Kanni Wignaraja is U.N. assistant secretary-general and director of the U.N. Development Program's Asia and the Pacific bureau. Peter Babej is Citigroup's Asia-Pacific chief executive.
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Kanni Wignaraja is U.N. assistant secretary-general and director of the U.N. Development Program's Asia and the Pacific bureau. Peter Babej is Citigroup's Asia-Pacific chief executive.