ADB appoints new Country Director for Sri Lanka 

The new Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director in Sri Lanka, Chen Chen, assumed office in Colombo on Monday (today).
“I am honoured to assume the role of Country Director at ADB’s Sri Lanka Resident Mission. I have had the opportunity of managing ADB’s transport sector portfolio in Sri Lanka in the past, and have gathered insights about the country’s development needs,” Mr. Chen said. “I look forward to further strengthening ADB’s partnership with the country and supporting its development in public and private sectors.”
The ADB media release said Mr. Chen succeeds Ms. Sri Widowati who retired from ADB in September 2019.
In a career spanning nearly two decades, Mr. Chen, a Chinese national, joined ADB in 2007, and has worked in the organisation’s Pacific and South Asia Departments, overseeing projects in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste.
Since 2017, Mr. Chen was the Senior Advisor to the Vice President (Operations 1) and led quality management on strategies, business plans, projects and technical assistance in 16 developing countries in Central and West Asia, and South Asia. (SD)