New CBT Director

Worapot Manupipatpong, joined ADBI as Director for Capacity Building and Training (CBT) in August 2007. He earned his Ph.D. in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. Having been a director at the ASEAN Secretariat for over eight years, he brings extensive experience in managing technical assistance and research projects in support of regional cooperation and integration in the areas of finance, economics, statistics, infrastructure, and science and technology.

As a knowledge institute, the ADBI, he believes, has been using its research and CBT products effectively to strengthen development management and policymaking in ADB developing member countries. In his current position, he hopes to be able to further enhance the quality and impact of CBT activities through an even more focused, demand-oriented work program that pays special attention to the development of appropriate content and its effective delivery, as well as careful selection of the target audience. He is also keen to foster closer collaboration with relevant departments of ADBI, ADB HQ, international agencies, and knowledge institutes.