Amin is a Senior Procurement Officer at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He coordinates procurement strategy, planning, implementation-related support, and capacity development for ADB-financed projects in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Niue. Before joining ADB in 2021, he worked for the Australian Government, World Bank, and the United Nations. Amin holds a Master's in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply MCIPS.

Talat is the Procurement Specialist in the Front Office of the Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department (PPFD) and provides procurement support and oversight, in particular to the East Asia Regional Department (EARD). Since joining ADB in July 2008, Talat has been engaged in the preparation and administration of several ADB-financed agriculture, water supply and sanitation, and road infrastructure projects in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and China.

David McDermont is an international e-Government Procurement consultant, with 26 years’ experience to date gained while working in 38 countries. This includes conducting National E-Government Procurement assessments (18 countries), assessing e-procurement systems reviewing the effectiveness of National Procurement  Management Agencies and developing Strategic Implementation Plans.

Katja Freiwald leads the UN Women Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) and Migration portfolios in Asia and the Pacific. She oversees UN Women’s work on gender-inclusive entrepreneurship, transformative work on the care-economy and works towards strengthening gender-responsive business conduct to build an ecosystem that supports women's empowerment and gender equality in the world of work.

Tandin Gyem is currently the Executive Engineer at the Department of National Properties of the Minister of Finance in Bhutan. She's been working under Procurement Management and Development Division (PMDD), Department of National Properties (DNP) since 2017 and is responsiblee for monitoring the implementation of procurement rules and regulations and carrying out studies/research to improve the procurement system (especially procurement of works).