh Karki
President
Independent Power Producers’ Association Nepal
Mr. Gokarna Awasthi
Director General
Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Mr. Govinda Gurung
Chief Executive Officer
Agriculture Development Bank Limited
Dr. Govinda Prasad Sharma
Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development
Government of Nepal
Sir. Graham Wrigley
Former Chief Executive Officer
British International Investment
Ms. Grishma Pradhan
Attorney- Advisor
Commercial Law Development Program
Mr. Habib Yousuf
Regional Director, South Asia
British International Investment
H.E. Hanaa Singer-Hamdy
UN Resident Coordinator in Nepal
United Nations
Mr. Hari Bhakta Sharma
Executive Director
Deurali-Janta Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Harjinder Kang
HM Trade Commissioner for South Asia and British
Deputy High Commissioner for Western India, UK
Mr. Harkirat Singh Bedi
Business Head
Dabur Nepal Private Limited
Mr. Hem Raj Dhakal
Vice President and Chairman of the Commodity Council
Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Mr. Hemanta Bashyal
Chief Executive Officer
NRN Infrastructure and Development Limited
Mr. Hideo Tsuji
Team Leader / Urban Transport Planning
Kathmandu Valley Urban Transport System Master Plan Project, JICA
Mr. Hou Zhong
Managing Director
Sinohydro Sagarmatha Power Company
Mr. Jabbor Kayumov
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Ncell Axiata Limited
Mr. Jae Hyung Kwon
Head, India Office
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, The World Bank Group
Mr. James Naughton
Head, Development Finance and Investment
DAI, UK
Mr. Md. Jasmin Uddin
President
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Saarc Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr. Jason Ving
Sustainability Partnerships Lead
Chief Sustainability Office, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
Ms. Juna Mathema
Chairperson, Startup & Innovation Forum
Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Ms. Jyoti Bisbey
Executive Board Member & Advisor on Green Infrastructure and PPPs
World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP)
Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Agrawal
President
Nepal Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Karthik Appadurai
ICT Expert
DTT India
Mr. Ken Shimizu
FAO Representative in Nepal and Bhutan
FAO
Mr. Khem Raj Regmi
Hydropower Engineer
Department of Electricity Development
Mr. Krishna Bahadur Raut
Secretary
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Mr. Kul Man Ghising
Managing Director
Nepal Electricity Authority
Ms. Latika Golyan
Managing Director
Lekali Dog Chew Nepal
Mr. Lokman Hossain Miah
Executive Chairman
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority
H.E. Luo Zhaohui
Chairman
China International Development Cooperation Agency
Mr. Madhu Kumar Marasini
Secretary
Ministry of Finance
Mr. Maha Prasad Adhikari
Governor
Nepal Rastra Bank
Mr. Manohar Das Mool
Executive Member
Nepal Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Manohar Kumar Bhattarai
ICT Expert
Mr. Mark Giblett
Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist
The World Bank Group
Mr. Martin Holtmann
Country Manager - Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal
International Finance Corporation
Mr. Martin Raiser
South Asia Regional Vice President
The World Bank Group
Mr. Michael Croft
Representative to Nepal
UNESCO
Dr. Naresh Bana
Chairperson, South Asia Chapter
World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP)
H.E. Ambassador. Naveen Srivastava
Ambassador of India to Nepal
Ms. Navita Srikant
International Development Expert
Mr. Pawan Bhattarai
Senior Divisional Engineer
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Mr. Pawan Golyan
Chairman
Golyan Groups
Mr. Phanindra Gautam
Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Government of Nepal
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Shrestha
Managing Director
Panchakanya Group
Mr. Pravesh Rijal
Head, Quantitative Strategies
Cross River Bank
Mr. Pushpa Raj Acharya
Communications & Stakeholder Relations Consultant
Investment Board Nepal
Mr. Rabi Rayamajhi
Country Representative
British International Investment
Mr. Radhesh Pant
Former Chief Executive Officer
Investment Board Nepal
Ms. Radhika Lal
SDG Finance Policy Advisor
UNDP
Mr. Rahul Chaudhary
Managing Director and CEO
CG Crops Global And CG Hospitality
Mr. Rajat Misra
Acting Vice President
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Dr. Rajeev Singh
Director General
Indian Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Rajendra Kandel
Acting director
Human Resource and Finance Department at the Industrial District Management Limited
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Agrawal
President
Confederation of Nepalese Industries
Mr. Rameshore Khanal
Former Secretary
Government of Nepal
Ms. Ranjeeta Acharya
Consultant
Investment Board Nepal
Mr. Ren Xingwen
Full-Time Deputy Secretary General of the Party Committee
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration
Commission of Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China
Ms. Rita Bastakoti
Representative
National Farmers Group Federation
Ms. Rita Bhandary
Immediate Chair
CNI Women Leadership Forum
Mr. Rodrigo Pereira Porto
Senior Financial Sector Consultant
The World Bank Group
Mr. Roshan Cooke
Country Director, Bhutan & Nepal
International Fund for Agricultural Development Mr. Roshan Cooke has over 25 years of experie
Ms. Sabnam Shivakoti Aryal
Joint Secretary, Agriculture & Livestock Business Promotion Division
Government of Nepal
Mr. Sagar Raj Goutam
Joint Secretary Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation,
Government of Nepal
Mr. Samir Newa
Managing Director
The Organic Valley Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Samrath Mogha
President Mogha
Energy & Subsidiaries
Mr. Santosh Rai
Senior Officer and Project Manager
AEPC
Mr. Shailesh Kumar Thapa
Senior geologist and director
Dhaubadi Iron Company Limited
Mr. Shankar Shaud
Hydropower Engineer
Department of Electricity Development
Ms. Shova Gyawali
President
Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs’ Associations of Nepal
Ms. Shradha Shrestha
Manager
Nepal Tourism Board
Ms. Shreejana Rana
President
Nepal India Chamber of Commerce and Industries
Mr. Siddartha Raja
Senior Digital Development Specialist
The World Bank Group
Mr. Siddhant Raj Pandey
Chief Executive Officer
Business Oxygen
Ms. Sujata Gupta
Director South Asia – Energy
Asian Development Bank
Ms. Sumnima Udas
Founder & Executive Director
Lumbini Museum
Mr. Supratim Dutta
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
ITC Limited
Dr. Surendra Raj Joshi
Coordinator
Himalayan Resilience Enabling Action Programme (HI-REAP), ICIMOD
Prof. Dr. Surya Raj Acharya
Infrastructure Expert
Mr. Sushil Bhatta
Chief Executive Officer
Investment Board Nepal
Mr. Sushil Sharma
Chairman and Managing Director Designate
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN)
Mr. Takeo Koike
Regional Head, Private Sector Development, South Asia
Department Asian Development Bank
Mr. Tapendra Chand
Consultant
Investment Board Nepal
Mr. Tenzin Sonam Gonsar
Chief Executive Officer
Team Ventures
Mr. Tidiane Kinda
Deputy Division Chief and Mission Chief
International Monetary Fund
Mr. Tim Gocher OBE
Founder and CEO
Dolma Impact Fund
Ms. Tripti Kharel
Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board, Government of Nepal
Mr. Tulu Kami Thing Tamang
Yak Chesse Producer & Exporter
Mr. Umesh Gupta
Executive Director
Industrial Enterprise Development Institute
Mr. Umesh Prasad Singh
President
Federation of Nepal Cottage & Small Industries
Mr. Vibek Gupta
Consultant
Investment Board Nepal
Ms. Vidushi Rana
Executive Director
Goldstar Shoes
Mr. Vijay Shrestha
Vice-President- Administration
Himalaya Airlines
Mr. Vinod Kumar Anand Juneja
Vice President
SAARC, Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr. Yingming Yang
Vice President
Asian Development Bank
Mr. Youngjin Hong
Managing Director
Nepal Water and Energy Development Company
Mr. Ziad Alexandre Hayek
President
World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP)
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