Melanie Slade

Melanie Slade has spent thirty years in energy efficiency policy development and implementation in many parts of the world. She started out working in the UK Government on industrial and appliance energy efficiency and has worked with many other governments to establish similar programmes, perhaps most notably, the Government of China since the 1990s. In 2007 Mel became the Chair of Australia and New Zealand’s Equipment Energy Efficiency programme and where she led the phase-out of inefficient lighting.

Alfredo Baño Leal

Alfredo Baño Leal is a Senior Energy Specialist at ADB developing sustainable energy operations in the East Asia region. Previously, he worked at the Independent Evaluation Department of AD3, where he evaluated energy programs and led Of AD3' s 2009 Energy Policy. He has 1 5 years Of experience working on energy infrastructure sectors in Europe and Asia. Before joining ADB, he worked for the International Atomic Energy Agency, he consulted for the World Bank and ADB, and worked for an engineering consulting firm in Spain.

Richie Mittal

Richie Mittal is Director of OVERDRIVE Engineering Pvt Ltd, a company specializing in Energy Efficient Design, Passive and Engineering in Air conditioning and cooling system, Indoor Air Quality and Geothermal for ENCLOSED FACILITIES., Energy Audit, Green Building, Third Party Commissioning and TAB (Testing, Adjusting & Balancing). He is Graduate engineer from BIT Mesra in 1983 and Master of Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering in 1984.

He has experience of 37 years in this industry and also is guest lecturer in many Engineering colleges including IIT.

ADBI Virtual Workshop on Analyzing Infrastructure Impacts in Asia Through Big Data: Spillover and Financing

Infrastructure development could provide an important boost to COVID-19 recovery among developing Asian economies but will require financing solutions that address growing constraints on the use of public funds for projects due to the pandemic. New funding sources are particularly vital for tackling the region’s sustainable infrastructure investment gap, which is equal to 2.4% of GDP and includes financing for climate mitigation and adaptation.