Samantha Hung is the Director of Gender Equality at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where she provides leadership for advancing gender equality across all aspects of ADB operations and knowledge work. Samantha has many years of experience in gender equality at project, program and policy levels across Asia and the Pacific. Before joining ADB in 2009, she held various gender specialist roles, including for the New Zealand Agency for International Development, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, UNICEF, UK Institute of Development Studies, and Australian Government Office for Women. Samantha has Honors Law and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne, and a Master’s in Public Policy (International Development) from RMIT University. She also possesses a postgraduate qualification in human resources management from CIPD, UK.