Shion has over 20 years of experience leading the design and implementation of water and nature conservation projects which have cross-cutting climate, environment, and agri-food sector impacts. He has led complex policy dialogue with government and civil society, and designed and implemented innovative loan projects and technical assistance programs across a range of DMCs in the Asia Pacific region, notably on innovative financing and natural capital accounting initiatives and policy reforms under ADB’s flagship Yangtze River Economic Belt and Yellow River Ecological Corridor river basin management programs in the People’s Republic of China, and coastal resilience and blue economy programs in India and Indonesia. In his previous assignment, he served as the urban and water sector focal point in ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department responsible for sector and country program evaluations across all regions of ADB’s operations. He holds a PhD and master’s in Natural Resource Economics, and dual majors in Civil Engineering and Business Management.
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