Kathleen Anne C. Coballes is a Climate Change Specialist under the Central and West Asia Department, Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Before her employment at ADB, she served as the Climate Change Attaché at the British Embassy in Manila, where she led engagement and cooperation efforts for the 26th Conference of the Parties and provided oversight of the UK’s environment and climate portfolio in the Philippines.

Pramila is a seasoned Communication and Media Specialist with over 20 years of experience in child rights advocacy, media production, and public engagement. As the Communication and Media Manager at CWIN Nepal, she leads media strategy, oversees audiovisual productions, and manages partnerships to enhance communication on child protection issues. 

Srinivasa oversees programmes across South and Southeast Asia. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of human settlements and urban development. His extensive career includes significant roles within the United Nations, where he has worked for over 19 years across various countries in Asia and the Pacific. Srinivasa has held key positions such as the Senior Human Settlements Officer at UN-Habitat, where he has been instrumental in advancing the Habitat agenda.

Hikaru Shoji is the Unit Head of Portfolio Management Water and Urban Development Sector Office in ADB. He is a professional civil engineer specializing in water supply and sanitation, urban development, water resources development, and climate change adaptation. He led various development works as a staff of regional development banks, a non-governmental organization, and a consulting firm. He joined the organization on July 1, 2020, bringing over two decades of experience from Africa and Asia.

Agnes Surry joined the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in September 2022 and is Deputy Head of Capacity Building and Training and Senior Economist.

Her areas of interest include development and public finance, aid effectiveness, climate change adaptation, gender equality, social policies, fiscal policies, public debt sustainability, resource mobilization, and country risk analysis.

Dr. Ly is the Chief River Basin Planner of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat. He plays a lead role in the formulation of basin development strategy and plan, joint projects and MRC procedures, and technically supervising the implementation of hydropower, navigation, socio-economics, agriculture and irrigation, climate change adaptation, and integrated water resources related activities.

Romina Cavatassi is in charge leading a number of Impact Assessments (IA) and in setting up a systematic approach for sound IA. This involves defining the theory of change and related indicators, developing the tools for data collection, leading the training and the data collection as well as data analysis and dissemination of results. She is also collaborating in mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Sunae works on ADB’s operations on agriculture and rural development in South Asia.