Kirsteen Mack

Kirsteen Mack is a Procurement Specialist at the Asian Development Bank. She handles Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka’s energy projects. Prior to ADB, she was a Procurement Project Manager at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in the Philippines, has also served at the UNOPS’ offices in Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Denmark in various capacities. 

Soon Chan Hong

Mr. Soon Chan Hong is Senior Country Specialist, at Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM), ADB. He leads, supports, and implements the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) and ADB’s pipeline development for Bangladesh that aims to promote continuing strong development partnership between ADB and Bangladesh. As the Country Team Leader, he coordinates with central and local governments, nongovernment organizations, business communities, academia, and development partners.

James Garber

Mr. James Garber is a business and technology consultant with over thirty years' experience in project/programme formulation and management, knowledge management, business analysis, system/process design, risk management and internal controls reporting for clients in government, private industry and international organizations. His undergraduate degree is in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and he has an MBA in finance from the Wharton School. 

 

Despoina Kouria

Despoina Kouria is a Supplier Diversity and Sustainability analyst with Corporate Procurement at the World Bank Group (WBG), which she joined in 2020. She is part of the team that mainstreams sustainability considerations into over $1.7 Billion of annual purchases for the World Bank Group’s global offices and leads Corporate Procurement’s efforts in promoting and increasing the participation of women- and other diverse-owned businesses within WBG procurement processes and across its supply chain.