Jay Roop has over 25 years’ experience as an international development specialist in over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.  He began his international career in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he prepared environmental assessments and supervised construction environmental management plans for large-scale civil works projects. He joined ADB as an environment specialist in 2006 where he led environmental assessment of infrastructure projects across Asia. He also co-authored ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) and led the preparation of ADB’s Good Practice Sourcebook (2012) for environmental safeguards.  In 2012 he was seconded to the Australian government where he led the preparation of the Australian aid program’s first environment safeguards policy.  He is currently based in Suva, Fiji, where he supports the preparation and implementation of ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) requirements in ADB’s 14 Pacific countries as ADB’s Environment Team Leader.

Mr. Roop holds a master's degree (Distinction) in Environmental Management in Developing Countries from Australian National University and a BSc (Honours) in Wildlife Biology from the University of Guelph, Canada.