ADB Experts

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Name Position Expertise Department
Ahmad, Nessim J. Director, Environment and Safeguards concurrently Practice Leader (Environment)
Environment
Environment and Social Safeguard Policies
Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Environment and Social Safeguard Division
Akamatsu, Noritaka Deputy Head, OREI (Office of Regional Economic Integration), concurrently Chair, Financial Sector COP
Economics
Monetary Economics
Finance
Financial Markets
Financial Sector Regulation
Governance and public sector management
Public Financial Management
Office of Regional Economic Integration
Barseghyan, Areg Senior Country Coordination Officer, Armenia Resident Mission
Energy
Transport and ICT
 Armenia Resident Mission
Bhandari, Preety M. Principal Climate Change Specialist Climate change Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Bhushan, Indu Deputy Director General, Strategy and Policy Department; concurrent Director, Strategy, Policy and Interagency Relations Division; and Chair, Health Sector Communities Of Practice
Capacity development
Aid Effectiveness and Development Effectiveness
Strategic Planning and Management
Strategy and Policy Department; Strategy, Policy and Interagency Relations Division
Britton, Neil Principal Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department Disaster Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Buentjen, Claudia Principal Country Specialist, Philippines Country Office
Economics
International Economics
Macro-economics
Governance and public sector management
Public Sector Reform
Philippines Country Office
Fernandez Lommen, Yolanda Principal Economist, PRC Resident Mission Economics PRC Resident Mission
Gupta, Sujata Director, Office of Cofinancing Operations
Climate change
Climate change mitigation policies and mechanisms
Energy
Clean energy and renewable energy development
Finance
Infrastructure Finance
Private Sector Operations Department, Private Sector Operations Coordination
Handayani, Sri Wening Principal Social Development Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Social development and protection
Jain, Neeraj K. Country Director, Philippines Country Office Economics Philippines Country Office
Kim, Gil-Hong Director
Energy
Governance and public sector management
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
Transport and ICT
Urban development
Water supply and sanitation
 Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Lateef, Shireen Senior Advisor (Gender), Office of the Vice-President for Knowledge Management
Education
Gender
 Office of the Vice-President (Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development)
Leather, James Principal Transport Specialist, RSID and Co-Chair, Transport CoP, Regional and Sustainable Development Department Transport and ICT Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Leung, Amy S.P. Director, Urban Development and Water Division, Southeast Asia Department Urban development Southeast Asia Department
Lincklaen Arriens, Wouter T. Lead Water Resources Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Sustainable Infrastructure Division
Water supply and sanitation
Water Resources
Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Sustainable Infrastructure Division
Lindfield, Michael R. Lead Professional (Urban Development)
Economics
Economic and Financial Analysis
Urban development
Urban and Regional Planning
Regional and Sustainable Development
Menon, Jayant Lead Economist, Office of Regional Economic Integration
Regional cooperation and integration
Regional Economic Integration
Office of Regional Economic Integration
Morris, Christopher I. Head, NGO and Civil Society Center, Public Management Governance and Participation Division, Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Governance and public sector management
Nongovernment/Civil Society Organizations
Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Public Management Governance and Participation Division
Moser, Patricia Co-Chair, Health COP Health Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Nicoll, Sandra Director, Public Management, Governance and Participation Division, concurrently Practice Leader for Public Management and Governance, Regional and Sustainable Development Department Governance and public sector management Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Public Management Governance and Participation Division
Ogawa, Noriko Advisor, Strategy and Policy Department and Concurrent Head, Results Management Unit, Strategy and Policy Department
Capacity development
Strategic Planning and Management
Strategy and Policy Department
Park, Cyn-Young Assistant Chief Economist
Economics
Macro-economics
Finance
International Finance
Economics Research Department
Park, Donghyun Principal Economist, Macroeconomics and Finance Research Division, Economics and Research Department Economics Economics and Research Department, Macroeconomics and Finance Research Division
Reardon, Thomas Professor Agriculture and natural resources Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University