Er. TAN Seng-Chuan

Chairman and Managing Director, TEMBUSU Asia Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Er. TAN Seng-Chuan holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and Master of Science (Building Science) from the National University of Singapore. He is a Professional Engineer (Civil) and Chartered Engineer (Environment & Water) registered in Singapore, GHG Accounting Lead Verifier, GRI Certified Sustainability Professional and a Senior Practicing Management Consultant (Sustainability) Certified by SBACC.

His professional experiences cover Sustainability, Environmental, Engineering and Program management in the sectors of Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental, Water and Wastewater, Energy & Power, Built Environment & Infrastructure, Chemical and Petrochemical, Oil & Gas and other infrastructure projects in Asia Pacific region.

Er. Tan holds various positions in the early part of his career and rose to the rank of Assistant General Manager in Jurong Engineering Ltd. In 2010, he was appointed as Director of CH2MHill responsible for the operation and development of the water and environmental services business in the Asia Pacific Region. In 2015 he joined Ramboll Environ (Asia Pacific) as Regional Managing Director leading the development and implementation of company strategies across 12 offices in the Asia Pacific. Presently, he served as Managing Director of TEMBUSU Asia Consulting Pte Ltd, a leading sustainability consultancy company in Asia and a Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) Certified Validation & Verification Bodies focus on the development and implementation of United Nation Sustainability Development Goals.

Er. TAN is the Emeritus President of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) where he served as President from 2006 to 2008; he also served as President of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP) from 2007 till 2011, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineers Coordinating Committee and member of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) Governing Board from 2015 to 2019. Presently he serves as President- Elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organisation (WFEO) and Chairman of Chartered Engineering Board, Singapore.

OLIVER H.C. WEE

Director, Tim Sekata Sdn Bhd President, Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM)

Oliver H.C. Wee, the President of Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) has over 40 years of experiences in the construction industry and has been actively served with the Association voluntary since 1994. He is also the Business Development Director at Tim Sekata Sdn Bhd.

Since 2022, Wee has been appointed as the Board Member of Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia and the Board of Director of Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad (CLAB). He was recently appointed in March 2023 as a member of a Panel of Experts under the Local Government Development Ministry to advise on programmes and policies under the purview of the ministry. He was a Technical Committee Member for the CIDB Construction Law Report from 2018-2020 and currently as the Advisory Member for the CIDB Construction Law Report 2021-2022. He was recently conferred CIDB Fellowship Award 2023 in view of his contribution to the construction industry development in Malaysia.

In the international frontage, Wee is currently the International of Asian & Western Pacific Contractors Association (IFAWPCA) Ambassador to International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) as well as the Chairman, International of Asian & Western Pacific Contractors Association (IFAWPCA) Conditions of Contracts Committee. He was the Chairman, ASEAN Constructors’ Federation (ACF) in 2023. In addition to the mentioned portfolios, he was also the Executive President for China ASEAN Construction Industry under the Belt & Road initiative from 2015 to 2016 and newly appointed as the Committee Member of RCEP Industrial Cooperation Committee under Council ASEAN Business Council (CABC).

Haider Raza

Country Procurement Team Leader, Sr. Procurement Specialist, The World Bank

Haider Raza is a Chartered Civil Engineer with a master’s degree in traffic engineering. Haider is currently leading the World Bank Procurement Team in Nepal. In his professional career spanning over 37 years, he has been managing development projects starting from conception to completion whilst working in the capacity as an employer, contractor, engineer/consultant both within public and private sectors. Mr. Raza have chronologically worked in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. The array of countries that he has worked in have provided him with the unique opportunity of experiencing diversified multi-cultural environments and have successfully delivered numerous operations within and outside the World Bank portfolios.

Mr. Raza is an experienced civil engineer having delivered infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars covering buildings, highways, motorways, hydro-electric projects, tunnels, bridges etc.. However, his passion is still with the road safety and traffic engineering.

Arnaud Heckmann

PMU Head, Nepal Resident Mission of ADB

Mr. Arnaud Heckmann is the Head of Portfolio Management Unit at ADB’s Nepal Resident Mission. He was formerly the Principal Urban Development Specialist at ADB’s East Asia Urban and Social Sectors Division. He has extensive experience in designing, processing, and administering integrated economic and urban development projects and technical assistance that promote transformative approaches, inclusive and green livable cities, climate change adaptation and mitigation, environmental sustainability, and green urban-rural development. Before joining ADB, he worked with various international organizations as a project team leader on urban and regional development planning and infrastructure investments.

Arnaud holds a master’s degree in comparative development research from EHESS (Paris School of High Study in Social Science), a master’s degree in human geography from Toulouse University, and a diploma in Chinese language and culture from Paris University.

Shreekrishna Nepal

Joint Secretary, International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division, Ministry of Finance

Mr. Shreekrishna Nepal has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 2023. He is a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal and heads the International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division. He oversees development cooperation, policy implementation, foreign aid mobilization and formulation of foreign aid strategies, in addition to his work in budget formulation. He leads aid and financingagreementnegotiationson behalf of the Government of Nepal and represents it in various multilateral development bank and global fora. He also served as World Bank Advisor to the Office of the Executive Director for the South East Asia Group. He has a long history of public service, having served as Joint Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers; Secretary of the Ministry of Social Development in the Bagmati provincial government; Deputy Director General in the Department of Customs, overseeing customs policy, reforms and modernization; Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Population, heading the Financial Management and Human Resource Division; and Executive Director of the Health Insurance Board. He has extensive experience in public finance management, including planning, budgeting, accounting, reporting, procurement, internal control and audit, and was involved in several public financial management reform initiatives of the Government of Nepal. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in economics from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Er. Keshab Kumar Sharma

Secretary, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT)

Mr. Sharma has served more than 30 years in transportation sector under Government of Nepal. He is currently serving as Secretary in the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT). He has served as Secretary in Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation (MoEWRI), Joint Secretary in the MoPIT, Director General and Deputy Director General of Department of Roads and Project Director of the Project Directorate (ADB) under the Department of Roads in the past. Participated in number of international and national forums, Mr. Sharma is one of the experts in transportation project planning, management and implementation in Nepal.

Anil Chitrakar

Social Entrepreneur & President, Siddharth Inc.

Anil Chitrakar currently focuses his work on conserving Nepal’s globally unique natural, cultural and built heritage and the promotion of renewable energy and related technologies across Nepal.

Born in a traditional painting family of Chitrakars, Anil schooled in Nepal, trained as an engineer and energy planner at the University of Rajasthan (India) and the University of Pennsylvania (USA). He started his career in the 1980s as an energy engineer for the Academy of Science and Technology when he traveled to remote areas of Nepal to transfer renewable energy technologies.

His work with conservation education campaigns across Nepal which aims to mobilize the youth and school children to be the link between the supply and demand sides has been recognized globally. He has worked as a member of the team that implemented the National Conservation Strategy for Nepal, the Great Himalayan Trail, Greater Lumbini Development plan, and more.

Suman Subedi

Managing Director, Tundi Construction Pvt. Ltd.

Major Roles and Achievement: Actively working as Managing Director of Tundi Construction Pvt. Ltd. being involve in several national priority project in the sector of Road, Irrigation, Airport, Water Supply & Water treatment plants, Building, Hydropower and Urban Development under Government of Nepal, ADB, WB, EXIM bank of India from bidding stage to the completion of project.

About Organization: Tundi Construction Pvt. Ltd. is one of the leading construction company in Nepal since its incorporation in 1984. Tundi construction is actively participating in bidding, execution, operation and maintenance of Civil infrastructure project in Nepal in EPC, Unit Rate, Design and Build, BOT basis. Tundi Construction is also actively participating in bidding in Bhutan and Australia by its foreign registered branch office in respective countries.