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Sustainable Transport Investments: Opportunities, Challenges, and Good Practices
An Environmental and Social Safeguards Community of Practice (CoP) Seminar
Sustainable Transport Investments: Opportunities, Challenges, and Good Practices
31 October – 1 November 2024

TIME: 31 October – 1 November 2024 09:00 – 17:15 (GMT+8)

LOCATION: Chengdu, China and Virtual

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Co-organized by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF), this forum aims to provide a platform to share good practices, lessons learned, opportunities and challenges in managing environmental and social risks and impacts in transport infrastructure projects. The discussion will focus on practical applications for market players in emerging markets across Asia and beyond and draw from the rich experiences of diverse stakeholders.

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Environmental and Social (E&S) specialists, investment operations staff of International Financial Institutions, and relevant stakeholders in the transport infrastructure sector.

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The two-day hybrid forum will be held in Chengdu, China, and online via Zoom.
Speaker presentations and discussions will be conducted in English.
Presentations and related knowledge products will be uploaded on MCDF’s website and JIGSAW platform.
Participants will be engaged through small group discussions, quick-answer apps, and question-and-answer sessions at the end of each panel discussion.

AGENDA
SPEAKERS
Opening Remarks
Zhongjing Wang
Zhongjing Wang
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MCDF
<p>Mr. Zhongjing Wang is the inaugural Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF). Before being appointed as CEO, he served as Head of the Interim Secretariat tasked with establishing the multilateral finance facility. Mr. Wang is a global leader and advocate for high quality connectivity infrastructure with a relentless focus on diversity, transparency, equality, innovation, and collaboration.</p> <p>Prior to joining the MCDF, Zhongjing served as the Director-General of the Center for Evaluation of the World Bank Loan Projects in the Chinese Ministry of Finance leading the cooperation between China and multilateral financial institutions and bilateral development partners with an annual lending portfolio of roughly $7 billion. He has served on the Board of multiple international organizations and financial mechanisms, including the Asian Development Bank, the New Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and Adaptation Fund. He was a council member of the Global Environmental Facility, Global Infrastructure Facility, and the Women Entrepreneurship Finance Initiative. Mr. Wang holds an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, a Certificate of International Tax Program from Harvard Law School and an LL.B from Peking University.</p>
Hun Kim
Hun Kim
Acting Vice President, Investment Solutions and Director General, Sectors, Themes and Finance Solutions Department
<p>Hun Kim is Acting Vice President, Investment Solutions. He is responsible for providing leadership and overseeing three departments, namely, the Sectors, Themes, and Finance Solutions Department (STF); Sustainability and Fiduciary Solutions Department (SFS); and Portfolio Management Department (PMD). He serves concurrently as Director General of the STF Department and is responsible for developing the technical excellence of the Bank’s investment operations and expanding the Bank’s operational knowledge across all sectors and themes in support of both sovereign and nonsovereign investment operations. Under his leadership, STF performs a proactive role in shaping the direction and impact of AIIB’s investment operations. The department takes the lead in initiating and carrying out upstream work to cultivate expertise, support and incubate new initiatives in emerging technologies, provide advisory services for public-private partnerships, and promote growth in other productive sectors. Previous to his appointment, Kim has played a pivotal role in building AIIB’s social infrastructure portfolio from the ground up, which has grown to over USD2 billion since it was established in 2021. Kim is a seasoned development professional who has built his skills and expertise throughout his long and successful career in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he has held various leadership positions, the last of which was Director General, South Asia Department. Prior to that, he was ADB’s Country Director in India Resident Mission. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, U.S.A and an MA and BA in Economics from Yonsei University, Republic of Korea. Kim is from the Republic of Korea.</p>
Plenary Session A: Application of Environmental and Social Standards in Sustainable Transport Projects – Opportunities, Challenges, and Global Trendss
Ede Ijjasz
Ede Ijjasz
Senior Advisor to the CEO, MCDF
<p>Ede Ijjasz is currently Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance, MCDF. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations and foundations, including the Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, one of the first organizations that developed ESG standards, currently used by more than 10,000 organizations in over 100 countries.</p> <p>Mr. Ijjasz had a long career at the World Bank, where he was part of the senior leadership responsible for the sustainable development, infrastructure, and climate change portfolios. He has worked in more than 90 developing and emerging economies in all regions of the world – from fragile and conflict-affected countries to high-middle-income countries. Mr. Ijjasz was responsible for about $80B of investments in and close to 800 policy reports during his World Bank career. He oversaw the implementation of the social standards of the World Bank’s ESG framework in the entire World Bank portfolio.</p> <p>Mr. Ijjasz has a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has been a lecturer at Tsinghua, Johns Hopkins, and Georgetown universities</p>
David Rollinson
David Rollinson
Senior Environment Specialist, AIIB
<p>David Rollinson is a Senior Environmental Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, who has been working in the Environmental and Social safeguards space for the last 12 years. Before joining the AIIB, David led the Environmental and Social safeguard teams in Southeast Asia at the Consultancy Arup. David has extensive experience throughout Asia and the Pacific, working in numerous sectors throughout the project lifecycle ranging from undertaking impact assessments for large scale infrastructure projects, through to E&amp;S transaction advice. David is a Chartered Biologist.</p>
Nianshan Zhang
Nianshan Zhang
Head, Office of Safeguards, ADB
<p>Before assuming the position of Head of the Safeguards Office, he was the Senior Advisor and Deputy Director General of Central and West Asia Department (CWRD) also was 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 CWRD projects. He joined ADB in November 2002.</p> <p>Nianshan Zhang has also held various positions, which included Senior Transport Specialist, and Senior Advisor to the Vice President, VPO1. In June 2011, he was appointed as Deputy Country Director in ADB’s Pakistan Resident Mission. Mr. Zhang has in-depth operational knowledge of ADB's policies and practices.</p> <p>Nianshan Zhang is a national of the People's Republic of China who holds a Master's degree in Economics from University of International Business and Economics, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from University of International Economics and Trade in People’s Republic of China.</p>
Roman Novozhilov
Roman Novozhilov
Chief of ESG Department, NDB
<p>Roman Novozhilov is the Head of ESG Division at the New Development Bank. He has over 20 years of global experience in environmental, social, and governance matters. He joined the Shanghai-based NDB in 2017 to start its ESG Division and is responsible for integrating ESG aspects in NDB’s credit and equity products and for delivering ESG advisory services to NDB’s clients. Before joining NDB, he worked for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, D.C., Johannesburg and Hong Kong, focusing on managing the ESG risks of IFC’s investments. Before that, he held various roles in sustainability policy research at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Mr. Novozhilov holds a Ph.D. from American University (Washington D.C.) and an M.A. from Lancaster University (UK). He is a Chartered Alternative Assets Analyst (CAIA) and Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA).</p>
Piers Touzel
Piers Touzel
Head of Advisory, ERM
<p>Piers Touzel is the Head of ESG Advisory for ERM’s Greater China operations.&nbsp; He has worked with the environmental and social safeguard policies of Multilateral Development Banks for over 20 years and has experience in their practical application in Asia, Eastern Europe, South America and Africa. This includes work with major financial institutions including AIIB, the World Bank/IFC, ADB, EBRD and Equator Principles Financial Institutions.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>On the Lender’s side, Piers has acted as an independent environmental and social consultant for over 100 projects across virtually all industrial sectors, including for large-scale linear infrastructure projects, including trans-national pipelines, railways, roads and power transmission projects. &nbsp;On behalf of borrowers, Piers has led the preparation of over 50 Environmental and Social Impact Assessments and Resettlement Plans for projects across a range of industries including road, rail and airports.</p>
Corey Wong
Corey Wong
Director Transport, Arup
<p>Corey Wong is a Director based in Arup’s Hong Kong Office. He is a Senior Transport Specialist with nearly 25 years experience on urban public transport, e-mobility, highway/bridge, rural road, rail, airport, and active mobility projects. He has served extensively as Team Leader and/or lead transport specialist on MDB projects for AIIB, ADB, the World Bank, and others throughout Southeast Asia with a focus on transport infrastructure development including bus projects in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, rail and road/highway projects in the Philippines, rural road projects in Cambodia, and walk/cycle projects in Cambodia and Lao PDR.&nbsp; Throughout these projects, Corey takes a proactive approach to tie E&amp;S elements into the development lifecycle to inform technical plans/designs, integrating these considerations into field investigations, surveys, analysis tools, assessment approaches, etc. to minimize downstream schedule, cost, and implementation risks to the project.</p>
Parallel Session 1a: Environment Safeguards in Roads and Rail Investments
Drona Ghimire
Drona Ghimire
Senior Environment Specialist, AIIB
<p>Drona is a Senior Environmental Specialist at AIIB. Before joining AIIB, he served as a Senior Environmental Specialist at the World Bank for over 15 years. He specializes in managing environmental and social risks and integrating these aspects throughout the project lifecycle. With experience across multiple countries and sectors, Drona has also collaborated with international organizations like ADB, IUCN, and ILO. He holds a master’s in environmental engineering from the University of Liverpool, UK, and a bachelor’s in civil engineering from IIT Roorkee, India. He is fluent in Nepali, English, Hindi, and conversational in Urdu.</p>
Alexandra Antsugai
Alexandra Antsugai
ESD Head of Sector Infrastructure Associate Director, EBRD
<p>With 17+ years in ESG domain at EBRD and IFC, Alexandra’s experience covers public and private investment projects across Eastern Europe, Balkans, Türkiye, Caucasus, MENA, Central Asia, East Asia &amp; Pacific. She has worked on numerous environmental and social assessments in energy, industry and infrastructure sectors, screening projects’ E&amp;S risks, leading ESDDs, and managing portfolio issues. As IFC’s ESG Regional Team Lead for East Asia &amp; Pacific, she coordinated appraisal and supervision work of 15+ team of specialists and consultants. She currently holds Head of Sector Infrastructure position at the Environment and Sustainability Department of EBRD.</p> <p>She completed MSc in Environmental Management from Oxford University’s School of Geography with focus on resource efficiency and climate change; BA in International Relations; MA in Management and Economics; NEBOSH International Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety; IEMA Certificate in Environmental Audit, as well as IFC’s Professional Learning Certificate in Sustainability Framework and Performance Standards.</p>
Elisa Xiao
Elisa Xiao
Principal Environmental and Social Professional, ESG, NDB
<p>Elisa Xiao is a Principal Environmental and Social Professional in NDB’s ESG Department, bringing 24 years of experience in environmental and social impact assessment and risk management across both corporate and project levels in the public and private sectors. She specializes in key industries including transportation, renewable energy, infrastructure, mining, and oil and gas. Elisa has developed a project footprint that spans over 30 countries worldwide, assisting her clients in managing complex environmental and social challenges across diverse regulatory and cultural contexts, with a particular focus on Asia, Africa and South America. She has extensive project experience to effectively address unique environmental and social challenges and stakeholder dynamics, ensuring that projects not only comply with local regulations but also adhere to international best practices.</p>
Carlito Rufo
Carlito Rufo
Senior Environmental Specialist, ADB
<p>Carlito Rufo, Jr. is a Senior Environmental Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He ensures the compliance of transport projects to the ADB’s and country-specific environmental safeguards. He has over thirty (30) years of experience in the environmental field including safeguards, climate change risk screening and assessment, greenhouse gas emissions estimation, policy analysis, pollution prevention, environmental management systems, emission estimation, air dispersion modeling, agricultural and land-use planning, geographic information system (GIS), hydrology, and municipal water supply. He has also acted as a technical expert resource in numerous seminars and workshops on these fields. Mr. Rufo has done numerous environmental impact assessments, financial and economic analyses, project evaluation and monitoring, policy studies, and publications on energy and the environment. He graduated from the University of the Philippines with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Agricultural Engineering and Environmental Engineering, respectively.</p>
Dale Fuertes Pham
Dale Fuertes Pham
Environment Specialist, AIIB
<p>Dale is an Environment Specialist in the AIIB’s Sustainability and Fiduciary Solutions Department. She has more than 10 years of experience working on both private and public sector projects where she had supported clients to identify and manage environmental and social (E&amp;S) and environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks and impacts in a way consistent with national legislation and international standards, and other good international industry practices.</p>
Manuel Benard
Manuel Benard
Senior Investment Officer, AIIB
<p>Mr. Manuel Benard is a Senior Investment Officer – Transport in the Public Sector Clients Department of Region 2 covering Central and West Asia, Europe, Latin America, North Africa and Middle East of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). He supervises and manages AIIB support to a number of large-scale infrastructure projects predominantly in Asia. Previously, Deputy Team Leader for a Consortium of international consultant, Manuel supervised a portfolio of EIB Technical Assistance projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), continuing his roles as a Senior Economist for EIB before where he provided economic and financial analysis for a portfolio of 17 transport projects in 6 MENA countries, with a potential project loan value over €3.5bn. He also served 7 years as Principal Transport Economist at AfDB, working closely with national administrations to analyze Bank financing requests for major road and rail investments (&gt;$8bn). His career prior to this saw him lead the Economic and Financial Analysis of infrastructure projects in the private sector and for the United Nations. Moreover, Manuel has written several articles on transport in academic papers and has participated to several international fora, workshops and panels on transport and logistic topics.</p>
Dicka Andila Vebri
Dicka Andila Vebri
Senior Social & Environmental Specialist, PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance
<p>Dicka holds a master’s degree in Environmental Management from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, with expertise in Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainable Finance, Environmental and Social Due Diligence, Environmental Site Assessment, Gender and Social Inclusion, and Occupational Health and Safety.</p> <p>Dicka currently serves as the Team Leader for Monitoring and Evaluation in the Social and Environmental Division at PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance (IIF). In this role, she manages a team of specialists responsible for monitoring and supervising projects and borrower compliance to ensure alignment with applicable social and environmental performance requirements, as well as overseeing the implementation of corrective action plans. Her responsibilities also include monitoring grievance mechanisms, facilitating stakeholder engagement through public consultations and disclosures, preparing S&amp;E memos confirming project compliance for facility renewals, and preparing progress and performance reports for various investors.</p>
Yayan Indriatmoko
Yayan Indriatmoko
Head of E&S Division, Indonesia Infrastructure Finance
<p>Yayan current position is Head of Social and Environmental Division (SED) at PT. Indonesia Infrastructure Finance (IIF), where he promotes the implementation of IIF’s Social and Environment Principles in infrastructure projects financed by IIF.&nbsp; As Head of SED, he leads and provides guidance on day-to-day operational issues and compliance with IIF Social and Environmental Principles. Work with problems and issues that may involve high risk by preparing the required S&amp;E covenants in the loan agreements. Prepare regular reporting on S&amp;E Performance to strategic investors. Undertake social and environmental due diligence (SEDD), assist in public consultations and disclosure activities to support the implementation, and ensure compliance with the IIF’s Principle. Other key tasks are to monitor and supervise projects funded by IIF to ensure on-going compliance.&nbsp;</p> <p>He has had a leading role in developing and implementing projects in areas related to Sustainable Landscape Management and REDD+ projects in Indonesia. He has worked in research and practices in several sectors, including forestry research, local livelihood, and land tenure security. Yayan has authored and contributed to multiple journal papers and publications. Yayan has a master's in environmental management and development (MEMD) from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU).</p>
Parallel Session 2a: Environment Safeguards in Ports and Airports Investments
Maya Gabriela Villaluz
Maya Gabriela Villaluz
Senior Environment Specialist, AIIB
<p>Maya Gabriela Villaluz is a licensed professional Civil Engineer with two master’s degrees in environmental engineering and environmental science and technology, and a PhD in Environmental Science. She has decades of extensive International development experience as a Senior Environmental Specialist at the World Bank, USAID, various consulting firms, and was also a high-ranking public service official. She is now with the Sustainability and Fiduciary Department of AIIB.</p>
Siva Rama Krishna Sastry Jyosyula
Siva Rama Krishna Sastry Jyosyula
Senior Social Development Specialist, AIIB
<p>Siva has been working as a senior social development specialist in Operational Services Department, AIIB since early 2022. Prior to joining AIIB, Siva was associated with World Bank, ADB, federal and local governments as well as private sector in several positions, contributing in the areas of large-scale resettlement planning, livelihood restoration, grievance mechanisms. Siva was involved in E&amp;S due diligence of projects in various geographies, undertook preparation and implementation E&amp;S measures for sovereign and non-sovereign investments in priority sectors including water, energy and transport. Siva enjoys working with clients and stakeholders and focuses on knowledge transfer and strengthening institutions to facilitate sustained results.</p> <p>Siva is a Civil Engineer and holds a Professional Master in Urban Management from ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands, Master of Environmental Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.</p>
Ingeborg McNicoll
Ingeborg McNicoll
Technical Consulting Director, ERM Malaysia
<p>Ingeborg McNicoll MEI, is a Technical Consulting Director with ERM Malaysia and a SME in marine studies, marine surveys and ESIAs.&nbsp; Ingeborg graduated from Heriot-Watt University in 1979. She has over 40 years’ experience in working in the marine environment, protecting the marine environment for major capital projects for marine industries. Port projects include; Red Flags studies for port locations in West Africa; ESMP for the Construction Phase for a Port Terminal Extension; Strategic Impact Assessment and EMP for 6 jetties/wharf facilities along the coastline of Brunei; ESIA for a marine port for ore export from the Simandou mine in the Republic of Guinea undertaken to meet IFC requirements; and&nbsp; HSE Risk Assessment, ENVID and Stakeholder Engagement Plan for LNG transfer from ship to port for a gas power station in South Africa. Most recently she is involved with the challenges of meeting the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures.</p>
Pedro Ferraz
Pedro Ferraz
Senior Environmental and Social Specialist at the New Development Bank (NDB)
<p>Pedro Campany Ferraz is a Senior Environmental and Social Specialist at the New Development Bank (NDB), a role he has assumed after serving as a Senior Environmental Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and working with multinational companies such as Vale S/A and Votorantim Group. With twenty years of industry experience, Pedro is a professional in environmental management, with a solid background in national and international projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He has supported legal and technical teams in conflict resolution cases and social and environmental assessments, policies, and standards.</p>
Martin Willich
Martin Willich
Project Director, Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
<p>Martin Willich is Project Director with Fraport’s international investments department and holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin and brings over 25 years of experience in airport planning and project management. Specializing in strategic and master planning, his expertise has expanded in recent years to include a strong focus on sustainability and ESG initiatives.</p> <p>At Fraport, Martin leads the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) by the European Union, setting new standards for non-financial reporting. He also plays a key role in the Antalya Airport expansion project, representing Fraport in executing the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP), which addresses environmental impact, noise management, and community livelihood improvements.</p> <p>Martin's experience spans multiple departments within Fraport and international assignments across the Fraport group.</p>
Wael Haggag
Wael Haggag
Head of Environment, Social, Health & Safety, and Security (ESHSS), Damietta Alliance Container Terminal (DACT)
<p>Currently serving as the Project Manager for Damietta Alliance Container Terminals (DACT) in Egypt, responsible for both construction and operations. This venture, a partnership between Hapag-Lloyd, Eurogate, Contship Italia, Middle East Logistics &amp; Consultants Group, and Ship &amp; C.R.E.W. Egypt S.A.E., is developed in strict adherence to the global standards set by major financial institutions, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and Proparco.</p> <p>Possessing a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Microbiology and a Diploma in Analytical Chemistry, along with advanced certifications such as the NEBOSH Diploma, Tech IOSH membership, and ISO 14001 Lead Auditor accreditation, I offer over 16 years of specialized experience in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) management. My career spans the maritime sector and container terminal operations, where I have consistently driven safety, environmental compliance, and operational excellence across diverse and complex projects.</p>
Plenary Session B: Sustainable Transport Projects - Climate and Green Transition
Sudhir Gota
Sudhir Gota
Co-Team Leader, Asian Transport Outlook
<p>Sudhir Gota is an internationally recognized expert in sustainable transport with over two decades of global experience. As co-team leader of the Asian Transport Outlook, a joint initiative of the Asian Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, he contributes to shaping transport policies across Asia. Mr. Gota also co-authored the UNCTAD sustainable freight and UNEP's electric mobility strategies, demonstrating his commitment to environmentally responsible transport solutions. His extensive knowledge is reflected in more than 50 policy briefs and his receipt of the prestigious 2013 Lee Schipper Scholarship.</p>
Alberto Alcubilla Arribas
Alberto Alcubilla Arribas
Senior Climate Finance Specialist at the AIIB
<p>Alberto works as a Senior Climate Finance Specialist at the AIIB, operationalizing the climate requirements of the Bank. Prior to joining AIIB, Alberto worked for the EBRD in London as a Green Economy Transition Banker and as a Sustainable Connectivity lead. Alberto has also worked on the development of the EU Taxonomy as a drafter on the Technical Expert Group ST8 (Transport) and is one of the founders of FINSMART, a joint initiative between the IMO, EBRD and the World Bank aimed to accelerate the decarbonisation of the shipping industry through new financial products.&nbsp;</p>
Andres Pizzaro
Andres Pizzaro
Head of Transport for South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
<p>Andres Pizarro is currently the Head of Transport for South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).</p> <p>Prior to working at AIIB, Andres Pizarro was an academic; he run the Urban Planning Department in a University and he taught transport policy and planning, urban economics, and spatial planning. Before then, he was Lead Transportation Specialist in the World Bank and earlier he worked in a large consulting firm (EGIS).</p> <p>Andres Pizarro has worked in all continents and in 40 countries in all transport sub-sectors in policy, planning and engineering.</p>
Yuan Zheng
Yuan Zheng
Climate Change Specialist, NDB
<p>Ms. Yuan ZHENG works as a Climate Specialist at the Strategy, Policies and Partnerships Department of the New Development Bank (NDB). She leads the climate workstream at NDB, including the development of the Bank’s strategic approach on just transition, climate finance tracking and reporting, as well as Paris Alignment assessment. She represents NDB at varied discussion forums, including diverse joint MDB working groups related to climate change, the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group and the United Nations Climate Change Conferences etc.</p> <p>Prior to joining NDB, she worked as an Economist at United Nations Development Program (UNDP), China. Yuan holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from University of Copenhagen. She gained a Joint-Double MSc. in Sustainable Forest and Natural Resource Management from University of Copenhagen and University of Gottingen.</p>
R.M.S. Bandara
R.M.S. Bandara
Project Director, Sri Lanka: Reduction of Landslide Vulnerability by Mitigation Measures Project (RLVMMP)
<p>I, R.M.S. Bandara, hold a BSc Special Degree in Geology with Second Class Upper Honors (1987) and MSc in Engineering Geology, both from the University of Peradeniya. I am a Chartered Geologist at the Institute of Geologists of Sri Lanka and have over 34 years of experience in both the private and government sectors as an Engineering Geologist. I previously served as Director of the Landslide Research and Risk Reduction Division at NBRO, Sri Lanka’s focal point for landslide management. Currently, I am the Project Director for the AIIB-funded Reduction of Landslide Vulnerability by Mitigation Measures Project. Additionally, I have successfully led World Bank-funded landslide mitigation projects (CRIP) focused on roads and schools. I also served as the lead Engineering Geology Consultant for the JICA-funded Landslide Disaster Protection Project (LDPP) with the Road Development Authority, addressing landslide risks along key hill country roads and other vital infrastructure projects in the region.</p>
Bijaya Jaishi
Bijaya Jaishi
Deputy Director General, Development Cooperation Implementation Division (DCID), Department of Roads, Nepal
<p>Dr. Bijaya Jaishi &nbsp;had worked as Design Engineer for development of different types of Bridge Standard Drawings and implemented them for bridge construction in Nepal. He also worked for implementation of long span arch, suspension and prestressed concrete bridge in country. He checks submissions &nbsp;for approval of special long span bridges. (120m single span suspension bridge in Dudhkoshi, Jayaramghat, 120m single span arch bridge in Mugling,100m single span suspension Bridge in Bheri, Rukum, 60m single span arch bridge in Tamakoshi,Gumu,Dolakha, 60m box girder bridge in Tamakoshi Manthali etc.) .</p> <p>In addition he works on design, implementation and management of &nbsp;performance scenario simulation procedures, analyze performance data for comparison with simulations, liaises with bridge operators and overseas collaborators (e.g. INRIA, France, EPFL,Switzerland, VCE Austria) working on structural health monitoring , prepares papers and give presentations to disseminate research findings , and carries out moderate teaching and supervision for postgraduate students at leading universities globally.</p>
Plenary Session C: Sustainable Transport Projects – Gender
Shagun Mehrotra
Shagun Mehrotra
Social Development Specialist, AIIB
<p>As a Social Development Specialist, she assists in integration of social dimensions into the operational work of AIIB. She is part of the gender team at SFD that supports gender mainstreaming in operations. She contributed to the development of the Approach Note on Mainstreaming Gender in AIIB Operations, and Corporate Gender Action Plan being drafted. Shagun also focuses on managing the environmental and social risks in sovereign-backed financing (SBF) projects and of other non-sovereign-backed financings (NSBF) projects.</p> <p>Prior to joining AIIB, Shagun has supported the World Bank’s social risk management portfolio as a social safeguards and gender specialist in India. She has extensive experience in gender mainstreaming and GBV prevention and mitigation and gender mainstreaming in management, supervision and implementation support for the investment projects and programs across all the sectors. She was part of the South Asia Gender Platform portfolio review of gender and GBV considerations in World Bank operations.</p> <p>She holds two master’s degrees in governance and development from the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex, UK, and in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India.</p>
Gulru Azamova
Gulru Azamova
Senior Social Development Specialist, AIIB
<p>Gulru Azamova is a Senior Social Development Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). She is responsible for integration of social development dimensions with specific focus on social inclusion and gender mainstreaming into the operational work of AIIB. She has contributed to the development of the Analytical Note on Gender Considerations in the AIIB’s ESF, Approach Note on Mainstreaming Gender in AIIB Operations, Gender-Focused Investments Review in Energy Sector Projects, and Corporate Gender Action Plan. Prior to joining AIIB, she served in a similar capacity at the World Bank in ECA region and helped task teams to enhance social opportunities and mitigate social risks associated with development projects and programs in Central Asia. She holds a Law Degree and has completed postgraduate studies on Public Policy and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina and Non-Profit Management at Duke University in North Carolina, USA.</p>
Runze Yu
Runze Yu
Investment Officer, AIIB
<p>Runze is an Investment Officer and Transport Specialist at AIIB’s PSC2, where he leads and manages multidisciplinary project teams to deliver high-impact investment projects. His work is instrumental in expanding the Bank’s support for transport sector programs in client countries, with a focus on enhancing road connectivity, ports and logistics, railways, urban transportation, and road safety. Runze’s extensive experience spans infrastructure planning and development across Bahrain, China, Georgia, India, Malaysia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Before joining AIIB in March 2018, he held senior leadership roles in private sector-led urban development projects and served as a consultant to the World Bank. Runze holds a PhD in Transportation from the University of Washington, USA, and is a proud graduate of Tsinghua University, China. He hails from China.</p>
Juliana Franco Ramos
Juliana Franco Ramos
ESG Specialist, NDB
<p>Juliana holds a bachelor's in business administration and a master's in international development, with over a decade of experience in financing sustainable infrastructure, promoting biodiversity preservation, and enhancing community well-being. Over the past four years, she has actively contributed to the New Development Bank's initiatives, focusing on environmental and social risk management, with gender considerations integrated into these assessments. Juliana has played key roles in leading U.S. foundations and with the Inter-American Development Bank in Brazil, where she has driven efforts to advance the environmental and social aspects of development projects. Her work is dedicated to developing innovative solutions that address the challenges of sustainable development, ultimately contributing to the growth and resilience of emerging economies.</p>
Diganta Goswami
Diganta Goswami
Superintending Engineer, Assam Public Works Roads Department, India
<p>Diganta Goswami is working with the Assam Public Works Roads Department (PWRD) as a Superintending Engineer. He joined the department in 1996 after completing his Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from Assam Engineering College and MBA (Marketing &amp; Finance) from Gauhati University.</p> <p>He has been associated with road infrastructure projects ever since joining the Department. He has been working for externally aided projects aided by Multilateral Development Banks since 1999. He has worked with Construction Supervision Consultant for the World Bank aided project ARIASP for 3 years as Materials Engineer for checking materials and quality control of rural road works in the 3 districts of Darrang, Kamrup and Nagaon. He was associated with project preparation for the rural road's component for the follow-on World Bank project AACP in 2004-05.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>He has also been associated with project preparation for the large US$ 400 million World Bank aided State Highway and Major District Roads improvement Project - Assam State Roads Project (ASRP). He has been associated with the project from its conceptualization till its completion in September 2019, through all its phases of project appraisal and implementation of the project. He has also been instrumental in conceptualizing and implementing the Assam PWRD Computerisation Project for automation of business processes of the department. It is a pioneering project in the country.&nbsp;</p> <p>He has been instrumental in developing the 20-year Assam Road Network Master Plan 2023 which has been adopted by the State for implementation. In addition to this, he has also been associated in developing a draft Decongestion Study and Transport Investment Plan for Assam State Capital Region. He is well trained, particularly on highway works and procurement. He has also undergone training on the Senior Road Executives program at the University of Birmingham, UK.</p> <p>With more than two decades of experience, he is now actively involved in integrating environmental and social safeguards in implementation of rural and highway projects in the state, particularly those implemented with assistance from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Asian Development Bank, etc. The road infrastructure development projects are aligned with environmental and social safeguards. He is promoting the implementation of GESI (Gender Equality and Social Inclusion) in those projects. He is working towards development of transportation systems which not only addresses the travel demands, but also paves the way for a more socially inclusive, sustainable, and resilient future' for the citizens of the state and achieving the relevant sustainable development goals.&nbsp;</p>
Sita Aripurnami
Sita Aripurnami
Executive Director, Women’s Research Institute, Indonesia
<p>Sita Aripurnami is a Gender Specialist for Indonesia with more than 35 years of experience as gender expert working for various international organizations, including Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Resources Institute (WRI), Millennium Challenge Account Indonesia, The Ford Foundation, and HIVOS.&nbsp; Since 2018, Ms. Aripurnami has been involved as delegate of W20, an engagement group of G20 to advocate the betterment of women’s position and condition in the G20 countries members.&nbsp; She presently serves as the Executive Director of the Women Research Institute Indonesia where her work focuses on promoting leadership and inclusive, gender-based, and sustainable natural resource governance.&nbsp; Her work includes promoting gender equality in various sectors, particularly using gender lenses in project planning and preparation. Ms. Aripurnami has a bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, and a master’s degree in Gender (Gender Relations) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.</p>
Parallel Session 1d: Sustainable Transport Projects– Resettlement and Stakeholder Engagement
Siva Rama Krishna Sastry Jyosyula
Siva Rama Krishna Sastry Jyosyula
Senior Social Development Specialist, AIIB
<p>Siva has been working as a senior social development specialist in Operational Services Department, AIIB since early 2022. Prior to joining AIIB, Siva was associated with World Bank, ADB, federal and local governments as well as private sector in several positions, contributing in the areas of large-scale resettlement planning, livelihood restoration, grievance mechanisms. Siva was involved in E&amp;S due diligence of projects in various geographies, undertook preparation and implementation E&amp;S measures for sovereign and non-sovereign investments in priority sectors including water, energy and transport. Siva enjoys working with clients and stakeholders and focuses on knowledge transfer and strengthening institutions to facilitate sustained results.</p> <p>Siva is a Civil Engineer and holds a Professional Master in Urban Management from ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands, Master of Environmental Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.</p>
Odil Akbarov
Odil Akbarov
Social Development Specialist, AIIB
<p>Odil Akbarov is a dedicated social specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). In his role, Odil provides crucial operational support for AIIB’s investment programs and projects across West Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. He excels in assessing and managing social risks and impacts associated with both public and private sector investments in major infrastructure projects. His expertise spans various sectors, including transport, renewable energy, water supply and sanitation, urban development, communications, and health. Odil’s commitment to sustainable development ensures that these projects not only meet their objectives but also contribute positively to the communities they serve.</p>
Ashfaq Ahmed Khokhar
Ashfaq Ahmed Khokhar
Senior Safeguards Officer, ADB
<p>Being in the E&amp;S business for almost three decades, Ashfaq Khokhar has in-depth knowledge of E&amp;S policies, standards and procedures and on-the-ground experience of planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of infrastructure projects, across development sectors, that involve E&amp;S impacts and risks and require systematic approach manage ESIA, stakeholders’ engagement, land acquisition and displacement of project affected communities and their resettlement, compensation and livelihood restoration. He has in-depth operational knowledge of E&amp;S policies and procedures and how to put them into practice.</p> <p>Mr. Khokhar is a Pakistan national and has a master’s degree in development economics and extensive international training and qualifications in E&amp;S policies and procedures. He has been with ADB since 2007. Prior to this, he was involved in planning/implementation of safeguard instruments including ESF, ESS, RAP/RP, E&amp;S compliance audits and due diligence and ensuring safeguards compliance in sovereign and non-sovereign operations through monitoring and supervision.</p>
Rumita Chowdhury
Rumita Chowdhury
Social Consultant
<p>Rumita Chowdhury is a safeguard professional with above 20 years of experience. She has experience of working with Multilateral Development Banks and consultancy firms. She has worked in numerous sectors and has experience of working in projects throughout their life cycle, undertaking impact assessments and their implementation. Specialized in impact assessment and resettlement planning, she has good understanding of the social safeguard issues, challenges and best practices during project planning and implementation.</p>
Burcu Ergin
Burcu Ergin
Senior Social Specialist, WSP Internation ESG Advisory team
<p>Burcu, an Associate Director at WSP's Environmental and Social Governance team, has extensive experience in the transport sector, specializing in land acquisition, livelihood restoration, and stakeholder engagement. With 23 years in social due diligence and impact assessments, she focuses on land resettlement planning, social risk assessment, and gender-inclusive planning. Burcu has worked on projects across various sectors including oil and gas, renewable energy, and infrastructure, delivering reports such as RAPs, ESIAs, and Livelihood Restoration Plans in line with IFI standards, including those of the World Bank, IFC, and EBRD. She has successfully led rural development projects and developed participatory monitoring systems for investments. Her expertise includes guiding government agencies and private clients in establishing Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) and grievance mechanisms. Burcu has also contributed to policy dialogues and technical assistance programs in Turkey on social issues.</p>
Satoshi Ishihara
Satoshi Ishihara
Senior Social Development Specialist, The World Bank
<p>Mr Satoshi Ishihara has over 20 years of experiences in social safeguards of transport projects of different types, from highways through secondary and local roads. He has extensive knowledge on informal land acquisition, customary tenure rights, and recently published case studies on unregistered and customary land acquisition, and FPIC guidelines for Indonesia including scenario analysis for different sectors including roads and railways. His has worked in East Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Eastern Africa. His current work includes assistance to the Indonesian Government to issue a regulatory Social Impact Assessment (SIA) guideline including appendixes on physical relocation and livelihood restoration.</p>
Khondokar Nesar Ahmed
Khondokar Nesar Ahmed
Assistant Project Director (SDE), Kewatkhali Bridge Project, RHD
<p>Khondokar Nesar Ahmed is a Civil Engineer, working at the Roads and Highways Department, the Highway Construction Agency of Bangladesh since September 2018. He is currently working as the Assistant Project Director in Construction of Kewatkhali Bridge at Mymensingh Project, a steel arch bridge construction project financed by Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). He has actively participated in the Procurement as well as E&amp;S preparation and implementation process of Kewatkhali Steel Arch Bridge Project. Prior to joining this project, he had an experience of working at the inception stage of a AIIB financed Public Private Partnership Project in Bangladesh titled Rampura-Amulia-Demra (RAD) Elevated Expressway Project.</p>
Parallel Session 2d: Sustainable Transport Projects– OHS Aspects
Krisnan Isomartana
Krisnan Isomartana
Senior Environment Specialist, AIIB
<p>Krisnan was the Senior Environmental Safeguards specialist at the World Bank Jakarta office coordinating around 60 projects in Indonesia and Timor Leste, worth around USD 10-12 billion in the portfolio and around USD 2.5 billion annually in project pipeline.</p> <p>Krisnan started his career in Papua where he was the environmental engineer of one of the largest copper and gold mines in the world.</p> <p>Krisnan completed his Bachelor's degree in Bandung Institute of Technology in Environmental Engineering, Master's degree in Environmental Economics from UNSW Sydney in Australia and got an MBA in Finance from Prasetiya Mulya Business School Jakarta.</p>
Muzaffar Ahmad
Muzaffar Ahmad
Environment Specialist, AIIB
<p>Muzaffar Ahmad is an Environment Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). In his role, Muzaffar focuses on integrating environmental and safety aspects into AIIB operations. He also serves as the focal point for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) considerations in project design, construction and operation to lead AIIB’s efforts in enhancing OHS performance and reporting across the Bank’s operations. Before joining AIIB, Muzaffar worked with the World Bank in Sydney, Australia, applying ESF requirements to projects across the Pacific Island Countries. Muzaffar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Pakistan and a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from University of Melbourne, Australia. He is also a certified expert in Climate Change &amp; Renewable Energy Finance. His work ensures that AIIB projects are not only environmentally sound but also meet the highest standards of health and safety, contributing to the Bank’s sustainable development goals.</p>
Jin Wang
Jin Wang
Senior Investment Officer, AIIB
<p>Dr. Jin Wang is Senior Investment Officer at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with extensive experience in investment operations and project management.&nbsp; She has over 20 years of professional experience in multi-disciplines in transport sector across various regions. Prior to joining the AIIB, she worked for the World Bank as a Transport Specialist, where she led a number of complex lending operations and managed projects in roads, railways and urban transport. Before joining the World Bank, she spent 11 years in the Private Sector as a Senior Engineer based in the United States. She is a certified Professional Engineer in California and holds a PhD in Transport from Tsinghua University. She was also a visiting scholar at Stanford University.&nbsp;</p>
Rakhee Sunar
Rakhee Sunar
Vice President - ESG PM (NIIF)
<p>Ms Rakhee Sunar is a Vice President ESG at National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) responsible for ESG integration in the portfolio investment cycle including monitoring of the environment, health and safety system implementation in various sectors like e mobility, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, waste management.</p> <p>She has 20+ years of experience in the environment, health and safety domain, like EHS Audits, Environment Clearance (EIA), Water &amp; Wastewater and Sanitation Sector, and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting.</p> <p>Prior to joining NIIF, Rakhee worked with organizations like UNICEF &amp; Public Health Engineering Dept (PHED), National Environmental &amp; Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), JM EnviroNet, Synergy Engr &amp; Env Solutions, Green Circle Inc, and International Certification Services on different EHS services for sectors like Infrastructure, Cement, Iron and Steel, Pharmaceutical, Transportation, Power Plant. Rakhee is a certified lead ISO 14001 (EMS) auditor and conducted many ISO audits across diversified sectors. She was an EIA coordinator for Building and construction projects sector and Functional Area Expert for Air and Water Pollution Monitoring, Prevention and Control, approved by NABET, a government accreditation agency.</p> <p>Rakhee is a postgraduate in Environmental Sciences and M. Phil in Energy &amp; Environment and has a Certificate in GRI Reporting from KPMG.</p>
Kadir Tomas
Kadir Tomas
Founder and Managing Director, TMS Safety Consulting
<p>Mr. Kadir is the Founder and Managing Partner of TMS (Training Management Sustainability) Consulting in Türkiye. He has over 20 years of Operational Health and Safety, Environment and Sustainability Management experience. He has worked for the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security for 09 years. He continues to work on multiple projects for international financial institutions for the management of environmental and social safeguards. Mr. Kadir has deep experience in the Safety and Environmental and Sustainability Issues of Chemicals, Metallic Mining, and Energy Production industries. He provides regular practical advice, guidance and training on matters relating to Risk Management and Loss Control.</p> <p>He is also a Founder and Member of Management Board of Mobbing Association since 2015. Mr. Kadir is a well-known public speaker and conference chair who has chaired and spoken at conferences and events nationally and internationally. He is the author of multiple books on HSE. Mr. Kadir is also a Lecturer in a University and delivering risk management, construction safety, process safety and emergency planning lectures at the master’s degree level.</p>
Yayan Indriatmoko
Yayan Indriatmoko
Head of E&S Division, Indonesia Infrastructure Finance
<p>Yayan current position is Head of Social and Environmental Division (SED) at PT. Indonesia Infrastructure Finance (IIF), where he promotes the implementation of IIF’s Social and Environment Principles in infrastructure projects financed by IIF.&nbsp; As Head of SED, he leads and provides guidance on day-to-day operational issues and compliance with IIF Social and Environmental Principles. Work with problems and issues that may involve high risk by preparing the required S&amp;E covenants in the loan agreements. Prepare regular reporting on S&amp;E Performance to strategic investors. Undertake social and environmental due diligence (SEDD), assist in public consultations and disclosure activities to support the implementation, and ensure compliance with the IIF’s Principle. Other key tasks are to monitor and supervise projects funded by IIF to ensure on-going compliance.&nbsp;</p> <p>He has had a leading role in developing and implementing projects in areas related to Sustainable Landscape Management and REDD+ projects in Indonesia. He has worked in research and practices in several sectors, including forestry research, local livelihood, and land tenure security. Yayan has authored and contributed to multiple journal papers and publications. Yayan has a master's in environmental management and development (MEMD) from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU).</p>
Plenary Session E. IFIs Sharing Experiences
Mark Barnard
Mark Barnard
Senior Environment Specialist, AIIB
<p>Mark is a Chartered Environmentalist and certified lead environmental auditor with over sixteen years’ experience. His first project as an environmental consultant was supporting the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Scottish Transport Strategy in 2008, and he has subsequently worked on numerous transport projects in the UK and globally. His experience has included road, rail and associated bridge projects in countries including the UK, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia and Tanzania with roles in SEA, pre-feasibility optioneering, environmental and social due diligence (ESDD), Lenders Technical Advisory (LTA) for concession tendering, and Lenders / Independent Environmental and Social Consultant (LESC / IESC) project implementation monitoring.&nbsp; He joined the AIIB in early 2024 following more than 15 years in environmental and social consultancy and is presently a member of the AIIBs Environmental and Social Team.</p>
Parthapriya Ghosh
Parthapriya Ghosh
Senior Social Development Specialist, AIIB
<p>Parthapriya Ghosh joined AIIB in September 2023 as a Senior Social Development Specialist. He has more than 32 years of experience of working on large infrastructure projects across sectors with several MDBs including World Bank and ADB. He has worked with both government as well as private sector clients. He specializes in both safeguard issues as well as soft sectors such as gender, GRM and social inclusion.</p>
Michael Beauchamp
Michael Beauchamp
Principal Safeguards Specialist (Social), Office of Safeguards, ADB
<p>Mike Beauchamp is a Civil Engineer with postgraduate degrees in engineering and anthropology. He has worked for ADB since 2013 as a social safeguards specialist, across multiple sectors in Central and West Asia. He has managed resettlement implementation on several complex projects, including large dams and roads in several countries, including Lao PDR, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Prior to joining ADB he spent almost 30 years as a civil engineer, project manager and team leader for urban water and wastewater development projects in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He is currently outposted to Thailand Resident Mission where he is working on sovereign and non-sovereign operations.</p>
Xiaodan Huang
Xiaodan Huang
Senior Environmental Engineer, The World Bank
<p>Xiaodan Huang is the Senior Environmental Engineer in the World Bank’s Environment, Natural Resources, and Blue Economy (ENB) Global Practice. She brings over 20 years of experience related to integrated conservation and development, natural resources management, pollution control, and environmental and social risk management. Her work with the World Bank has focused on adaptive management of environmental and social risks associated with large-scale infrastructure investments and innovative programs that emphasize sustainable development, nature-based solution (NBS) and climate resilience. She is also actively engaged in dialogue and collaboration with EAP clients and development partners to build capacity on environmental risk management, environmentally sustainable design and broader Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues.</p>
Alexey Akulov
Alexey Akulov
Principal E&S Specialist, NDB
<p>Alexey Akulov is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of practical experience in sustainability, environmental and social safeguards, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk assessment and management. As the Principal E&amp;S Specialist at the New Development Bank (NDB), he is responsible for ensuring implementation of the Bank’s ESG policies, safeguards and best practices in the Bank-financed projects across the BRICS+ countries. Before joining NDB, Alexey held E&amp;S practitioner and management positions in the consulting, industry and finance sectors. Notably, he served as the Head of Sustainability for an internationally funded major liquefied natural gas (LNG) development project in the Arctic, where he was in charge of aligning the project with international lenders’ E&amp;S requirements based on the Equator Principles. Additionally, Alexey contributed significantly as the Head of Responsible Finance and Safeguards at a national development bank in Russia. His background also includes work as an Environmental Consultant with a prominent global environmental and sustainability consultancy.</p>
Closing Ceremony
Frederic Wiltmann
Frederic Wiltmann
Head of Program Team, MCDF
<p>Frederic manages the team responsible for the MCDF programming pipeline. He oversees the coordination with MCDF Implementing Partners on project and program priorities, and the matching of the programming pipeline with resources. He will be developing the medium to long-term strategy of the Financing Facility of the MCDF.</p> <p>Frederic has over 20 years’ experience in project and program management, with expertise in the energy sector, sustainable urban development, and climate finance. Frederic has worked in China, Mongolia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Prior to joining the MCDF, he was a Principal Climate Finance Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), based in Manila. He also held staff positions as Program Director for Urbanization with GIZ International Services, based in Beijing, and as Senior Energy Specialist with the World Bank based in Washington D.C. and in Beijing.</p> <p>Frederic is a national of France and Germany. He obtained two graduate law degrees from Paris XI University, a Master's degree in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington D.C., and a Dual Executive MBA from INSEAD and Tsinghua University in Singapore/Beijing.</p>
Yanning Wang
Yanning Wang
Director General, SFD, AIIB
<p>Wang is responsible for managing the Operational Services Department (OSD) which supports all the operational fiduciary needs for both sovereign and nonsovereign operations of the Bank. This includes ensuring that AIIB operations are properly resourced and staffed with qualified specialists to cover the environment, social, procurement and financial management aspects and that AIIB policies and standards for those areas are fully observed in all Bank’s operations.</p> <p>Before taking on OSD responsibilities, he was the Assistant Corporate Secretary of AIIB. Wang brings with him his rich experience in managing the environmental, social and other fiduciary risk and impact from his years as Director in the Government of China overseeing the large portfolio of multilateral development banks financing activities in China, as well as his work with the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. He served as Operations Advisor for the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank, leading quality assurance for operational deliveries and implementation support for the investment activities. He also served on the Board of Executive Directors of the Asian Development Bank. During his service for the Government of China, he led the development of a number of East Asia regional financial integration initiatives in response to the 1997 and 2008 financial crises. Wang holds a MA degree in economics from McGill University and a BA degree in English literature from Nanjing University. He is from China.</p>
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