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MR. MARTIN KROLL
Advisor, Office of Risk Management and Head, Treasury and Operational Risk
Office of Risk Management
Asian Development Bank
Mr. Martin Kroll provides leadership for the treasury (market, credit and liquidity)
and operational risk management at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Prior to
his present position at ADB, he served as Director in the Internal Audit Division
under the Office of the Auditor General.
His international work experience as a risk manager and internal auditor spans
more than 25 years and was acquired equally in a multilateral development bank
and the commercial banking sector where he held various senior positions in
Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom for Westdeutsche Landesbank AG.
Mr. Kroll earned an MBA degree from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He has further demonstrated his commitment by
becoming professionally certified by (i) the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA); (ii)
the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Prior to his
university studies, Mr. Kroll completed a professional formation with Dresdner
Bank AG (Bankkaufmann).
MR. ASIF CHEEMA
Senior Investment Specialist
Private Sector Operations Department
Asian Development Bank
Mr. Asif Cheema is Senior Investment Specialist in the Private Sector Financial
Institutions Division focused on providing debt and equity solutions to clients
across Asia. Prior to joining ADB, he was an Executive Director, Investment Banking
at Nomura International where he advised clients in strategy and corporate
finance and identified growth opportunities via acquisitions across new and
existing markets and products. During this time, he was also a member of the
Advisory Group to establish SME IPO and listing market for NASDAQ Dubai.
Previously, he also worked as an Associate Director, Corporate Finance Advisory at
HSBC Investment Bank in London and Dubai. He executed M&A, IPOs, private
equity placements and advisory transactions to assist companies in growth and
transitions. He also worked as Associate, Financial Institutions Investment Banking
at J. P. Morgan Securities in New York.
Mr. Cheema completed his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Yale
University, USA in 2001. He also has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration
from New York Institute of Technology, USA in 1998.
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MS. MARIFE APILADO
Director, Credit Division 2
Office of Risk Management
Asian Development Bank
Ms. Marife Apilado currently serves as Director of one of the Credit Divisions in the
Office of Risk Management responsible for Oil & Gas, Transport, Telecoms,
Agriculture, and Social Sectors as well as all Equity Investments.
She leads a team of risk professionals responsible for the comprehensive
assessment and monitoring of the non-sovereign risk exposures of the bank. This
entails supporting developmentally compelling transactions in line with the
Strategy 2030 goals of ADB, catalyzing financing through innovative structures and
solutions.
Prior to joining ADB's Office of Risk Management, she served as the Senior Vice
President of Citibank N.A., was a Senior Credit Officer and co-heads Citigroup's Asia
Pacific Analytic Center. She had extensive experience in project and structured
finance, corporate finance, financial institutions and global cash and trade
transactions prior to assuming various roles in the independent risk management
organization. She was also responsible for portfolio strategies including economic
capital planning, long term growth model, as well as corporate governance and
regulatory compliance.
MR. SIMON THOMPSON
Finance Sector Development Consultant
ADB Private Sector Development Initiative
Mr. Simon Thompson is an international consultant on Movables Finance, secured
transactions, factoring, value chain finance and SME sector development. He has
advisory projects with Asian Development Bank and IFC in developing markets
including Papua New Guinea, Tonga, India, Central Asia, Jamaica and Cambodia.
Mr. Thompson was previously CEO of Lock Finance, a niche factoring and supply
chain financier based in Auckland, New Zealand. He has owned and operated SME
businesses and has a strong passion about increasing access to finance for all levels
of SMEs.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Canterbury and
holds additional qualifications in Credit Risk management, Franchising and
Securities.
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MS. AMINA HASSAN
Head, Retail Banking
Khushhali Microfinance Bank LTD
Ms. Amina Hassan is a well-rounded service-sector professional with profound
experience in managing grassroots initiatives for socio-economically vulnerable
groups. She joined Khushhali Microfinance Bank Ltd. (KMBL) in 2001 with the first
batch of Executive Trainee Managers, and has progressed with the bank over the
past 18 years to become the first woman on the senior management team. She is
recognized for her contribution towards establishing effective Retail Distribution
and Client Service Platform across the branch, region and national level. Steered
Institutional transformation to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Bank and
contributes to the overall business strategy.
She Chairs the Management Steering Committee on Business and is a member of
ALCO, HR, RISK, BCP and AGRI management committees.
Ms. Hassan holds MBA in Management and a Masters in Applied Psychology. In
addition, she has received specialized trainings in Micro-Enterprise Management
from the Kennedy School at Harvard University, USA, Governance and Strategic
Response to Risk in Microfinance Markets at Boulder Institute of Microfinance in
Washington, USA by International Finance Corporation (IFC), and availed a number
of professional development opportunities including study visits to BRI Indonesia,
M-Pesa Kenya and IMON International, Tajikistan. She has represented the Bank
on domestic and international forums.
MS. TAMARI ZHIZHILASHVILI
Deputy Director of Marketing Communications and Business Banking
TBC Bank
Ms. Tamari Zhizhilashvili has 14 years of professional experience in Georgian
banking sector. After three years with Procredit Bank credit department, in 2006,
she joined TBC Bank as Head of SME Department. In 2016, she became Deputy
Director of Marketing Communications and Business Banking, managing Micro
and SME Business lines at TBC Bank.
Throughout her banking career, she managed to exceed assigned KPIs and
maintain solid growth numbers for designated business areas. Apart from day-
to-day managing activities, Ms. Zhizhilashvili is in charge of different projects
aimed to development and strengthening of Micro and SME business sectors in
Georgia. She supervised the development of business support program providing
non-banking supportive free services for SME businesses (trainings,
consultancies, development of educational web platforms) in partnership with
IFIs (ADB, IFC, EBRD) and local corporate companies.
During the last 5 years she has attended more than 20 sessions of professional
workshops and on-board business programs at worldwide leading banking
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institutions, giving her the relevant expertise and ability to bring international
best practices in Georgian banking environment.
Ms. Zhizhilashvili holds Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from
Tbilisi State University and Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Free
University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
MR. RANA NADEEM AKHTAR
Partner, Advisory
KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co.
Mr. Rana Nadeem Akhtar, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), is a partner of KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. with more
than 20 years of experience in Audit, Assurance and Advisory Services. He is
currently leading a team of professionals in the Risk Consulting and Management
Consulting department in Karachi Office.
Mr. Akhtar is a well-known name of Pakistan Advisory market especially in financial
sector and has led various engagements mainly relating to strategy formulation,
regulatory compliance, ICFR, licensing, and government related advisory
engagements.
He is well conversant with the corporate laws, banking laws and regulations,
foreign exchange regulations and regulatory environment, etc.
He has attended various training programs including organization restructuring,
business process re-engineering, change management, internal controls and
Sarbanes Oxley Act related reviews etc.
He has been involved in the review of risk management policies and procedures for
various companies. His risk management experience includes credit, market,
operational and liquidity risk management, Basel II gap analysis. He has also led
various engagements of design of internal controls and risk management
frameworks.
He is currently involved in providing IFRS 9 implementation services to different
financial institutions in Pakistan.
His key skills are business advisory covering business, enterprise risk management,
implementation of IFRS 9, formulation of business strategy, organization blue
prints, implementation roadmap, expected credit loss methods and business and
financial models.
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MS. INGRID VAN WEES
Vice President, Finance
and Risk Management
Asian Development Bank
Ms. Ingrid van Wees is the Vice-President for Finance and Risk Management of
the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She assumed the position in December
2016.
Ms. van Wees is responsible for the overall management of the operations of the
Office of Risk Management, the Controller’s Department, and the Treasury
Department.
Prior to this, Ms. van Wees was a senior official at the German Investment and
Development Corporation (DEG) where her portfolio covered debt, equity and
fund investments in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She also has treasury
experience in developmental investment banking. Before she moved to DEG in
2004, Ms. van Wees held management positions in corporate finance and
business development with private corporations.
She holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delft
University of Technology in The Netherlands and a Master of Business
Administration degree from INSEAD.
MS. TINNEKE PUTRI
Risk Management Specialist
Office of Risk Management
Asian Development Bank
Ms. Tinneke Putri is a Risk Management Specialist in Asian Development Bank. She
is currently working on the implementation of credit risk management systems for
the Office of Risk Management.
Prior to ADB, Ms. Putri managed the implementation of Basel II solution and credit
card attrition analytical solution in a commercial bank in Jakarta. She has over 17
years of working experience in the fields of financial assurance and due diligence,
credit risk management advisory, and risk solution implementation. She holds a
Master of Business Administration in International Management from
Handelshochschule Leipzig.
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MR. LIAM WILSON
Consultant
Asian Development Bank
Mr. Liam Wilson is a highly qualified International Project Manager & Banking
Expert, registered on the worldwide consultant roster of both EBRD and World
Bank. His career consists of substantial hands-on bank institutional development
experience gained in numerous banks, over a 30-year period in UK/Ireland and in
various transition countries. Current focuses in financial institutions worldwide,
are (a) project-managing SME debt restructures and credit workout, (b)
implementation of efficiency and risk based solutions to enable lower cost to
income ratios, and (c) implementation of risk management best practices and
governance.
