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Adoracion Senador

Senior Operations Assistant

Aimee Hampel-Milagrosa

Urban Development Specialist

Aimee is an urban development specialist and economist working on urban development and water supply and sanitation, economic analysis of investment projects, and private sector development (tech startups, entrepreneurship, and business environment). Currently she is processing and implementing solid waste management projects in the Solomon and Marshall Islands and is supporting the ADB due diligence of economic analysis of urban development projects in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Prior to joining ADB, Aimee was a Senior Researcher at the German Development Institute and a Senior Researcher at the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn. She was a visiting Research Fellow at Cornell University and the FAO and has worked for many years as consultant for UNCTAD, UNIDO, and UNDP. She completed her PhD in Wageningen University, MSc in Gent University (cum laude), and BSc in the University of the Philippines. 

 

Aimee Orbe

Project Analyst

Alan Baird

Principal Urban Development Specialist

Alan Baird has over 30 years of experience in water supply, wastewater management, drainage, and flood alleviation. He has worked with water service providers in the private and public sectors in project delivery and technical advisory roles. He joined ADB in 2010 and currently supports ADB urban and water sector clients in Southeast Asia. He is a chartered engineer and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Alexander Nash

Senior Urban Development Specialist

Alexander Nash is a chartered chemical engineer specialized in water management and urban development. He has more than 20 years professional experience gained in Australia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, working with utilities, multilateral financing institutions and governments on water, sanitation and irrigation infrastructure projects.

Alex is currently working on the preparation of new urban projects in Southeast Asia and the pacific, which include implementing new approaches in nature-based infrastructure and circular economy concepts.