Ms. Sunniya Durrani-Jamal is currently the Country Director for the Asian Development Bank in Cambodia. She manages ADB’s portfolio of approximately $1.57b, and $40m TA and grants, delivered by a team of 47 staff and consultants. Her main responsibilities include managing relationships with key partners in Cambodia’s development including government, civil society, private sector, international financial institutions, NGOs, bilateral development, and trade agencies. She is also responsible for the preparation and delivery of ADB’s Country Partnership Strategy based on Cambodia’s development goals as well as regional and international commitments.
Earlier, Ms. Durrani-Jamal served as Senior Advisor to the Vice President for Operations Group 2, at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In this role, she provided policy advice, reviewed of operations for ADB’s Board approval, and helped manage internal and external client relationships. She played a key role in OG2 delivering a $9.2b lending and grants program, and $123m in TA in 28 countries per annum.
Ms. Durrani-Jamal has also worked as a Senior Economist in the Development Effectiveness and Safeguards Unit of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department. She was responsible for working with investment officers to help ensure the alignment of assistance with ADB's strategic priorities and development objectives, improving and enhancing the monitoring and reporting of development goals, and demonstrating solid economic and social returns of operations.
From 2009-2011, Ms. Durrani-Jamal worked as Senior Economist, Human Development, with the World Bank in Jakarta, Indonesia (while on leave from ADB), where she led improvements in the world’s largest school grants program. From 2003-2008 she worked as an Economist in ADB’s regional departments for South Asia and South East Asia leading the design and implementation of public sector projects in education financing, technical and vocational skills development, and urban infrastructure.
Before joining ADB, Ms. Durrani-Jamal worked with KPMG Consulting, in Toronto, Canada, where she worked with private and public sector clients to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of service delivery. Ms. Durrani-Jamal has a Masters in Economics (Human Development), from the University of Sussex, UK, and an M.Sc in Economics (Monetary Policy) from Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan.