Ms. Ong is a national of the Philippines. Ms. Ong has developed Thought Leadership materials on PPP and Privatization. She obtained her Master’s degree in Business Management from Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines and eared her Certificate in Finance from ESADE Business School, Spain; and Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of the Philippines, Quezon City.

Usec Timothy John Batan has been working in the transportation department for five years, first as a Senior Project Development Officer for DOTr Planning, Project Development, and Private-Public Partnership Unit in 2015 where he worked with on several maritime, airport development, port modernization, and varying mass transit projects until he was eventually appointed as an Assistant Secretary for Railways in June 2017, and again as the Undersecretary for Railways in February 2018.

Juan-Pablo Martínez-Molina Mercado, a Spanish national, serves as Senior Advisor to ADB’s Vice-President (Market Solutions), overseeing Private Sector Operations and Public-Private Partnerships across Asia and the Pacific.

Juan-Pablo joined ADB in 2017 as an Investment Specialist in the Infrastructure Finance Division 2, specializing in the origination, structuring, and execution of structured debt financing transactions in a wide range of sectors, particularly in the power, LNG, renewables, satellite, water, and mining industries.