Scaling-up Private Sector Investment to Support Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Read more about Scaling-up Private Sector Investment to Support Climate Change and Disaster Resilience CWER’s intern Cynthia Wang presented findings of her internship project to identify potential approaches for scaling up private sector-driven adaptation and resilience investments and activities. This included a summary of existing frameworks for identifying and measuring private sector adaptation, barriers and drivers for private sector adaptation, and case studies of earlier development projects. She concluded with a discussion on prospective areas and modalities of ADB support.
How Corporate Foresight Can Help Developing Institutions Manage Knowledge Read more about How Corporate Foresight Can Help Developing Institutions Manage Knowledge To build a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, the region needs to build thought leadership, agenda-shaping capability, and execution ability. Firms drive development through scenarios, radars, and platforms as key strategic foresight tools. This presentation proposes a reference model that was designed based on best practices from the private sector.
Knowledge Partnership Dialogue: Center of Excellence for Clean Energy Read more about Knowledge Partnership Dialogue: Center of Excellence for Clean Energy Indonesia's ambitious economic growth aspirations are dependent, among other things, on its ability to expand access to reliable and clean sources of energy, for all its citizens. The Center of Excellence on Clean Energy, to be established by Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, is envisioned to help push this agenda forward.
Nasruminallah Mian Keywords business planning ICT private sector Read more about Nasruminallah Mian Nasr is leading business planning and Digital/ICT sector at ADB Pakistan Office. He is from the 23rd Common Civil Service (IRS) and has also worked with the private sector before joining ADB. Nasr has a Management degree from The Australian National University (ANU), a master’s degree in chemistry and LLB from Pakistan
Pinnapa Satitpatanapan Keywords investment finance private sector infrastructure transactions Read more about Pinnapa Satitpatanapan Pin Satitpatanapan is an Investment Specialist in ADB’s Private Sector Infrastructure Finance Division. She is responsible for originating and leading infrastructure transactions in various sectors, including energy, transport, and telecommunications in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Prior to joining ADB, she worked at Calvert Impact Capital in Washington, D.C., covering risk management and impact measurement. Pin holds an MBA from Yale School of Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Thammasat University.
Online Workshop: Utilizing Private Sector Involvement at the Local Level Through Public–Private Partnerships to Enhance the Delivery of Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services in Asia Read more about Online Workshop: Utilizing Private Sector Involvement at the Local Level Through Public–Private Partnerships to Enhance the Delivery of Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services in Asia
Shahid Tarar Keywords private sector clean air environment Read more about Shahid Tarar Shahid Tarar brings nearly 20 years’ experience in Sales & Marketing as well as Sourcing, Strategy, Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing. He has been in the rice export business for 20 years and 14 years at the Managing Director of Galaxy Rice Mill. Galaxy is a family owned and run business with a focus on exporting Basmati rice to the European & US market. At Galaxy he has helped to build blue chip export customers in Spain, France, and UK, who service major retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury and M&S.
Steve Vincent Keywords insurance legal process private sector Read more about Steve Vincent Steve Vincent has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry, with the last 20 years being spent with Aon New Zealand and Aon Fiji. He currently holds the position of General Manager of Aon Fiji and is responsible for overseeing the risk and insurance arrangements for Aon’s large corporate and commercial clients in Fiji.
Glenis Yee Keywords legal practice capital market development private sector Read more about Glenis Yee Glenis re-joined Munro Leys in 2015 after working as Legal Counsel for Fiji’s largest life insurer. Glenis holds a first degree in Commerce and a Master’s degree in Law from Bond University in Australia along with a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
Genevieve H. Abel Keywords private sector ADB anticorruption Read more about Genevieve H. Abel Genevieve Abel has worked with ADB for 15 years. She spent five years in the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, five years working with the Central and West Asia Regional Departments and she is now with ADB’s Private Sector Operations, working in transaction support. As such, Ms. Abel helps contract and administer PSOD’s use of consultants.