Angela Kastner

Angela is a passionate procurement professional, believing that buying decisions made by governments, funders and implementers in the development sector have long term impacts and by supporting the sector to improve procurement outcomes we can affect real change. With 20 years’ experience in government, the UN and private sector procurement, Angela has seen the difference a well planned and executed procurement strategy can make to the quality of services delivered to citizens and those in need. At DIAL, Angela is exploring models for financing and procurement of digital technologies.

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.