For the past 12 years, Ms. Anna Belinda Ladiana-Casiano, an operations analyst in the Central and West Asia Department, has assisted with portfolio management for projects funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). With a total of twenty-five years of work experience, she has worked for the World Bank (WB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), among other organizations. She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2000.

Prof Urakami is concurrently professor at Faculty of Administration, Kindai University in Osaka, Japan and Centre for Productivity and Performance, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK will deliver a seminar. 

Tharith Panpiemras is Senior Director in Banking Supervision and Risk Assessment Department of the Bank of Thailand. Prior to his current position, he also served as Senior Director, Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) and Director of Corporate Planning Department and Office Corporate Strategy at the Bank of Thailand. He also had experiences in financial risk management and portfolio investment.

Before joining the Bank of Thailand, he also worked at Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand (IFCT).