Robert is a Polish national with over 25 years of experience in ESG issues, with a focus on industry, manufacturing, services, and the power sector, notably renewable energy. He also has years of experience in impact investing and capital market transactions. He has been working for over 25 years where he is a Senior Environmental Advisor within the EBRD’s Environment and Sustainability Department (ESD). He is the lead specialist and sector leader in the Group for Power and heavy industry sectors and coordinator of the power sector in ESD.

Masatsugu Asakawa is the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He was elected President by ADB’s Board of Governors and assumed office on 17 January 2020.  

He previously served as Special Advisor to Japan’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and has a close-to-four decades’ career at the Ministry of Finance with diverse professional experiences that cut across both domestic and international fronts.  

Ms. Ivylaine Europa is an Operations Analyst in the Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department (PPFD). She had served in different roles since joining the Bank in 2011. She currently works with the team in PPFD organizing capacity building activities for staff both in ADB and executing/implementing agencies in the DMCs.

Chey is the chief of the project procurement unit funded by development partners. He also leads the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport’s public procurement management. He holds a master’s degree in public procurement management. 

Lila Mallory is a Senior Procurement Specialist at the Asian Development Bank and is based in Manila covering the Philippines portfolio. She was admitted as a lawyer in New South Wales, Australia working in corporate law firms before moving to Development Organizations.

Richard has 40 years experience of public procurement and project management firstly with Crown Agents in the UK & 3 years as Manager of Crown Agents Services Ltd, Singapore; ​9 years as a consultant on World Bank projects in Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia and Uzbekistan living in Russia and Belarus; ​3 years as World Bank Senior Procurement Specialist in the World Bank Ukraine office. ​For the last 15 years with EBRD London HQ, working first as a Senior Procurement Adviser on municipal infrastructure projects

Anne Gin is a lawyer by profession and joined ADB in 2007 first as a legal consultant within the procurement division before moving to ADB’s Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) a couple of months later as an Integrity Specialist. She re-trained as a Certified Fraud Examiner and remained in OAI for over 7 years during which time she led investigations into multiple procurement related integrity allegations.

Ms. Koiso is a Principal Procurement Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She provides procurement planning and implementation support to the ADB’s energy sector projects. Earlier, she was outposted to the ADB Indonesia resident mission, where she assisted government agencies in assessing and strengthening the public procurement system. Before joining ADB, she worked for the Japan International Cooperation System and provided procurement services to the grant projects under the official development assistance.    

A proven track record of delivery, strong leadership, and global networking has enabled Mr. Dawda to achieve success at an international leading level in setting a strategic direction and guiding teams through organizational delivery goals. With experience in India and the Asia Pacific region, having gained core capabilities in the UK within the AMP water framework environments, Mr. Dawda has shown himself to be resourceful and adaptable in working at the local project level alongside managing engagement with senior company Presidents.