Ao Kong | Lead on Private Sector Partnerships at United Nations

Ms. Ao Kong brings nearly a decade-long progressive international leadership experience in global strategy, impact investing, technology for peace and development, and innovation through multi-sector. Currently, she is the Lead on private sector partnerships for the United Nations Resident Coordinator system which presents in 162 countries and territories to coordinate UN development system support to Governments in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. She is also a 92Y Belfer Center Women in Power leadership Fellow. Previously, she was Chief of Resource Mobilization, Outreach and Strategic Communications at United Nations Technology Bank; and also held various leadership positions in the ESG investing and biotech industry. Ms. Kong is a featured speaker and researcher for global fora including Milken Global Conference, Harvard Business Review, World Economic Forum, IEEE, Association for Computing Machinery, World Health Organization Bulletin, AI for Good. Awarded as “Pacific Delegate” by Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Relations, she has also been a MIT Solve Annual Challenge leader and judge for the previous years.