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).

Saimoni Veramu is the Head of Procurement at the Fiji Procurement Office, Ministry of Finance, Economy and National Planning. He has over 20 years of combined experience in the private and public sectors, with a focus on procurement, transformation projects, and logistics management.

Tanvir Hossain is currently the Sr. Procurement Specialist  is the Procurement Team Leader of the World Bank for the Western Balkans countries, Romania and Turkey.  He has over 26 years of successful experience in various challenging procurement environments, both in development organizations and the private sector.

Amilcar Bilale is the Regional Procurement Coordinator for the Southern Africa Region, covering 13 countries.

Before joining the African Development Bank in 2019, he worked, for over 21 years, on the implementation of large, medium and small-scale Capex projects for various development partners, the public and the private sector.

Currently, he is leading the MAPS assessments in Angola, Mauritius and Eswatini. Amilcar has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Sanitary Engineering. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®).