Senior Procurement Specialist, ADB Profile / Bio Stephane Bessadi is a Senior Procurement Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He started his career at Agence France de Development in Africa and, from 2001 to 2016, directed large private water operations for business units in East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. In his earlier role at ADB, he delivered innovative and sustainable water solutions aligned with ADB’s Strategy 2030 across sovereign and non-sovereign operations. Stephane Bessadi has a Master’s Degree in Engineering from AgroParisTech, France, and a Master’s Degree in Economics from Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France. Follow on Materials Title Date Learning Materials Topics ADB Business Opportunities 7 August, 2026 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance Successful International Open Competitive Bidding 7 August, 2026 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance The ADB Procurement System 10 June, 2025 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance Essentials of Successfully Doing Business by Participating in Tenders of the ADB 10 June, 2025 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Public Sector Management and Governance, Industry and Trade Doing Business with ADB and the ADB Procurement System 4 June, 2025 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, Public Sector Management and Governance Introduction to ADB, India Operations and Access to ADB Business Opportunities 30 April, 2025 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance Doing Business with ADB 18 September, 2024 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance Essentials of Successfully Doing Business by Participating in Tenders of the ADB 28 August, 2024 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, Industry and Trade Doing Business with ADB and the ADB Procurement System 29 January, 2024 Slides ADB Administration and Governance ADB New Contract for Advanced Operations and Maintenance of Infrastructures (Water & Waste Water) 5 October, 2023 Slides ADB Administration and Governance Introduction to ADB, India Operations and Access to ADB Business Opportunities 12 September, 2023 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance Contract Management Transitioning from the Pink Book (June 2010) to FIDIC 2017 Red Book 28 August, 2023 Slides Capacity Development, Finance Doing Business with ADB and the ADB Procurement System 13 November, 2022 Slides ADB Administration and Governance Doing Business with ADB and the ADB Procurement System 19 October, 2022 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Economics The ADB Procurement System and Business Opportunities 11 October, 2022 Slides ADB Administration and Governance Keeping the Taps Flowing: O&M Contracting and Water Infrastructure Sustainability 8 August, 2022 Slides Water, Urban Development, Climate Change ADB Procurement Framework and Consulting Opportunities 30 March, 2022 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance Doing Business with ADB and the ADB Procurement System 20 January, 2022 Slides Disaster Risk Management, ADB Administration and Governance, Finance ADB Procurement Framework 14 October, 2021 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance ADB Procurement Framework 13 October, 2021 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance Procurement Methods at ADB: Overview and Sustainable Procurement 7 October, 2021 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Climate Change, Finance, Disaster Risk Management Virtual BOS 2020: Principles and First Learnings 29 October, 2020 Slides ADB Administration and Governance Doing Business with ADB and the ADB Procurement System 22 October, 2020 Slides ADB Administration and Governance Doing Business with ADB and the ADB Procurement System 22 September, 2020 Slides ADB Administration and Governance Urban Energy Planning for Smarter utilities 18 June, 2019 Slides Energy, Water, Urban Development Energy Screening Tool and Methodology 18 June, 2019 Slides Energy, Water Smart Water Utility Training in Macao 29 May, 2019 Slides Urban Development, Water NRW Management and 24x7 Water Supply In Cities: How is ADB Helping The Government 14 March, 2019 Slides Urban Development, Water Support to Water Utilities from ADB: Experience in Water Authority of Fiji (WAF) 16 January, 2019 Slides Urban Development How to make DBO contracts more applicable to infrastructure projects 11 December, 2018 Slides Urban Development, Water