Cesar Llorens is a Spanish citizen working for Asian Development at the Central West Department (CWRD) within the urban division (CWUW)

He holds a Master's in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

He developed his professional career mainly in Spain and France in the water and transport sectors and joined ADB in 2010 as a Secondee from the former Spanish Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Tom has over 15 years of professional experience in procurement. He is MCIPS qualified. Before joining ADB, in 2017, he worked, for an international development organization, in London, as a procurement specialist, providing consultancy services to public sectors in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 

Noelle is the Chief of the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Thematic Group concurrently Director, of the Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department of ADB. Previously, Noelle was a Principal Climate Change Specialist for the Pacific region and has worked on expanding ADB’s work on mitigation investments, scaling up adaptation investments in the 14 Pacific member countries, and raising climate finance.

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.

Emma Veve is a development economist and senior leader at the ADB, appointed in February 2025 as Director General of ADB’s Pacific Department, where she oversees the department’s strategic vision and leads major initiatives such as the Pacific Approach 2026– 2030, the overarching partnership strategy for 12 Pacific developing member countries. In this role, she also guides country partnership strategies for Fiji and Papua New Guinea and emphasizes climate resilience, innovation, and collaboration across the region.

Jay Roop is the Environment Safeguards Team Leader for the Pacific Region at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He provides strategic and technical leadership on environmental safeguards, supporting the preparation and implementation of ADB-financed projects to ensure compliance with environmental policies and promote sustainable and climate-resilient development across the Pacific.