Ulaanbaatar
New ADB Country Director for Mongolia Assumes Office
Economy
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
appointed Mr. Pavit Ramachandran as its new Country Director for Mongolia. As
the head of the country office, he will work as the primary operational link
for activities between ADB and the government, the private sector, civil
society stakeholders, and development partners.
Mr. Ramachandran is an accomplished development professional
whose experience spans both public and private sectors in developing and
managing complex country and regional programs and projects. His diverse
operational expertise includes investment projects as well as policy and
knowledge support covering rural development, environment, energy, agriculture,
and water sectors. Mr. Ramachandran has more than two decades of experience
facilitating and enacting policy reforms, mobilizing financing, and promoting
capacity development across multiple countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Mr. Ramachandran joined ADB in May 2009 and has progressed
through different positions in charge of programming, processing, and
administration of projects and knowledge work. In his most recent role as
Principal Environment Specialist of ADB’s East Asia Department, he was leading
policy dialogue and program lending operations in Mongolia including the
preparation of the Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Improvement Program.
“ADB and Mongolia have a very strong and long-standing
relationship of 28 years,” said Mr. Ramachandran. “In addition to focusing on
financial assistance to meet the pressing economic and social needs of the
country, we will work on expanding into thematic areas and sectors such as
gender, climate change, and private sector development. Knowledge and
innovation will be increasingly critical in our support to Mongolia.”
An Indian national, Mr. Ramachandran holds master’s degrees
in public management from the University of Maryland in the United States (US),
and in development sociology from the Delhi School of Economics in India. His
previous experience includes consulting stints with ADB on regional cooperation
themes and with management consulting firms in the US focusing on energy
regulation and policies and on climate change abatement strategies.
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. In 2018, it made commitments of new loans and grants amounting to $21.6 billion. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
Source: ADB
