ADB Data Room: Pakistan Resident Mission's Capacity Development Resource Center (PRM CDRC)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Pakistan Resident Mission’s (PRM) Capacity Development Resource Center (CDRC) conducts capacity development programs on ADB procedures, project implementation, international best practices, and thematic topics to support executing agencies (EAs), Implementing Agencies (IAs), and other stakeholders involved in ADB assisted projects on project design, implementation, and evaluation.  

Elodie Vitalis

Ms. Elodie VITALIS is a graduate of Sciences Po Bordeaux and holds a Master's degree in Public Affairs (2006). She is currently the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group Representative to Fiji (AFD/Expertise France). She joined AFD headquarters in Paris in 2013 as a policy officer for agriculture and biodiversity, then for AFD's operational activities related to climate finance and financial systems.

Jesse Twomey

Jesse Twomey is the Assistant Director – Procurement for the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia.

Jesse manages procurements and procurement policy for AIFFP grant and loan projects across the Pacific. With DFAT/AusAID since 2011, Jesse has managed procurement, aid activities and grant programs, and held financial policy and aid risk management roles. Jesse was Consul in the Australian Embassy to Lao PDR from 2019 to 2021 through the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Steve Wilmot

Steve Wilmot is a seasoned procurement professional with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, as well as with regional organizations. As the Principal Procurement Works for the Solomon Islands Government, he oversees the comprehensive management of ministerial procurement and contract administration within the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development's Transport Infrastructure Management Services department.

Jonathan Fong

Jonathan Fong is a civil engineer with a Bachelor's degree and experience in procurement, design, supervision, and project management within the Land Transport Authority. Currently the Manager in the Procurement & Programming Division, with a track record of managing major construction projects and donor-funded initiatives within Samoa.

Pisila Matafahi-‘Otunuku

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Pisila Matafahi Otunuku holds the post of Deputy CEO for Finance and is also the Head of Procurement. Prior to working with the Ministry of Finance, she was Deputy Director and Head of Finance at the Ministry of Infrastructure, Head of Finance for Westpac Tonga as well as Assistant Lecturer for the University of the South Pacific.

In her current role, she has been instrumental in driving the procurement reform agenda in process improvements, legislative review, capacity development as well as awareness programs.