Felix Oku is a Senior Safeguard Specialist in ADB’s Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department. He is a NEBOSH-qualified construction health and safety specialist. He is also a chartered professional member of Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and UK Society for the Environment. He has over 20 years of multisector professional safeguard experience with multilateral development banks, international private consultancy, and the UK local government. Prior to joining ADB, Mr.

Nianshan Zhang is the Deputy Director General of ADB’s Central and West Asia Department. Before assuming this post, he was the region’s Advisor and Head for the Portfolio, Results, Safeguards and Gender Unit in CWOD-PSG. His unit oversaw the implementation of ADB’s safeguards policies, investment portfolio, financial management, and gender equity of projects in the region. Mr. Zhang held various other positions in ADB, including as senior transport specialist; senior advisor to the Vice President, VPO1; and deputy country director in ADB’s Pakistan Resident Mission.

Ashraf Mohammed is the Deputy Director General of ADB’s Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department. His focuses on the implementation of the New Procurement Framework and ADB’s use of alternative procurement arrangements. He was previously Assistant General Counsel in ADB’s legal department where he was the procurement focal. Prior to joining ADB in 2004, he held several senior positions in-house and in private legal practice positions in the London. A UK national, Mr.

A public-private partnership (PPP) expert with over 30 years of global experience in policy, management, and project design and implementation. At the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), he was the Chief of the Inclusive City Unit where he managed a $44.5 million project in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region developing 40 blended finance investments for SMEs in sustainable business models for urban services delivery. As the Lead Private Sector Specialist for PPPs, Mr.

Ms. Saxena joined National Informatics Centre, Government of India  in 1991 at the grass root level as District Informatics Officer. Since then has been involved in development and implementation of various eGovernance systems across the country.

 Usha  played an instrumental role in design development and widespread adoption of NIC eGP system, the Government eProcurement System of NIC, GePNIC © across India. NIC has also developed an eAuction system which caters to Forward and Reverse auctions of various kinds.

Mr. Mokuolu Isaac Adesina is a procurement and IT professional with vast experience in both private and public sector that span over 16 years. He has been working with International Development Partners on Public Procurement Reform interventions at the federal level since 2008. He has been involved and led many innovative IT projects and digital procurement initiatives at the federal level in the public procurement sector in Nigeria.

Jenny Chu is a Procurement Specialist in ADB’s Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department. She is the procurement focal for South Pacific countries, and she leads the work on mainstreaming sustainable procurement and strengthening the environment, health and safety requirements in ADB procurement documents. Ms. Chu is a chartered professional engineer and an admitted barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. She has over ten years of experience in project planning, design and delivery of complex infrastructure projects.