Rajib Ghosal has 27 years of progressively responsible technical and managerial experience working on humanitarian response, development, climate change, and environmental sustainability. He currently serves as Regional Senior Technical Advisor, Climate Change and Child Poverty, for Save the Children International’s Asia Regional Office. Previously, he worked with leading international, inter-governmental, non-profit, treaty-based organizations and multilateral development banks including the Green Climate Fund, United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Office for Project Services, CARE International; Aga Khan Foundation; Natural Resources International, Asian Forest Cooperation Organization, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Child Rights and You. Rajib holds a Master’s in International Relations from the University of Bristol and a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Hamline University. Rajib is a cross-thematic, cross-functional, and innovative professional who led or supported large-scale projects on climate change, resilient livelihoods, gender equality and social inclusion, environmental and social safeguards, community-driven development, child protection, disaster management, and other related topics.

Dr. Cheikh Mbacké Faye is a Researcher-Statistician and Public Health Specialist. He is currently the Director of the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) Regional Office in West Africa based in Dakar, Senegal. He also leads the Countdown 2030 Initiative for APHRC, a multi-institution collaborative that calls for the accountability of governments and development partners, identifies knowledge gaps, and proposes new actions for universal coverage of women's, children's, and adolescents' health. Dr. Faye completed his doctoral research in public health from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, presenting in-depth work on the determinants of stunting and child linear growth among children under five living in Nairobi’s informal settlements. He holds a Master’s degree in Statistics from the Houari Boumediene University of Sciences and Technology (Algiers, Algeria). Cheikh's experience includes research on reproductive health, local development, and poverty, and he is passionate about data discoverability and open research. He led the development of the APHRC Microdata Portal, an Open Data platform where high quality research data on health, population, education, and urbanization are made publicly and freely available to the research community.