Martino Pelli is an applied economist with expertise in environmental, energy, and development economics. His work focuses on the impact of rural energy use, significant transport infrastructure investments, and the economic consequences of natural disasters. His research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Development Economics, International Economics, and the European Economic Review. Before joining ADB, he was an associate professor of Economics at the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.

Erik is a senior project lead for TNC’s Nature for Water Facility, a specialist team that helps local programs analyze, develop, and execute NBS for water security. Erik led Nature for Water’s first project and has since directly supported 15 NBS programs worldwide with various detailed analyses. As a trained economist, he typically focuses on return on investment, economics, sustainable finance, and governance, as well as developing “program intelligence” analyses and dashboards. Before joining TNC, Erik worked at Pegasys, a management consultancy based in Cape Town.

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.

Utsav is currently the Country Deputy Director of ADB Sri Lanka Resident Mission, South Asia Department. Before this, he was the Principal Country Economist. 
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.
 

Ludovica De Santis is a young economist with an international profile. She holds an MSc in Economics and Strategy for Business from Imperial College Business School, and a BSc in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Royal Holloway University, London. After gaining some valuable experience in the start-up and consulting fields, she worked at the European Central Bank (Frankfurt) and the Bank of Italy (Rome) for two years, where she contributed to the supervision of the European financial system.