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Aileen Pangilinan is a national of the Philippines. She is a Certified Public Accountant and co-authored the publication Diagnostic Study of Accounting and Auditing Practices in the Marshall Islands. Prior to joining ADB, she was a long-term consultant involved in various activities of ADB-assisted economic cooperation program for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) such as the
Sharad leads design and implementation teams related to transport infrastructure and policy development. He has worked extensively on projects related to railway infrastructure, rolling stock, logistics and inland waterway transport. Sharad also assisted in the formulation and implementation of ADB's Sustainable Transport Initiative. His present work is focused on metro rail
Amir is an economist and social sector specialist at the ADB, having joined as a Young Professional (YP) in 2018. He has extensive experience working on the design, development and evaluation of social protection, human development, and women’s empowerment projects. Amir leads social policy dialogue with governments in Asia and the Pacific as well as the preparation and
Sabyasachi (Saby) Mitra is the Director of Public Management, Financial Sector & Trade Division of the South Asia Department of Asian Development Bank. He has been with ADB for nearly 16 years and specializes mainly in development finance, policy planning and regional cooperation. Prior to taking up this assignment, he was the Deputy Country Director of the India Resident
Rhea works on labor economics, education, social protection, and innovation using microdata from household and firm surveys. Before joining ADB, she was with the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance where she worked on public debt and civil conflict. She received her PhD in Public Economics from the University of Munich in Germany.