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. 

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. 

Erwin Casaclang is a Facilities Planning and Management Officer at ADB. 

Ms. Koiso is a Senior Procurement Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since 2012. 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.    

Prof Urakami is concurrently professor at Faculty of Administration, Kindai University in Osaka, Japan and Centre for Productivity and Performance, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK will deliver a seminar. 

Ankit Maheshwari is the President of Engineering and India Operations at Innovaccer. As a Founding Team Member, he has been at the helm of Innovaccer’s Product Engineering vertical and has worked closely with the organization's clients and clinicians over the years to develop and deploy industry-leading Data Activation Platform at more than 1000 healthcare practices across the globe.

Meherban Khan is the Head of Utility Companies at Agra Khan Rural Support Program in northern Pakistan. He has more than 17 years of experience in the development sector and is skilled in project and program planning, implementation, management, financial budgeting, and community-based enterprises development. He has a master’s in Economics and master’s in finance from the University of Peshawar and also has a post-graduate diploma in Project Management from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands.

Anshuman Lath is a Co-Founder and Director of Gram Oorja Solutions Private Limited. Gram Oorja provides sustainable and community-driven energy solutions in remote regions to fulfill electricity, cooking fuel and water needs. The company has implemented over 250 projects including solar micro-grids, solar pumps and biogas cooking solutions for tribal communities. A key feature of their work has been the sustainability of these projects, with local communities taking over the management, tariff collection duties and ownership of these projects.