Galiya Ismakova

Currently assigned to the Papua New Guinea Resident mission to provide procurement support to Papua New Guinea, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic Of Marshall Islands. Galiya has over 30 years of management consulting, contract management and procurement experience, with responsibilities ranging from heading ADB”s Consulting Services Unit and two out of five regional procurement teams. Galiya is an expert in improvement of procurement systems, with track record of digital transformation of consulting recruitment from multiple siloed applications to ADB’s Consultant Management System.

Galiya is leading e-procurement agenda, supervising Regional Technical Assistance project for Strengthening Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network. She organized 8 conferences of Asia Pacific Public Electronic Procurement Network and is currently busy organizing 9th.

Galiya is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Her educational attainments includes MBA from the University of Western Australia, PhD (Philosophy) from the Institute of Philosophy and Law, Academy of Sciences, Republic of Uzbekistan, Management Development Diploma from I.A.E (Institute of Administration of the Enterprises), Universite Aix-Marseille III, France and Lancaster University Management School, the UK and Graduate Diploma (Philosophy) from Tashkent State University Faculty of Philosophy and Economics.