Ms Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed is Director of Research, Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS), Hong Kong. Ms Ahmed has extensive experience in research and analysis across public finance, public policy, and economics in the non-profit and for-profit sectors. She has worked for the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit at the World Bank, for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and for the New York City Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget under Mayor Bloomberg. She has also taught Economics to undergraduate and MBA students.