Ichiro Aoki is the manager of a trust fund called Asia Pacific Project Preparation Facility (AP3F) out of ADB’s Office of Public-Private Partnership (OPPP). Through AP3F, he offers technical assistance to the governments of ADB’s Developing Member Countries for them to establish a PPP-enabling environment and structure commercially feasible PPP projects. Ichiro is administering over 66 technical assistance projects in 22 countries in the region.

Mohammed Zulyaminayn is Senior Procurement Officer in ADB Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM) who currently provides procurement support and oversight currently to Education and Health, Energy, Urban and Water sectors in Bangladesh portfolio. Since joining as staff in ADB in April 2014, Zulyaminayn provided support to project teams in supervising many large and complex procurement packages implemented by relevant government agencies, and facilitated capacity development events on procurement of goods, works, and consulting services.

Hyun Joo Youn is a Senior Results Management Specialist at Results Management and Aid Effectiveness Division of the Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department of ADB. She leads several workstreams including the development and roll-out of ADB’s Corporate Results Framework, Theory of Change in the sector and thematic plans, results reporting on ADB’s COVID-19 response. She also provides guidance on developing results framework including project Design and Monitoring Framework. Prior to joining ADB, Ms.

Chandan Kumar Ghosh is the Project Manager for the Nepal Electricity Authority’s KaligandakiTransmission Corridor Project. He has 20 years of professional service in the Authority. He was a deputy manager for the Hetuada-Dhalekbar-Duhabi 400 kV Transmission Line Project under the Nepal-India Electricity Transmission & Trade Project. Mr. Ghosh has a master’s degree in electrical power engineering and a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering, both from the Kathmandu University. 

S D Rasika Perera is the Project Director of the Science and Technology Human Resource Development Project, an ADB-supported project in Sri Lanka. Concurrent with this role, he works with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Open University of Sri Lanka. Before joining the project, he was the director general of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka. Mr. Perera holds degrees in master of science, master of philosophy, and doctorate in philosophy in mechanical engineering, with his PhD obtained from the Sheffield Hallam University UK. 

Mr. Jesper Pedersen is the Director of Procurement Division 1 of ADB’s Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department. His division covers ADB’s portfolio in Central, West, and South Asia. Jesper has been with ADB for over 11 years. He initially joined ADB in December 2009 in the former Central Operations Services Office (now PPFD) as a Procurement Specialist. He was responsible for procurement support in ADB’s Southeast Asia Department until 2019 when he became responsible for the development of ADB procurement policy.

Ahmed Murthaza is the Director General at the Ministry of Environment of Maldives and head of the Waste Management and Pollution Control Department. He manages the implementation of several multidonor waste management projects across the Maldives. With more than 15 years of experience in waste management, Mr. Murthaza has been working to establish a sustainable waste management system in the country. He led the formulation of Maldives’ first national waste management policy.

Matt Rees is the Financial Management Specialist in ADB’s Papua New Guinea Resident Mission. He is a financial professional with over 16 years of experience, 10 years of which are in developing member countries. As a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and NZ as well as CPA Papua New Guinea, he brings a best practice accounting approach to solving challenges in the developing market context.  Having worked extensively in the commercial and development sectors, Mr. Rees brings a solutions-based approach in delivering successful projects in Papua New Guinea.