PARTICIPANTS’ PROFILES

MODERATORS/SPEAKERS PROFILES

Hartwig Schafer, Vice-President

Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS)
The World Bank Group

Hartwig Schafer took office as Vice President, Operations Policy and Country Services on
December 1, 2014. In this position, he is responsible for the World Bank’s business
policies, practices and procedures for lending products and knowledge services for client
countries. Mr. Schafer leads a number of the World Bank’s key reforms, including the
roll-out of the Bank’s new policies on procurement and environmental and social
safeguards, implementation of the new country engagement model and innovation of the
Bank’s lending and knowledge instruments. He is also responsible for monitoring and
strengthening corporate risk management for operations and for performance and results
measurement of Bank operations.

Mr. Schafer, a German national, has worked for over 27 years in technical and managerial
positions in the World Bank, as well as the European Commission. He brings strong
operational experience across several regions and sectors. His academic background is in
Economics (PhD) and Agricultural Economics (MA and MSc).

Previously, Mr. Schafer served as the World Bank’s Country Director for Djibouti, Egypt
and Yemen in the Middle East and North Africa Region. He also was Director for Strategy
and Operations in the Sustainable Development Network, overseeing the World Bank’s
engagement in the areas of climate change, sustainable infrastructure, and agriculture and
food security. Mr. Schafer has also served as Director for Operations and Strategy in the
Africa Region, Country Director for Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe and Chief
Administrative Officer in the Africa Region.
Talib B. K. Esmail, Manager, World Bank Group
Email: tesmail@worldbank.org

Mr. Esmail is the Manager of the Development Effectiveness unit in the East Asia Pacific
region. This unit oversees all country business/partnership strategies, knowledge
activities, and lending operations on behalf of the Regional Vice President. The unit also
oversees EAP’s portfolio of Trust Funded grants from various donors. The unit covers all
sectors from macro-economic policy-based budget support operations to urban, rural,
transport, energy, infrastructure and human development investment operations. It is also
responsible for risk management analytics and systems to provide early warning of
emerging operational, political and reputational risks and to implement proactive
mitigation measures. Prior to joining EAP, Talib worked in the Latin America and
Caribbean region as an Operations Advisor, in the South Asia and Africa regions as a
Senior Rural Development Officer. He joined the Bank in 1997 after a career working for
the Aga Khan Foundation and the Commonwealth Secretariat. He hold a PhD in Agrarian
Development from University of London, a Master’s degree from the University of East
Anglia and a BSc (Hons) from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Lily L. Chu, Manager, World Bank Group

Email: Lchu@worldbank.org

Ms. Chu is the Manager, Operations Policy and Quality in the Operations Policy and
Country Services (OPCS) VPU at the World Bank. She has held previous positions at the
WBG including Sector Manager for the Latin America and Caribbean Finance and Private
Sector Department, and Adviser for the Finance and Markets Global Practice. Her
previous experience includes work in investment banking, specializing in corporate and
financial restructuring and consulting for Fortune 500 companies. She has taught
at Harvard Business School and Georgetown University Law School. She has a BA
from Yale University, and a PhD, MA, and MBA from Harvard University.
Junxue Chu, Division Manager, World Bank Group
Email: Jchu@worldbank.org

Junxue Chu is the Manager of Loan Operations department for EAP, EAC and MNA
regions and the loan accounting services. His team supports the WB project preparation
and implementation with respect to loan origination, fund flow and disbursement, and debt
services. Mr. Chu joined the World Bank in Beijing office as a Financial Management
Specialist in early 1999, and then moved the Loan Operations (Department), Washington
DC in 2001. He has been working on many country portfolios (e.g. China, India, Brazil,
Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Nepal, etc.) across the regions. Prior to joining the World
Bank, Mr. Chu worked in the government of China, as a finance manager for many years.

Elmas Arisoy, Practice Manager, World Bank Group

Email: earisoy@worldbank.org

Elmas Arisoy is the Practice Manager for Solutions and Innovations in Procurement in the
World Bank’s Governance Global Practice. She currently oversees the operational
procurement in East Asia and Pacific Region under the Bank financed projects and works
closely with the client countries in supporting their public procurement reform activities.
She has been with the World Bank for more than 17 years and has worked in Europe and
Central Asia (ECA) and East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Regions. She has involved in every
step of the project cycle of the Bank financed projects and also involved in public
procurement work at the country level by leading Country Procurement Assessment
Reviews, Use of Country Systems Assessments, etc. Ms. Arisoy, a Turkish national and
engineer by training, prior to joining the Bank, worked for the Ministry of Tourism in Turkey
for about 10 years as an engineer, procurement specialist and project manager in
implementing the Government and World Bank financed infrastructure projects along
Aegean and Mediterranean coastline. She has a Bachelor’s of Science and Master’s Degrees
from Middle East Technical University in Environmental Engineering.
Susan Shen, Practice Manager, World Bank Group
Email: sshen@worldbank.org

Susan Shen is currently the Practice Manager responsible for Social Development in the East
Asia and Pacific region of the World Bank Group. She was part of the World Bank team
responsible for the development and roll-out of the Program-for-Results instrument. She
has over twenty-five years of professional experience working at the nexus of environment,
social development, and rural development. Ms. Shen has a Master Degree from Yale
University and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Tufts University.

Ian Porter, Previous Country Director, World Bank Group

Email: iancporter@gmail.com

Ian Porter spent most of his career at the World Bank where his last position was Country
Director for Southeast Asia based in Bangkok. Since leaving the World Bank Ian has been
working as an independent consultant with a range of development organizations and is
currently the Country Director for Myanmar for the International Growth Centre as well
as a consultant to the World Bank on the PforR instrument.
Imad Saleh, Operations Advisor, World Bank Group
Email: isaleh@worldbank.org

Imad Saleh is currently Operations advisor in OPCS. He is currently the Program for
Results team leader. He joined the Bank in 2000 and worked in Middle East and North
Africa, East Asia, Latin America and is currently based In Washington. Prior to joining
the Bank, he worked in the public and private sector in Lebanon. Imad has a BSc in Civil
engineering and MSc in Business Administration.

Yara Salem, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Group

Email: ysalem@worldbank.org

Yara is currently a Senior Operations Officer with OPCS at the World Bank. She joined
the WBG in 2007 and worked in IFC as a Private Sector Specialist working on Doing
Business reform and later with the trade team on trade facilitation reforms with focus on
those related to WTO. Prior to joining the Bank, she was a Private sector Specialist with
UNDP in Sudan and Somalia. Before that she was a diplomat for the Palestinian Authority
responsible for development relations with UK and Sweden. Before that, she worked in
the private sector and launched the first life insurance company in Palestine. Yara has BA
in Business Administration and sociology from The Jordanian University, MA in
International Relations from Bir Zeit University in Palestine and MA in International
Trade from Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in the US.
Gandham Ramana, Program Leader, World Bank Group
Email: gramana@worldbank.org

Ramana is a medical doctor with specialization in Public Health and has been with
the Bank for nearly two decades. He has led design and implementation of complex
projects in health including the first PforR operation in Ethiopia. He is currently
working as one of the program Leaders for Kenya Country Management Unit. He
has worked in Africa and South Asia regions of the Bank and also published
extensively on health systems and maternal health.

Xiaodong Wang, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank

Email: xwang1@worldbank.org

Xiaodong is a Senior Energy Specialist in the Energy Global Practice of the

World Bank. Dr. Wang has more than 20 years of operational experience in
designing, preparing, and implementing complex and innovative clean energy
and climate change projects in more than 20 middle-income and low-income
countries in East Asia and Pacific, Africa, South Asia, and Latin American
regions through working at the World Bank, UNDP/GEF, and the UN
Foundation. Xiaodong is now leading China energy efficiency and renewable
energy policy dialogues, and flagship programs such as Program for Results:
Innovative Financing for Air Pollution Control in Jing-Jin-Ji, China
Renewable Energy Scale-Up Program (CRESP) and China Energy Efficiency
Financing (CHEEF) program.
Jiro Tominaga, Asian Development Bank
Email: tominaga@adb.org

Mr. Tominaga is a Principal Planning and Policy Specialist of the Strategy and
Policy Department of the Asian Development Bank. Prior to the current position, he
led the analyses and research for several evaluation reports on country programs and
corporate programs of the ADB and the World Bank. He also worked on a wide
range of activities in the World Bank related to innovative use of information and
communications technology for development. His work focused primarily on using
technologies to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of public
sector institutions in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia regions. He holds
MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

HAN Su, Director, Department of International Economic and Financial

Cooperation, Ministry of Finance, China
Email: hansu@mof.gov.cn

Ms. Su is a Senior Advisor, Finance and Risk Management Division,

Department of International Economic & Financial Cooperation, Ministry of
Finance, PRC since 2014. She is currently responsible for debt management
and statistics for foreign loans financed by IFIs and foreign governments. She
had 20-year experience on IFI’s lending portfolio management in her previous
career.
Cao Manh Cuong, Deputy Director General, Foreign Economic
Relations Department, Ministry of Planning and Investment,
Vietnam
Email: cuongcm1961@gmail.com

Mr. Cuong is the Deputy Director General of the Foreign Economic

Relations Department(FERD) of the Ministry of Planning and
Investment (MPI) in charge of ODA strategies and policies,
formulation of ODA institutional and legal framework, planning and
budgeting, M&E, aid effectiveness and effective development
cooperation, capacity development in ODA management. He holds a
BA degree in Foreign Studies and has more than 14 years working on
aid effectiveness agenda at global regional and local level.

Tormarbulang Lumbantobing, Deputy Director for Planning and

Data Management, Directorate Loans and Grants, Ministry of
Finance, Indonesia
Email: tor.tobing2011@gmail.com

Mr. Lumbantobing is the Deputy Director for Planning and Data

Management, Directorate of Loans and Grants, Directorate General
of Budget Financing and Risk Management, Ministry of Finance,
responsible to contribute to the formulation of the country partnership
strategies of the development partner such as the World Bank, Asian
Development Bank, and Islamic Development Bank. The
contribution aims to harmonize the country partnership strategies with
the development plan of the Government. As the Deputy Director,
Mr Lumbantobing is also in charge to assess the new implementation
modality offered by the development partners. The assessment will
indicate whether the new modality can be implemented or may need
new regulation for its implementation. In addition, it is his
responsibility to prepare disbursement target for loans and grants as a
part of resource envelope on the state budget.
Saroj Pradhan, Deputy Director General, Bridge Branch,
Department of Roads, Nepal
Email: pradhansaroj70@gmail.com

Mr. Pradhan is the Deputy Director General in charge of

‘Development, Operation and maintenance of bridges’ of the
Department of Roads under the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure
and Transport of Nepal. He has been working in this department for
more than 26 years in various capacities. His major involvement is in
project planning including pre-appraisal, appraisal, feasibility studies;
Project Management for construction operation and maintenance. He
is also involved in preparation of national planning documents;
reviewing and providing comments on planning policy documents,
development partners’ country assistance strategies; contemporary
development issues like SDGs, 5FYP, Priority Investment Plan, Road
Safety Action Plan; liaison with development partners including
World Bank and others. He is currently leading World Bank
supported Bridge Maintenance and Improvement Project (BIMP)
under new lending instrument, Program for Result (PfR), and is going
to be successfully completed shortly.

ZHANG Yongmiao, Deputy General Director, Corporate Lending

Department, Huaxia Ban, China
Email: zhpl@hxb.com.cn

Mr. Yongmiao is the Deputy Manager at Corporate Banking

Department in Huaxia Bank since 2014. He is responsible for
developing key clients and business, and managing government
clients. Before this, he was the loan reviewer in Credit Approving
Department since 2012. He held various positions in Huaxia Bank,
such as Chief Credit Risk Officer, Manager for Foreign Exchange
Department. Before joining Huaxia Bank, he was an Engineer in
Planning Department of Ministry of Machine Building. Mr. Zhang
holds a graduate degree in Finance Department of Central University
of Finance and Economics, bachelor degree in Metallurgical Heat
Treatment in Lanzhou University of Technology. He went to Illinois
Institute of Technology, Chicago as a visiting scholar on Financial
Engineering and Management.
Vu Hai Tung, Deputy Director, Department of Road Construction
and Management, Ministry of Transport, Vietnam
Email: vtung2006@gmail.com

Mr Tung is Deputy Director in the Directorate of Roads in the Road

Construction Management Bureau of Vietnam. He holds a Master
of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of
Transport and communications in Hano

Muhammad Ikhsan Asaad, Head of Division Regional

Development Sunatera/Head of PMU for Power Distribution
Development Program for Result, PLN, Indonesia
Email : ikhsan.asaad@pln.co.id

Mr. Asaad is the Head of Development PLN Sumatera Regional

Business. He has been General Manager of PLN Maluku and
Maluku Utara Region, He holds a Master of Management degree
from the Jakarta School of Management.

Asheesh Joshi, Officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS),

India
Email: pdswajalhp@gmail.com

Mr. Joshi is an Officer of Indian Administrative Servic (IAS). He is

Currently holding the post of Additional Secretary, Water &
Sanitation, Project Director Swajal, Project Director, State Program
Management Group, Joint Chief Executive Officer, State Water and
Sanitation Mission
Ha Minh Tuan, Head of Bilateral Division- State Audit of
Vietnam
Email: van200405@yahoo.com

Mr. Tuan is the Head of the International Cooperation Division of

the State Audit Department of Vietnam. He holds an MBA from the
Economic University of Vietnam.

Naresh Man Shakya, Deputy Director General, Bridge Branch,

Department of Roads, Nepal
Email: naresh.shakya@yahoo.com

Mr. Shakya is a Senior Divisional Engineer posted currently in

Bridge Branch under Department of Roads, Ministry of Physical
Infrastructure and Transport, Government of Nepal. He is serving
in this department for more than 23 years in various capacities. He
is currently taking responsibility of coordination of Bridge Building,
maintenance, development and operation of various software such
as Bridge Management System, Grievance Redress System, Bridge
Site Monitoring system etc. that are being used as tools for Bridges
Improvement and Maintenance Program (BIMP), funded by the
World Bank under Program for Results (P4R) concept. His major
involvement is in project planning including pre-appraisal, appraisal,
feasibility studies; monitoring, coordinating with various field
divisions and projects under Department of Roads; liaison with
development partners including World Bank and others. He has
sound and proven expertise in Geotechnical engineering, geo-
hazards assessment particularly in the context of slope stability
analysis, landslide treatment and design of slope strengthening
structures in fragile mountain slopes.
Ali Jalal, Program Director, PRMP, Pakistan
Email: alijalal1@hotmail.com

Mr Jalal is the Deputy Program Director in the Planning and

Development Department in the Government of Punjab in Pakistan.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration –
International Banking and Finance from the University of
Birmingham in the United Kingdom. As Deputy Program Director,
Mr. Jalal’s responsibilities include liaising with the Finance,
Planning and Development and other implementing departments to
efficiently coordinate and administer program activities. He
monitors daily the affairs related to accounts and maintains a strong
liaison among the donor, executing agency and other stake holders
involved in the implementation of the program.
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BANGLADESH

Shyama Prosad Adhikari, Chief Engineer, Local Government Engineering

Department
Email: spadhikari95@yahoo.com

Mr. Adhikari is the Chief Engineer of Local Government Engineering

Department (LGED) under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural
Development & Cooperatives. Mr Adhikari graduated in Civil Engineering from
the Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) in 1981 and
obtained a Post Graduate Degree in Environmental Science and Graduate degree
in Law. Mr. Adhikari began his career in 1981 by joining the Rural Works
Program where he worked until 1990 as Assistant Engineer. He also worked
successfully as Executive Engineer in Chandpur and Mymensingh districts.

Iftekhar Ahmed, Superintending Engineer, Local Government Engineering

Department, Bangladesh
Email: Iftekharahmed2000@yahoo.com

Mr. Ahmed is the Additional Chief Engineer in charge of Planning and ICT of
the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under the Ministry of
Local Government of Bangladesh. Is in the government both at local and
national levels for more than 33 years in various capacities. His major
involvement is in project planning, including pre-appraisal, appraisal, feasibility
studies, participating in national level dialogues, contributing in preparing
national planning documents; liaison with development partners including the
World Bank; reviewing and providing comment son planning policy documents,
development partners country assistance strategies. He is also involved in
contemporary development issues like environment, climate change, SDGs,
7FYP and others. He is affiliated as a Member of Bangladesh Water Partnership,
Bangladesh Society of Road Professionals and Bangladesh National Forum for
Rural Transport.
Abdur Rouf, Deputy Project Director, VAT Improvement Program & Member
Email: roufcus@yahoo.com

Mr. Rouf is the Director General of the Customs, Excise and VAT Training
Academy, Chittagong. He joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (Customs and
Excise Cadre) in 1995 qualifying in the 15th B.C.S. examinations and since then
he has been serving in and under various offices of NBR in different capacities
mostly in VAT management.

MD Zakir Hossain, Additional Commissioner & Deputy Project Director, VAT

Online Project Dhaka
Email: Zakir2tr@gmail.com

Mr. Hossain has over 18 years of solid work experience in the civil service. His
specialty is in management, administration, modernization and reformation of
government revenue collection system. In this regard, he has theoretical and
practical knowledge in policy formulation and policy implication of Value
Added Tax (VAT) system in Bangladesh. He has also worked extensively with
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as well as managed a large
number of national and international staff. He has authored several text books
on VAT and Customs system in Bangladesh.
CAMBODIA

Hem Vanndy, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance

Email: hemvanndy@hotmail.com

Mr. Vanndy is the under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and

Finance, Kingdom of Cambodia. His portfolio includes public investment
in infrastructure, development financing, coordination and management of
foreign assistance, and support to policy undertaking for national
development priorities. He provides managerial oversight and policy advice
on the implementation of government’s development programs and
projects. He is also a member of the Supreme National Economic Council,
the policy think-tank for the Prime Minister. Over the last 15 years, his
career spanned across private sector, the United Nations system,
multilateral development bank, and government. Prior to his current
position, he was Deputy Secretary General for Cambodian Mine Action and
Victim Assistance Authority. He was tasked with strengthening
institutional leadership and mobilizing external resources to help Cambodia
get rid of its landmines.

Houl Bonnaroth, Deputy Director, Department of Multilateral

Cooperation, General, Ministry of Economy and Finance
Email: bonnaroth_houl@mef.gov.kh

Mr. Bonnaroth is the Deputy Director, Department of Multilateral

Cooperation, General Department of International Cooperation and Debt
Management, in the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Socheata Soeur Unser Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and
Sport
Email: soeursocheata@gmail.com

Ms. Soeur is the Under Secretary of State of the Ministry of Education,

Youth and Sport in Cambodia. She has been promoted from Deputy
Director General of Administration and Finance to Under Secretary of State
of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport since October 2014. In her
capacity of the current position, she provides her assistance to the Minister
of Education, Youth and Sport in enhancing good environment, green and
clean policy; monitoring education performance; and preventing of human
trafficking. She also serves as focal point for gender equity mainstreaming,
drug preventions, women’s affairs and external relations.

Nguon Sokcheng, Officer, Department of Finance, Ministry of Education,

Youth and Sport
Email: sokcheng09@gmail.com

Ms. Sokcheng is a chief officer at the Ministry of Education, Youth and

Sport (MoEYS) in charge financial affairs for higher education. Ms.
Sokcheng is also a professor and a member of Education Research Council
of MoEYS with responsibility for reviewing educational policies and
strategies and conducting comparative analysis of education framework.
Her qualifications include a Master’s in Educational Development Studies
and a PhD in Comparative and International Education from Hiroshima
University, Japan. Her research interests focus on school-based
management and good governance in higher education. Her research work
relates mainly to empowerment of local stakeholders in school participation
and school governance
CHINA
Han Su, Director, Department of International Economic and Financial
Cooperation, Ministry of Finance
Email: hansu@mof.gov.cn

Ms. Su is Senior Advisor, Finance and Risk Management Division,

Department of International Economic & Financial Cooperation, Ministry
of Finance, PRC since 2014. She is currently responsible for debt
management and statistics for foreign loans financed by IFIs and foreign
governments. She had 20-year experience on IFI’s lending portfolio
management in her previous career.

Zhang Lei, Section Chief, Department of International Economic &

Financial Cooperation, Ministry of Finance
Email: zhangleimof@sina.cn

Mr. Lei started his career in August 2002 when he joined the Treasury
Department, Ministry of Finance (MOF). He used to be section staff
responsible for fiscal revenue and expenditure management, daily
coordination with designated commercial banks. In 2008, he was assigned
to Chinese Permanent Representation to the UN Food and Agricultural
Agencies in Rome till 2010 when he joined International Department
responsible for the cooperation between China and IFAD and GEF. Mr.
Zhang is now the Section Chief of International Economic and Financial
Cooperation Department, Ministry of Finance. He is the focal point of
IBRD’s pipeline and ongoing portfolio management and coordination in
China.
Zhou Shaowen, Officer, Department of International Economic &
Financial Cooperation, Ministry of Finance
Email: swendy1116@qq.com

Ms. Shaowen is graduated from the University of Birmingham with the

degree of MSc. International Accounting & Finance. She started her
career in June 2012 when she joined the Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.,
and served as an assistant of Worldwide Business Controls Manager for
the Business Controls & Enterprise Risk Management Department. Ms.
Zhou is now the Project Officer of International Economic and Financial
Cooperation Department, Ministry of Finance. She is responsible for the
daily management of IBRD projects, and coordination issues with the
World Bank.

Deng Hailian, Project Officer, Guangxi Foreign Capital Poverty

Reduction Project Management Center
Email: denghailian710@126.comn

Ms. Deng has been working in Guangxi Foreign Capital Poverty

Reduction Project Management Center as a project officer, engaged in the
cooperation with international multilateral organizations (DFID),
international financial organizations (World Bank), NGOs (World Vision,
OXFAM, ActionAid) and relevant projects’ implementation and
management From Sep 2007 till now. Ms. Deng also engaged in the
international exchange and training. From 2003 to present, she has
participated in the organization and preparation work of “China-ASEAN
Forum on Social Development and Poverty Alleviation” for six times and
the organization of poverty alleviation workshop for South Asia
Countries, Southeast Asia and Africa Countries for five times.
Dong Hui, Deputy Director, International Financial Institutions Loan
Project Management Division, State Forestry Administration of China
Email:Joanna_dh@sina.com

Ms. Hui is now the Deputy Director of Division of International Financial

Institution Loan Project Management of PMC, responsible for
implementation and completion of Integrated Forestry Development
Project financed by the World Bank. She is now involved in preparation
and feasibility study of the Rear and Precious Species Forest Protection
and Development Project in Yangtze River Economic Belt to be financed
by the World Bank, for which the PforR could be used.

Guo Xin, Deputy Director, Guidance Division in Healthcare Reform

Department, National Health and Family Planning Commission
Email: silviawok@qq.com

Ms. Xin is the Deputy Director of Guidance Division in Healthcare

Reform Department of National Health and Family Planning Commission
of China. She is responsible for coordination and guidance in major
healthcare reform policies and measures of national wide, and direction
and supervision of Provincial Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Pilot
work.
Jiang Yi, Section Chief, Department of Social Security, Ministry of
Finance
Email: 332148559@qq.com

Mr. Yi is Section Chief, Social Security Department, Ministry of Finance

of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, China, and member of MOF,
started his career in June 2011 with a doctorate in Economics. Now, He is
primarily responsible for the following work: (i) taking part in the
development of detailed policies and guidelines for implementation of
health sector reform, including public health insurance, medical aid, basic
medicine system, primary health care, public hospitals; (ii) monitoring
and evaluating outputs and outcomes of the reforms; (iii) assessing
performance of the financial inputs; (iv) participating in the preparatory
arrangements of conference on the reform.

Wu Lin, Section Chief, International Division, Henan Provincial

Department of Finance
Email: czlwulin@163.com

Mr. Wu is now the Section Chief of the International Division in Henan

Provincial Department of Finance, in charge of all the loan projects
financed by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank in Henan
Province. He is responsible for application, review and assessment,
implementation, loan repayment arrangement, evaluation of the projects.
Meanwhile, Mr. Wu has been awarded as “Advanced Worker” for many
times by the Department of Finance.

Zhou Jingjing, Deputy Section Chief, Human Resource Section of the

Forestry Project Management Office
Email: 626448236@qq.com

Ms. Zhou Jingjing, member of the Communist Party of China, started her
career in September 2005 with a Bachelor’s degree. She used to work in
the Forestry Industry Section, during this tenure she took further educated
in Department of Forestry of Henan Agricultural University and got a
master’s degree. Ms. Zhou is now Deputy Section Chief of Human
Resources Section of the Forestry Project Management Office of Henan
Province, in charge of salary and wage, professional title and post
Management.
Mo Lingcong, Deputy Section Chief, Division of Foreign Capital
Utilization and Overseas Investment, Guangxi Development and Reform
Commission
Email: wzc4415@163.com.

Ms. Mo is now the Deputy Section Chief of Division of Foreign Capital

Utilization and Overseas Investment, Guangxi Development and Reform
Commission. She is familiar with the poverty alleviation related projects
and policies, participating, guiding and supervising the utilization of
foreign loans for construction projects in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region, and responsible for operation management and implementation
of two ADB loan projects, including Guangxi Beibu Gulf Cities
Development Project and Guangxi Southwestern Cities Development
Project.

Wang Zhouxu, Director, International Financial Institutions Loan

Project Management Division, State Forestry Administration of China
Email: zhouxuwang15@163.com

Mr. Wang is now in charge of forestry projects supported by international

financial institutions, responsible for procurement, implementation, and
management and monitoring of Sustainable Forestry Development
Project financed by the World Bank. Also, he is involved in preparation
and feasibility study of the World Bank Loan Rear and Precious Species
Forest Protection and Development Project in Yangtze River Economic
Belt proposed by SFA in 2016, for which the PforR tool may be used in
the project.
Zhang Yongmiao, Deputy General Director, Corporate Lending
Department, Huaxia Ban
Email: zhpl@hxb.com.cn

Mr. Zhang Yongmiao is the Deputy Manager at Corporate Banking

Department in Huaxia Bank since 2014. He is responsible for developing
key clients and business, and managing government clients. Before this,
he was the loan reviewer in Credit Approving Department since 2012. He
held various positions in Huaxia Bank, such as Chief Credit Risk Officer,
Manager for Foreign Exchange Department. Before joining Huaxia Bank,
he was an Engineer in Planning Department of Ministry of Machine
Building. Mr. Zhang holds a graduate degree in Finance Department of
Central University of Finance and Economics, bachelor degree in
Metallurgical Heat Treatment in Lanzhou University of Technology. He
went to Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago as a visiting scholar on
Financial Engineering and Management.

Wang Ligang, Deputy Director, Foreign Capital Utilization and

Investment Abroad Division, Hebei Development and Reform
Commission
Email: wanggang8068@163.com

Mr. Wang Ligang has started his career since 2015 as Principal Staff
Member of the Americas Division of the Foreign Affairs Office of Hebei.
He holds a master degree of English Literature from Hebei Normal
University. Mr. Wang was appointed the Deputy Director of the Foreign
Capital Utilization and Investment Abroad Division of Hebei
Development and Reform Commission in 2015, responsible for the
international finance organization Loans. In Hebei Air Pollution
Prevention and Control Program, he is the key coordinator to liaise with
the World Bank and the Hebei Project Management Office (PMO) to
ensure the program move forward smoothly.
INDIA
Mihir Kumar Das, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Government
of Odisha
Email: mihirkdas61@gmail.com

Dr. Kumar Das joined as Assistant Professor in Botany on 03 July, 1990,

served as Associate Professor in different parts of the State. He received the
award “Scientist of the Year, 2004” by NESA, New Delhi and acted as
“Facilitator-cum-Evaluator” by CAPART under the segis of Ministry of Rural
Development, Govt. of India. Mr. Das have published 40 research papers, 3
books and attended more than 30 National and International Seminars. Since
July 2012, He is serving as Officer-in-Charge, State Performance Tracking
Cell, Higher Education Department, Govt. of Odisha, looking after RUSA,
World Bank Project along with all the e-Governance Projects and academic
related activities of the Department.

Nandakumaran Pullare, Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board

Email: pnandakumaran-cgwb@nic.in

Dr. Pullare has a post-graduate degree in Geology from the University of

Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and a Ph.D in Ground Water
Management from the University of Madras, Chennai, and Tamil Nadu. He
Joined Central Ground Water Board as a Scientist in 1986 and has served in
various capacities in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Tamil Nadu Regional
Directorates as well as in the Central Headquarters of CGWB at Faridabad. He
has undergone International trainings on ground water management in had rock
areas and in climate change impacts. Currently, he is working as at CGWB,
CHQ, Faridabad and the designated nodal officer of the NGMIP in CGWB.
Binod Kumar Srivastava: Assistant General Manager, Credit Policy and
Procedures Department, State Bank of India
Email: binod.srivastava@sbi.co.in

Mr. Srivastava is the Assistant General Manager, Credit Policy and Procedures
Department, State Bank of India. Mr. Srivastava is posted in Bank’s Green
Banking and Sustainability Cell of the Bank. Mr Srivastava deals with Bank’s
credit policies and multifarious initiatives in the Renewable Energy (RE) and
Sustainability domain. He is also part of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU)
of the World Bank program for Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV projects. In
a career spanning over 34 years at SBI, Mr. Srivastava has held various
positions in functional areas like Stressed Assets Management, Business
Process Re-engineering, and Commercial network. In addition, he has rich
operational experience as Regional Manager during the course of which he was
overseeing around 34 semi urban and rural branches/offices. He is a certified
professional of CAIIB. Mr. Srivastava has been tasked with the successful
implementation of World Bank GC-RSPV program.

Ravi Singh Rawat. Designation- Manager. Company- SBI Capital Market

Limited
Email: ravi.rawat@sbicaps.com

Mr. Ravi Singh Rawat is a Chartered Accountant by profession. Post

qualification experience of approximately four (4) years out of which three (3)
years with Syndicate Bank and one (1) year with SBI Capital Market. Mr.
Rawat has exposure of appraisal of credit proposals of various industries e.g.
textile, real estate, tiles manufacturing and appraisal of credit proposals of
infrastructure sector. At present, he is working on rooftop solar program of
SBI and World Bank. The work includes assisting SBI for arranging line of
credit from World Bank for funding grid connected rooftop solar photovoltaic
projects and providing advisory services to SBI for development of rooftop
solar program.
Lalit Kumar Adlakha, Secretary Administration, Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan,
Dehradun
Email: lkadlakha@yahoo.co.in

Mr Lalit Kumar Adlakha is Secretary Administration/ Superintending

Engineer, Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan, Rural. He is responsible for Planning,
Finance, Human Resource, Legal, Execution, Maintenance and Operation of
Water supply, Sewage Schemes & River Bank Filtration R&D Works. Mr.
Adlakha holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Guru Nanak
Engineering College, Ludhiana.

Swapnadil Dey, Capacity Building Manager, ISGP Project of WBSRDA

under P&RD Department
Email: swapnaonil@gmail.com

Mr. Dey has been working as a development professional since 2011. He

worked as District Coordinator in BITAN, a State level NGO, for Anaemia
control programme supported by Department of Health & Family Welfare,
Govt. of West Bengal and RGSEAG-SABLA supported by Directorate of
Social Welfare. Later on he worked with Water For People and also with
WASH Institute as Project Officer for School WASH & Community WASH
projects both in rural & urban areas. At present, he is working as Capacity
Building Manager in the World Bank supported Institutional Strengthening of
Gram Panchayats (ISGP) Project of WBSRDA under P&RD Department. He
is leading CB team and as a Capacity Building Manager and is responsible for
designing & implementing annual capacity building programme mentoring
support, GPMS development, governance, documentation & record keeping,
procurement, rural engineering along with integrated planning by the Gram
Panchayats.
Krishnan Singh Barguzar, Deputy General Manager, State Bank of India
Credit Policy and Procedures Department
Email: dgm2.cppd@sbi.co.in

Mr. Barguzar is the Deputy General Manager, Credit Policy and Procedures
Department, State Bank of India. In his current role, Mr. Barguzar is part of
Bank’s Green Banking and Sustainability Cell of the Bank. Mr. Barguzar
deals with Bank’s credit policies and multifarious initiatives in the Renewable
Energy (RE) and Sustainability domain. He is also part of the Project
Implementation Unit (PIU) of the World Bank program for Grid Connected
Rooftop Solar PV projects and is the project coordinator of the Bank for the
program. In a career spanning over 32 years at SBI, he has held various
positions in functional areas like International Banking, Loans and Advances
in SME, Medium Corporate financing, Agriculture, Personal segments as
Branch Head/ dealing official. In addition, he has core operational experience
as Regional Manager at one of the Bank’s 14 domestic Circles where he was
overseeing around 84 branches/offices. He is a certified professional of
CAIIB. His immediate priority is the successful implementation of GCRSPV
under the World Bank program.

Asheesh Joshi, Officer, Indian Administrative Service (IAS)

Email: pdswajalhp@gmail.com

Asheesh Joshi is an Officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He

Currently holds the post of Additional Secretary, Water & Sanitation, Project
Director Swajal, Project Director, State Program Management Group, Joint
Chief Executive Officer, State Water and Sanitation Mission.
Ramesh Babu, Deputy Director, Training under the Ministry of Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India
Email: dget.ppp@aol.in

Mr. Babu is working for Directorate General of Training under the Ministry of
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India as a Deputy
Director of Training. Having an engineering background, he is possessing a
professional experience of 16 years in the field of Vocational Training since
2001 to till date. He also possesses 11 years of academic experience in
technical education as a Polytechnic College Lecturer. Presently, his
responsibilities include implementation and monitoring of a central scheme
launched by Government of India for upgrading Government Industrial
Training Institutes throughout the Indian sub- continent.

Parveen Jargar, Under Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and

Entrepreneurship
Email: parveen.jargar@nic.in

Mr. Jargar have held various positions in Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Textiles
dealing with IITs, IIMs, Technical Institutes, Textile exports and policy, skill
development etc. Currently, he is the Under Secretary in the Ministry of Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship. His current charges include SANKALP (a
World bank assisted project), Pradham Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (largest
skill development scheme of Central Government), Skill Development policy,
bilateral cooperation, National Skill Development Fund and National Skill
development Cooperation. He holds a Commerce degree from Delhi
University.
Manoj Pratim Mitra, Grant Manager, West Bengal State Rural Development
Agency
Email: mp.mitra@gmail.com

Shri Manoj Pratim Mitra is working in development sector since 1996. From
December 2005, he has been working in West Bengal State Rural Development
Agency (WBSRDA) under Panchayats and Rural Development (P&RD)
Department of Government of West Bengal. He was involved in DFID assisted
Post designing phase for Strengthening Rural Decentralization (SRD) Program
and was team leader for designing Capacity Building component for PRIs
functionaries. He was District coordinator during implementation of DFID
assisted SRD program. At present, he is working in the capacity of Grant
Manager in the World Bank supported Institutional Strengthening of Gram
Panchayats (ISGP) Project of WBSRDA under P&RD Department. He is
leading Grant team and as a Grant Manager and is responsible for timely
preparation of Plan and Budget of ISGP Project for disbursement of Project
grant to qualifying GPs each year, monitor and supervise the utilization of
Project grant as well as grants from State and Central Finance Commissions,
maintenance and analysis of database of grants disbursement and utilization
and timely report return to the World Bank.
INDONESIA

Tormarbulang Lumbantobing, Deputy Director for Planning and Data

Management, Directorate Loans and Grants, Ministry of Finance
Email: tor.tobing2011@gmail.com

Mr Lumbantobing is the Deputy Director for Planning and Data

Management, Directorate of Loans and Grants, Directorate General of
Budget Financing and Risk Management, Ministry of Finance, responsible
to contribute to the formulation of the country partnership strategies of the
development partner such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank,
and Islamic Development Bank. The contribution aims to harmonize the
country partnership strategies with the development plan of the
Government. As the Deputy Director, Mr Lumbantobing is also in charge
to assess the new implementation modality offered by the development
partners. The assessment will indicate whether the new modality can be
implemented or may need new regulation for its implementation. In
addition, it is his responsibility to prepare disbursement target for loans and
grants as a part of resource envelope on the state budget.

Agus Hadian Rahim, Secretary of the Directorate General of Health

Service
Email: tusesyankes@gmail.com

Dr. Rahim is Secretary to the Directorate General of Health Efforts. Prior to

serving as Secretary of the Directorate General of Health Services, he served
as Managing Director of Orthopedics Hospital Prof. Dr. Soeharso Surakarta
in 2013-2015. He holds Orthopedic Specialist from Padjadjaran University,
Masters in Epidemiology from the University of Indonesia, and earned his
Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Indonesia. Last received
awards: Satyalancana Karya Satya 20 Years.
Muhammad Ikhsan Asaad, Head of Division Regional Development
Sunatera/Head of PMU for Power Distribution Development Program for
Result, PLN
Email : ikhsan.asaad@pln.co.id

Mr. Asaad is the Head of Development PLN Sumatera Regional Business.

He has been General Manager of PLN Maluku and Maluku Utara Region,
He holds a Master of Management degree from the Jakarta School of
Management.

Harapan Lumban Gaol, Deputy Director on Resources Development,

Conditional Cash Transfer Program, Ministry of Social Affairs
Email: harlgaol@gmail.com

Dr. Gaol is Deputy Director for Human Resources Development,

Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PKH), and Ministry of Social Affairs
Indonesia. PKH is a nationwide program on social protection in Indonesia,
established in 2007. He joined PKH since 2008 after he finished his study
on social protection in Germany. As an official responsible for resources
development, he now works to build the capacity of experts and local
facilitators of PKH both in central office and also in local areas, including
initiating partnerships with international and national institutions. Now he
leads a technical team of the so called Program for Result (P4R) Team under
co-operation between Ministry of Social Affairs Indonesia and The World
Bank.

Doddy Benyamin Pangaribuan, Dead of Division Corporate Planning,

PLN
Email: doddy@pln.co.id

Mr. Pangaribuan is the Head of Corporate Planning Division at the PLN

Head office in Indonesia. He graduated from HEC, Montreal, Canada with
an MBA in Energy Management in 2002. He has over 20 years’ experience
in System Planning and Engineering.
Agus Riyanto Kurniawan, Policy Planner, Directorate for System and
Procedure of Development Funding, BAPPENAS
Email: agus.riyanto@bappenas.go.id

Mr. Kurniawan is a policy planner in the Ministry of National Development

Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) since 2009. As a policy planner at
Directorate for System and Procedure of Development Funding, he
involved in formulating policy and regulations on national development
funding, developing funding mechanism and modalities, and establishing
the procedure on planning and budgeting system. He graduated from
Gadjah Mada University Indonesia in 2007 and got Master of Development
Economics degree from The University of Queensland in 2014. He has
attended in many short courses related on the government financing issues
such as government project financing and Public Private Financing.

Ade Kuswoyo, Acting Deputy Director, Directorate Multilateral Foreign

Funding, BAPPENAS
Email: ade.kuswoyo@gmail.com

Mr. Ade Kuswoyo is Acting Deputy Director in the Directorate Multilateral

Foreign Funding, Bappenassince 2012. He has fiveteen years experience in
managing government foreign grant and loan, planning, monitoring and
evaluation in National Development Planning Ministry/National
Development Planning Agency. He is Specialized in development funding
mechanism, and synchronizations the administration system between
government and development partners. Additional skills include: team
building, leadership, and working as part of multi-disciplinary teams.

Rezeki Peranginangin, Director for Strategic Area Development, RIDA -

Ministry of Public Work and Housing
Email: rezekip@gmail.com

Mr. Rezeki Peranginangin is the director for Strategic Area Development

office, RIDA, Ministry of Public Workd and Housing.
Brawijaya, Deputy Director for Integrated Strategic Area Infrastructure
Development, RIDA – Ministry of Public Works and Housing
Email; brawijaya@gmail.com

Mr. Brawijaya works as deputy director in Integrated Strategic Area

Infrastructure Development, RIDA – Ministry of Public Works and
Housing.

Ferryal Resque, Sub Directorate of Loan and Grant Cash Management,

Directorate of State Cash Management, Ministry of Finance
Email: ferryalresque@gmail.com

Mr. Resque is the head of section of loan and grant cash management. He
is responsible for making policies related to the cash management of the
World Bank’s project loans/grants, especially for projects that exercise the
special account withdrawal mechanism i.e. suspension of project loan/grant
disbursement, implementation of new loan/grant withdrawal mechanism.
Moreover, analyzing, verifying and processing the special account
withdrawal application from executing agencies of the project loan/grant
and preparing the program loan withdrawal. In addition, monitoring and
ensuring the balance of special account of loans/grants and processing
refund of ineligible expenditures.
NEPAL

Tek Bahadur Khatri, Under Secretary, International Economic

Cooperation Coordination Division (IECCD), Ministry of Finance
Email: tkhatri@mof.gov.np

Mr. Khatri holds a Bachelors and Master degree in economics and Public
Administration and Management from Tribhuvan University of Nepal. He
joined civil service in 1994. As a career bureaucrat he has a long working
experience in Nepal’s civil service. He started his bureaucratic service
working in Ministry of Finance mainly customs and Inland Revenue offices.
Since 2006 he has been working in International Economic Cooperation and
Coordination Division in Ministry of Finance. More often he has
coordinated and facilitated the programs and projects supported by external
development partners specially being in touch with World Bank and Asian
Development Bank for long time. Now he is responsible for social sector –
education and health in International Economic Cooperation and
Coordination Division in Ministry of Finance. He has participated many
international seminars, workshops and training programs in abroad in the
capacity of section officer and undersecretary. He is a fellow of seventh
cohort Voice Secondment program of World Bank.

Saroj Pradhan, Deputy Director General, Bridge Branch, Department of

Roads
Email: pradhansaroj70@gmail.com)

Mr. Pradhan is the Deputy Director General in charge of ‘Development,

Operation and maintenance of bridges’ of the Department of Roads under
the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport of Nepal. He has been
working in this department for more than 26 years in various capacities. His
major involvement is in project planning including pre-appraisal, appraisal,
feasibility studies; Project Management for construction operation and
maintenance. He is also involved in preparation of national planning
documents; reviewing and providing comments on planning policy
documents, development partners’ country assistance strategies;
contemporary development issues like SDGs, 5FYP, Priority Investment
Plan, Road Safety Action Plan; liaison with development partners including
World Bank and others. He is currently leading World Bank supported
Bridge Maintenance and Improvement Project (BIMP) under new lending
instrument, Program for Result (PforR), and is going to be successfully
completed shortly.
Naresh Man Shakya, Deputy Director General, Bridge Branch,
Department of Roads, Nepal
Email: naresh.shakya@yahoo.com

Mr. Shakya is a Senior Divisional Engineer posted currently in Bridge

Branch under Department of Roads, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and
Transport, Government of Nepal. He is serving in this department for more
than 23 years in various capacities. He is currently taking responsibility of
coordination of Bridge Building, maintenance, development and operation
of various software such as Bridge Management System, Grievance Redress
System, Bridge Site Monitoring system etc. that are being used as tools for
Bridges Improvement and Maintenance Program (BIMP), funded by the
World Bank under Program for Results (P4R) concept. His major
involvement is in project planning including pre-appraisal, appraisal,
feasibility studies; monitoring, coordinating with various field divisions and
projects under Department of Roads; liaison with development partners
including World Bank and others. He has sound and proven expertise in
Geotechnical engineering, geo-hazards assessment particularly in the
context of slope stability analysis, landslide treatment and design of slope
strengthening structures in fragile mountain slopes. He is fully familiar with
the geotechnical environment of Nepal and Bhutan road network.

Bhogendra Raj Dotel, Chief, PPICD, Ministry of Health

Email: brdotel@gmail.com

Mr. Dotel is the chief of Policy planning and International cooperation

Division (PPICD) at Ministry of Health, Nepal. Mr. Dotel has more than 20
years of experience at different capacities in Health sector. Mr. Dotel has
demonstrated his leadership with Innovation and problem solving
approaches to meet the demand of the disadvantage community. Critical
thinking and comments in programs are being taken as examples. A husband
and father of two kids, Bhogendra loves swimming, trekking and sharing of
experience and knowledge. His motivation in life is to see the people
healthier and use the potentiality to change the situation and reach highest
level in life. Mr Dotel is a public health leader and providing dynamic
leadership as a president of Nepal Public Health Association.
Kiran Regmi Ghimire, Secretary, Ministry of Health
Email: regmikiran@gmail.com

Dr. Ghimire is the Chief Specialist Secretary in the Ministry of Health in

Nepal. She holds a PhD in Public Health, from the New England University,
Australia and a post Doctorate degree from the Centre for Population and
Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health. She is an expert
trainer of various reproductive health programmes. She had represented in
several important polices related workshops at international forum, and have
received important scholarships and fellowships including Harvard
fellowship and Distinguished Australian Alumni Award, 2014. Her research
articles published in various international journals and also received the best
article of the year award. Presently, she is involved in policy analysis in the
ministry of health.
PAKISTAN

Altaf Bijarani. Secretary, Planning & Development Department, Government

of Sindh
Email: secypndsindh@gmail.com

Mr. Bijarani is the Secretary of Planning, Planning & Dev. Department. He has
more than 24 years’ experience working in the Government of Pakistan.
Mr Bijarani holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Sindh University in
Pakistan.

Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, Secretary, Planning & Development Department,

Government of Punjab
Email: iftikharsahoo@yahoo.com

Mr. Sahoo is Secretary, Planning & Development Department, Government of

the Punjab, Lahore. He has more than 16 years’ experience in the Government of
Pakistan and holds a Master’s Degree in Social Policy from the University of
Nottingham in the UK. Among his duties, he is responsible for discharging
administrative responsibilities of the office of Secretary, P&D Department; as
well as supervision of various attached departments, offices and autonomous
bodies of the P&D Department.

Mumtaz Hussain Shah, Deputy Secretary, Economic Affairs Division (EAD),

Government of Pakistan
Email: mumtaz.gillani@yahoo.com

Mr. Shah is the Deputy Secretary, responsible for World Bank/Islamic

Development Bank, International Fund for Agriculture Development, in
Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan. He played a lead role in
designing, preparation, negotiations of program/projects with
Multilaterals/Bilateral Institutions (World Bank -IDA, IBRD, IFC, Islamic
Development, IFAD and OFID, DIFID, GAVI Alliance, DIFID and on behalf of
the Federal Government, Provincial Governments, Federal
Ministries/Divisions/Organizations.
Agha Waqar Javed, Member PPP, Planning and Development Department,
Government of Punjab.
Email: memberppp@pndpunjab.gov.pk

Mr. Javed is a senior executive having over 18 years of domestic and international
experience in Management, Banking & Finance, Privatization and Public Private
Partnerships. He holds Post Graduate Degrees in Business Administration and
Finance. He has a proven track record of accomplishments in Financial
Management, Privatization and Public Private Partnerships. His articles on
Privatization and Public Private Partnerships have been published in leading local
and international dailies/journals. He has been instrumental in making the Punjab
PPP initiatives a success in his capacity as Member Planning & Development and
Head of PPP Cell, Government of the Punjab. Mr. Javed has extensive experience
of coordination with developmental partners. He has negotiated various programs
with WB, ADB and DFID. Mr. Javed is Government of the Punjab’s focal person
for the proposed agricultural and rural transformation PforR program. Mr. Javed
also delivers lectures on Public Policy at various distinguished academic and
training institutions of Pakistan

Aslam Javaid, Senior Chief, Urban Development, Planning and Development

Board, Government of Punjab
Email: aslam_javaid05@yahoo.com

Mr. Javaid has 24 years of diversified experience working in Development

Planning and Development Financing in Public and Private sector. From 2006
to date he has been working in Planning & Development Department
Government of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan as Senior Chief (Senior Management
Position).
Kamran Farooq Ansari, Director/Project Manager BISP
Email: kamranfarooqansari786@gmail.com

Mr. Ansari joined the civil service of Pakistan in the year 1999 and has to his
credit 16 years of work experience in the public sector. Mr. Ansari has worked in
various organizations of the federal and the provincial governments including
Ministry of Water & Power, Economic Affairs Division, Punjab labour
Department and Prime Minister’s Office. Mr. Ansari is currently posted in
Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), the largest social safety net of the
country. Mr. Ansari has worked in BISP as Director Donor Coordination for
about 6 months and presently working as Project Manager for the World Bank’s
Pakistan Social Safety Net Project.

Muhammad Mahmood Rai, Secretary Agriculture, Government of Punjab.

Email: mahmood.rai@gmail.com

Mr. Rai is Secretary Agriculture, Government of Punjab, Lahore. He holds a

Master of Public Policy Analysis, Crawford School of Economics and
Government, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Ali Jalal, JnC Program Director, PRMP

Email: alijalal1@hotmail.com

Mr Jalal is the Deputy Program Director in the Planning and Development

Department in the Government of Punjab in Pakistan. He holds a Master’s
Degree in Business Administration – International Banking and Finance from the
University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. As Deputy Program Director,
Mr. Jalal’s responsibilities include liaising with the Finance, Planning and
Development and other implementing departments to efficiently coordinate and
administer program activities. He monitors daily the affairs related to accounts
and maintains a strong liaison among the donor, executing agency and other stake
holders involved in the implementation of the program.
PHILIPPINES
Jonathan L. Uy, Director, Public Investment Staff, National Economic
Development Agency
Email: Jluy@neda.gov.ph

Mr. Uy has been the director of the NEDA-Public Investment Staff

(NEDA-PIS) since July 4, 2005. The NEDA-PIS coordinates and
conducts the evaluation and monitoring of policies, programs, projects
and proposals for funding by the bilateral/multilateral development
partners or through public private partnership and local funding, and
coordinates and facilitates development cooperation between GPH and
bilateral/multilateral development partners. Director Uy received his
Master in Economics of Development from the Institute of Social
Studies, Netherlands and his bachelor’s degree in Economics (cum
laude) from the University of the Philippines. He recently attended a
Workshop on the Program for Results (PforR) at the World Bank
Country Office in Manila where the instrument's applicability in the new
project ideas in the Philippines was discussed, and experiences of other
countries in using said instrument were shared.

Angel R. Ojastro III. Secretary General, Housing and urban

Development, Coordinating Council
Email: angeliiio@yahoo.com

Mr. Ojastro III is the Secretary General, Housing and Urban

Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) since September 2016,
with the rank of Undersecretary. Assists the Chairperson of HUDCC in
the day to day operations of the agency, and responsible for the execution
and administration of its approved policies and measures. Prior to this
appointment he has been in Private Law Practitioner beginning in 1997
for a period of 19 years practicing in the fields of Criminal Law, Family
Law, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, Torts and Damages,
Land Law.
Nikka Nea Loreto, Economic Development Specialist at the NEDA-
Public Investment Staff - Multilaterals Division
Email: rosales,tanya@gmail.com

Ms. Loreto has been an Economic Development Specialist at the NEDA-

Public Investment Staff - Multilaterals Division since September 18,
2014. She is currently taking up her Master’s in Business Administration
at the Ateneo de Manila University where she also took up her bachelor's
degree in Economics. As part of the Multilaterals division, she handles
projects, programs and technical assistance proposed for WB, UNDP,
and FAO financing.

Annalyn M. Sevilla, Undersecretary for Budget Division and Program

Monitoring and Delivery Unit, Department of Education
Email: anne.sevilla@deped.gov.ph

Ms. Sevilla is currently the Undersecretary for Finance (Budget and

Performance Monitoring) of the Department of Education (DepEd). She
is tasked to advise and assist the Secretary in the formulation and
implementation of budget preparation and execution policies, plans and
programs for the Department. Prior to this assignment, she worked for
the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for 10 years. She
was also a Public Sector Specialist consultant for 6 years in the World
Bank office of Manila. As a public financial management, governance
and change management consultant, she has done numerous consultancy
projects with government agencies such as the DBM, DepEd,
Commission on Audit, Bureau of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal
Revenue, Department of Agriculture, Department of Public Works and
Highways and Department of Health.
SRI LANKA
Russel Aponsu, Director, Strategic Planning and Policy, Ministry of
Higher Education
Email: aponsu@gmail.com

Mr. Aponsu is the Director of Planning in the Ministry of Higher

Education. He holds a Master’s Degree in Development Economics
from the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Madura Mangalika Wehella, Director Planning, Ministry of

Education
Email: mmwehella@gmail.com

Ms. Wehella works as a Director Planning in Ministry of Education.

His responsibilities as the Director/Policy and Planning includes
analyses, study and make recommendations for improvement of
national education policies, Preparation of medium-term (MT)
education sector rolling plans and annual implementation plans (AIPs)
action plans in collaboration with national and provincial education
Authorities, identification of MT education investment budget
requirements, define policies for equitable and efficient allocation and
distribution, identification of sources, policies and strategic plans and
coordinate all foreign funded programs within sector-wide approach an
ensure incorporation of such foreign assistance in national/provincial
education plans.

Hemantha Pubudusiri Director (acting), World Bank and IMF

Division, Department of External Resources
Email: hemantha@erd.gov.lk

Ms. Pubudusiri is the Director, Department of External Resources,

Ministry of National Polices and Economic Affairs, Sri Lanka. She
holds Master of Arts in Policy Economics, Williams College, USA
(2011) and has more than eight years’ experience working in the Sri
Lankan Government.
Talagala Arachchige Don Dammika Premarathna, Director,
Department of National Planning, Ministry of National Policies and
Economic Affairs
Email: dammikapremarathna@yahoo.com

Mr. Premarathna is a development planner belongs to Sri Lanka

Planning Service. He has being working in deferent Government
agencies holding deferent positions since January 2002. He is the
Director for the Human Development Cluster of the Department of
National Planning of the Ministry of National Policies and Economic
Affairs, Sri Lanka. Mr. Premarathna has completed his first degree
Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
in 1998. Then he has completed his first Master’s degree in Economics
at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in 2005. He obtained his second
Master’s degree in Regional Development for Poverty Reduction from
the Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan in 2010. At present, Mr.
Premarathna closely works with several ongoing World Bank Projects,
Transforming the School Education Project, Higher Education for
Twenty First Century, Skills Sector development Programme 2014-
2020 and Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development
Programme going to be started from 2017.
THAILAND
Mr. Rom Aroonvisoot, Economist, Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry
of Finance
Email: romaroon@googlemail.com

Mr. Aroonvisoot is economist at Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of

Finance. He is responsible for overlooking at matters related to the
World Bank, involving WB-IMF Annual Meeting and Thailand’s
contribution to International Development Association. He is
involved in the preparation of Systematic Country Diagnostic and he
is a part of the working group for policy implementation of Thailand
policies related to Doing Business Report. Mr. Aroonvisoot
graduated MSc. Economics from University College London. In the
past, he was responsible for matters related to APEC Finance
Ministers’ Meeting.

Mr. Ekaraj Khuankhunsathid, Executive Director of Debt

Management Bureau, Public Debt Management Office, Ministry of
Finance
Emal: ekaraj@pdmo.go.th

Mr. Khuankhunsathid is the Executive Director of Debt

Management Bureau 1, public Debt Management Office (PDMO),
Ministry of Finance. His main responsibilities include supervising
government borrowing in both local and foreign currencies, and
handling government bonds and treasury bills issuance to support
PDMO’s missions in domestic bond market development and cash
management. He has strong backgrounds in pro-active debt
management and debt payment management. In addition, he is an
expert in cash management and active in risks management.
Before joining PDMO, he was a Fiscal Analyst at the Comptroller
General's Department, Ministry of Finance where he began his
specialization in cash management, government’s procurement
processes and guidelines, and treasury reserve rules and regulations.
Ekaraj holds a MBA (International Business) from University of
Bridgeport, USA
VIETNAM
Trinh Mai Lan, Officer, Department of Debt Management and
external Finance, MOF
Email: trinhmailan@mof.gov.vn

Ms. Lan is the officer in Department of Debt Management and

External Finance, MOF

Le Trung Hieu, Director, Foreign Economic Relations Department,

Ministry of Planning and Investment
Email: trunghieu2352002@yahoo.com

Mr. Hieu is an Expert, in the International Financial Institution

Division, Foreign Economic Relation Department in the Ministry of
Planning and Investment (MPI). Since 2007 he has been the MPI
Focal point of Vietnam’s WB portfolio management: Consolidating,
monitoring and evaluating the WB’s portfolio in Vietnam, coordinate
WB – Vietnam (MPI) cooperation; and directly manage WB projects
in the following sectors: Finance and Banking, policy reform, urban
development, sanitation, water resource, social and welfare, energy.

Cao Manh Cuong, Deputy Director General, Foreign Economic

Relations Department of the Ministry of Planning and Investment
Email: cuongcm1961@gmail.com

Mr. Cuong is the Deputy Director General of the Foreign Economic

Relations Department(FERD) of the Ministry of Planning and
Investment (MPI) in charge of ODA strategies and policies,
formulation of ODA institutional and legal framework, planning and
budgeting, M&E, aid effectiveness and effective development
cooperation, capacity development in ODA management. He holds a
BA degree in Foreign Studies and has more than 14 years working on
aid effectiveness agenda at global regional and local level.
Ha Minh Tuan, Head of Bilateral Division- State Audit of Vietnam
Email: van200405@yahoo.com

Mr Tuan is the Head of the International Cooperation Division of the

State Audit Department of Vietnam. He holds an MBA from the
Economic University of Vietnam.

Tran Thi Lam Ha, Officer, Project Management Unit of RB UNDP

Ministry of Construction
Email: Tranlamha@gmail.com

Ms. Ha is currently the Vice Head of Project Management Division,

Management of Urban Development Projects, Urban Development
Agency, Ministry of Construction, S.R.Viet Nam Project
Coordinator of Results-Based National Urban Development Program
– Northern Mountains (The Northern Mountains Urban Program).
The RBNUDP-NM is a performance based grant program targeting
seven cities in the Northern Mountains region including of Bac Kan,
Cao Bang, Dien Bien Phu, Hoa Binh, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang
and Yen Bai. The Program is being supported with ODA financing
from the World Bank through the Program-for-Results (PforR)
financing instrument and GOV funding.

Nguyen Minh Tien, Director, General, National Coordination

Office for NTP-New Rural Area, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development)
Email: ngmtien@gmail.com

Mr Tien is the Director General, Chief of the National Coordination

Office NTP on New Rural Development Program. He holds
Master’s Degree in International Economics from Chaminade
University, USA and a Bachelor’s degree in Energy Engineering
from Hanoi University of Technology. Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ms. Chi Linh Le, Project Officer, Health Environment Management
Agency, Ministry of Health
Email: inhchi.le2010@gmail.com

Ms. Le holds a Master of Public Health Degree from flinders

University, South Australia, in the Faculty of Nursing and Health
Services. She is the Health Project Officer, specializing in Rural
Sanitation and Water Supply Program in the Health Environment
Management Agency in the Ministry of Health.

Vu Hai Tung, Deputy Director, Department of Road Construction

and Management, Ministry of Transport
Email: vtung2006@gmail.com

Mr. Tung is Deputy Director in the Directorate of Roads in the Road

Construction Management Bureau of Vietnam. He holds a Master of
Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Transport
and communications in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Nguyen Thu Ha, Senior Expert, Department of Planning and

Finance, ETEP PMU Financial Management
Email: thuha@moet.edu.vn

Ms. Ha is Deputy Manager in the Ministry of education and training,

Planning and Finance Department, ODA management division. She
holds Master’s degree in Accounting and Economic Activities
Analysis from the National Economic University in Vietnam
Ngo Thi Khanh Hoa, Officer, State Bank of Vietnam
Email: hoa.ngokhanh@sbv.gov.vn

Ms. Hoa is an Officer in the State Bank of Vietnam since April

2014. She holds a Master’s Degree in Global Financial
Management.

Dang Quang Dinh, Deputy Head of Policy Development Division -

Department of Planning and Finance
Email: dinhmoh@gmail.com

Mr Dinh is the Deputy Head of Policy Development Division,

Department of Planning and Finance He recently works on “The
National Health Insurance for Universal Health Coverage Meeting in
Philippines”, Funded by the ADB. He also works on Study on Human
Resources Development and Training in China”, Funded by the
Vietnam Government, the “Consultation on Universal Health
Coverage (UHC): Moving Towards Better Health in the Western
Pacific Region”, conducted by WHO in Manila, Philippines.

Vu Viet Ha, Deputy Head of Communication & International

Cooperation Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
development.
Email: haviethv@gmail.com

Mr. Ha is the Deputy Head of Communication & International

Cooperation Division of the National Coordination Office for New
rural development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
development. He recently works on supporting implementation of the
National Targeted programs on New rural development and
Sustainable poverty reduction” of the World Bank.