Cyn-Young Park is Director of the Regional Cooperation and Integration (RCI) and Trade in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In her current capacity, she is responsible for managing ADB operations and knowledge on RCI and trade. She leads a team of experts to develop strategies and approaches to support RCI and to provide guidance in design and implementation of ADB RCI and trade projects. During her progressive career within ADB, she has been a main author and contributor to ADB’s major publications including Asian Development Outlook (ADB’s flagship publication), Asian Economic Integration Report, Asia Capital Markets Monitor, Asia Economic Monitor, Asia Bond Monitor, and ADB Country Diagnostic Study Series. She has also participated in various global and regional forums including the G20 Development Working Group, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ASEAN+3, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). She has written and lectured extensively about the Asian economy and financial markets. Her work has been published in peer reviewed academic journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Financial Stability, the Journal of Futures Markets, the Review of Income and Wealth, and the World Economy.

Prior to joining the ADB, she served as Economist (1999-2002) at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), where she contributed to the OECD Economic Outlook. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University. She holds a bachelor degree in International Economics from Seoul National University.

Joseph E. Zveglich Jr. is the Deputy Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank. In this role, he sets research directions for the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ensures research quality, and briefs the ADB Board and Management on emerging economic issues.

Previously as Director of macroeconomic research, Mr. Zveglich oversaw the preparation of the annual Asian Development Outlook and the Asian Development Outlook Update, ADB's flagship publications forecasting economic trends in the region. He has also served as Principal Planning and Policy Economist at ADB's Strategy and Policy Department, Senior Advisor to the President, and as Deputy Country Director at the ADB's Sri Lanka Resident Mission. Mr. Zveglich joined ADB in 1998.

Before ADB, Mr. Zveglich worked as a researcher and instructor at the Harvard Institute for International Development as part of the team providing capacity building to government officials in macroeconomic policy and management. He was also a visiting instructor at the College of William and Mary.

Mr. Zveglich earned his Ph.D. and Master of Arts degree at Harvard University. He graduated summa cum laude in economics with an emphasis on Asian studies at Arizona State University.

Ho Joon Won is the current Executive Director of Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO). Mr. Won joined KAMCO in January 2022, overseeing Corporate Support Group.

Mr. Ho Joon Won started his career in public service in 1997 at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration. During his tenure at Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Mr. Won assumed major positions such as Director for Planning and Coordination and Director of the Autonomous and Unmanned System Program Department.

Throughout his career, Mr. Won dedicated himself to improving the defense capabilities of Korea. By examining and concluding contracts ranging from air crafts to drones, he has strengthened the competitiveness of the defense industry of its nation.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Kwangwoon University in 1997 and his Master degree in Business Administration from University of Southampton in 2014.

Inyoung Hwang is currently working at ERCI of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a regional cooperation specialist, the secondee of KAMCO. She is in-charge of planning and implementation of IPAF related activities, project management of TA projects, and knowledge sharing.

At KAMCO, she has been responsible for international business for 8 years. She organized and conducted several trainings and consulting services for various Asian countries in the areas of financial stability, public AMCs, public property management & development, and resolution of NPLs. She has also planned and organized big international conferences and seminar as a project manager and conducted a lot of IPAF main activities.

She was also in charge of corporate support projects for SMEs, ran household support programs including managing the recovery fund. In addition, she collected taxes and resolved NPLs through a public auction and KAMCO’s own online bidding system.

She earned her M.B.A. from Goizueta Business School in US. She holds a bachelor’s degree Economics from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and completed FNLP (Financial Leaders’ Program) course at KAIST Business School.

Franziska Ohnsorge is Manager of the Prospects Group in the World Bank. Prior to joining the World Bank, Ms. Ohnsorge worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and in the Office of the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). She has published on a range of topics in policy and academic publications. She holds a PhD in Economics from University of Toronto.

Franziska Ohnsorge’s publications and blog posts: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/f/franziska-lieselotte-ohnsorge

Prospects Group’s publications: https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/brief/economic-monitoring

Arief Ramayandi is a Principal Economist in the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is mostly responsible for providing inputs for the macroeconomic surveillance part of the Asian Development Outlook (the ADB main flagship publication) and is currently in charge of some macroeconomic modeling activities within the bank. Prior to joining ADB, he was the director of the Center of Economics and Development Studies at Padjadjaran University in Indonesia. He has published in the field of macroeconomics and development and served as a consultant for various international organizations and government institutions. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Australian National University.

Jong Woo Kang is Director of Regional Cooperation and Integration Division at the Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ERDI) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). As director, he plays a role as an interface between ADB’s internal and external stakeholders on regional cooperation and integration. He is a seasoned economist with extensive knowledge and experiences on policy and strategic issues. He was Principal Economist at ERDI, Senior Advisor to the Managing Director General of ADB, and Senior Economist at the Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department at ADB. He leads the annual publication of Asian Economic Integration Report. Areas of his research interest include regional integration, inclusive growth, macroeconomic policies, international trade and finance, and aid effectiveness. He published articles in economics journals such as Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Applied Economics, and Journal of World Trade. Before joining ADB, he was director at the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Korea until 2006. He had got his bachelor’s degree in economics and master’s in public administration from Seoul National University, and PhD in economics from University of Washington.

Albert F. Park is Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank and Director General of its Economic Research and Development Impact Department. He is chief spokesperson on economic and development trends and leads the production of ADB’s flagship knowledge products and support for regional cooperation fora.

Mr. Park has more than 2 decades of experience as a development economist and is a well-known expert on the economy of the People’s Republic of China. He has worked on a broad range of development issues including poverty and inequality, intergenerational mobility, microfinance, migration and labor markets, the future of work, and foreign investment.

Mr. Park is Chair Professor of Economics, Social Science, and Public Policy at HKUST (on leave). He served as a founding director of HKUST’s Institute for Emerging Market Studies and Center for Economic Policy, and previously held faculty positions at the University of Oxford and University of Michigan.

A national of the United States, he received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University and his doctorate in applied economics from Stanford University.

Stijn Claessens represents the BIS externally in senior groups, including the Financial Stability Board, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the G20. Within the BIS, he leads policy-based analyses of financial sector issues and oversees the work of the secretariats of Committee on the Global Financial System, Markets Committee and Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures.

Between 1987 and 2006, he worked at the World Bank in various positions. From 2007 to 2014, he was Assistant Director in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. From 2015 to early 2017, he was Senior Adviser in the Division of International Finance of the Federal Reserve Board.

He holds a PhD in business economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from Erasmus University, Rotterdam. He taught at the New York University business school and the University of Amsterdam.

Peter Rosenkranz is a Financial Sector Specialist in the Public Management, Finance Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division in the East Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In his role, he supports and leads origination, processing, and implementation of lending projects, guarantees, and technical assistance in the PRC and in Mongolia, with focus on financial sector development.

Previously, he worked as Economist in ADB’s Regional Cooperation and Integration Division in the Economics Research and Regional Cooperation Department. His knowledge work focused on financial development and stability within the context of regional financial integration and cooperation in Asia.

Recent work includes research on macrofinancial implications of nonperforming loans (NPLs) and policy options for NPL resolution, US dollar funding conditions, regional financial safety nets, and FinTech. He further supported ADB’s participation in regional policy forums, such as ASEAN, ASEAN+3, APEC, and ASEM.

He held prior positions at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as an Advisor on economic and development policy, and the European Central Bank (ECB) as a Market Infrastructure Expert. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich, Switzerland; and his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics from the University of Konstanz, Germany.

Oleg Shmeljov, Team Leader in Reporting and Transparency Unit is primarily involved in the topics of non-performing loans and credit origination and leads the EBA-wide policy work on non-performing loans. Working on various reporting and data topics, Oleg also coordinates the work on the study of the cost of compliance with supervisory reporting requirements and the implementation of its recommendations. Previously, as a Bank Expert in the Oversight Department of the EBA, Oleg was coordinating the work on supervisory convergence, supervisory cooperation, Pillar 2 and supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP) related policy development and assessment. Prior to joining the EBA at its inception, Oleg worked at the Estonian Financial Supervisory Authority, where he was institutional supervisor for one of the largest banks and was also involved in the policy topics in the field of supervisory risk assessment and crisis management. Prior to that, Oleg worked in various risk management roles at SEB Estonia.