Risa Zhijia Teng

•Ms. Risa Teng has over 37 years of professional experience, including 24 years with ADB. 
•She joined ADB in May 1996 in Office of Administrative services and later moved to Central Operations Services Office as Portfolio management specialist, promoted to the Senior Consulting Services Specialists. She then moved to Central and West Asia Regional department, where she served in increasingly senior roles, starting from Pakistan Resident Mission and then heading the Portfolio, Results, Safeguards and Gender Unit. 

Welcome Remarks - ADB Business Opportunities Fair 2018

ADB is implementing a new procurement framework that takes a principles-based approach and is less prescriptive. In her welcome remarks, ADB Vice-President for Administration and Corporate Management Deborah Stokes, shares how the new framework promotes quality and value for money. She also tackles ADB’s commitment to integrate digital solutions into its operations, which would require increasing staff resources and focus on digital technologies for development.

Deborah Stokes

Ms. Deborah Stokes is the Vice-President for Administration and Corporate Management of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She assumed the position in January 2016.

Ms. Stokes is responsible for the overall management of the operations of the Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department; Office of Administrative Services; Office of the General Counsel; Office of Information Systems and Technology; Office of the Secretary; and Operations Services and Financial Management Department.

Yesim Elhan-Kayalar

Yesim Elhan-Kayalar is an economist with over 33 years of experience in development and academia. She currently serves as an Advisor to the Chief Economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), specializing in digital transformation and market competition. Her expertise is informed by extensive field experience across 31 countries. At ADB, Elhan-Kayalar develops knowledge and policy solutions to address key challenges in Asia and the Pacific, particularly in maritime decarbonization.