Karma Wangdi

Karma Wangdi started as an accountant climbing up as Chief Procurement Officer is a lifetime achievement with accounting experience and now as a procurement professional. Equipped with dual experience is an edge given the current fierce competitive world of employment.

He graduated with Honors from Cowan University, Western Australia with BA in Economics and Professional Accountancy. He also received a diploma from the CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply.CIPS - The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply. 

Tuul Badarch

Tuul has worked in various sectors of ADB’s operation in Mongolia, including transport, energy and social protection. Currently, she is responsible for the urban development sector and manages several ADB-financed projects aimed to improve utility services and management in provincial towns. Prior to joining ADB Mongolia Resident Mission in 2005, she was a project manager for a World Bank-funded urban project and a researcher in the Democratic Party of Mongolia.

Bryant Kim

Hyuncheol Bryant Kim is an Associate Professor in Economics Department at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University (on leave). He is an applied empirical micro-economist focusing on causal impacts of policy interventions in health and education sectors through large scale data analysis and social experiment.

AML/CFT Utilities: The Possibilities, Perils, and Pitfalls—A Pacific Perspective

Money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF) are priority issues for banks in the Pacific, which shoulder the risks and high costs associated with ML and TF. This presentation gives an overview of the banks’ process in onboarding new customers and offers a different Know Your Customer (KYC) approach. It also shares the commitments made by banks in the South Pacific to set a regional KYC framework.

Alexander Malaket

Alexander R. Malaket, CITP, CTFP, is the president of OPUS Advisory Services International Inc., established in 2001, focusing on international business, trade, and investment with a specialization in trade finance/supply chain finance. He has undertaken a range of consultancy assignments, from operational and tactical to technology and global strategy, and delivered various training programs for clients around the world. 

Catherine Daza-Estrada

Ms. Catherine Daza-Estrada is an integrity due diligence analyst and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). Since 2015, she has been managing the integrity-related work as well as leading the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML-CFT) initiatives of the ADB's Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program. Prior to this, Catherine worked as an economic analyst for ADB's Asia Regional Integration Center specializing in trade and investment.

Sani Ismail

Mr. Mohd Sani bin Mohd Ismail is currently Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He joined ADB in 2009 and has been leading various missions on financial market development, financial inclusion, fiscal policy, and capital market integration in Southeast Asia. Prior to joining ADB, he worked for Securities Commission Malaysia, assigned at the Market Development Department. He obtained his LLM degree from Durham University, UK, through a Chevening scholarship.