Lesly Goh
Scientist, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS & Former CTO,
WORLD BANK GROUP, Indonesia
Lesly Goh is a scientist at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) and former CTO of the World Bank Group, operating at the intersection of technology, policy, and development finance. She specializes in agricultural innovation, food security, climate challenges in developing economies. Her work focuses on advancing sustainable food systems through climate-smart agriculture, evidence-based policy, and the responsible deployment of AI. Lesly is an advocate for ecosystem approaches that align technological innovation with local realities to deliver impact at scale.