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\nAsian Development Bank\u2019s (ADB) newly appointed Country Director for Pakistan, Xiaoqin (Emma) Fan joined the Pakistan Resident Mission here Monday to officially commence her role.
\nAs Country Director, Ms. Fan will oversee ADB\u2019s operations in Pakistan, including the implementation of the country partnership strategy (CPS) that prioritizes lifting growth, increasing resilience, and boosting competitiveness, said ADB press release issued here. She will also lead the consultation for the new CPS covering the period from 2026 to 2030, it added.
\n\u201cI am delighted to be back in Pakistan to lead the country office. I look forward to promoting ADB\u2019s longstanding partnership with the government and people of Pakistan,\u201d said Ms. Fan.
\n\u201cADB will continue to work closely with Pakistan\u2019s federal and provincial governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders to speed-up economic recovery, implement reforms, and champion policies and development processes to create jobs.
\nWe\u2019ll scale up our support for climate resilience, private sector development, and institutional development; and we will continue to foster livable cities, rural development, digital ecosystems, growth centers, and regional cooperation and integration,\u201d she added.
\nA national of New Zealand, Ms. Fan holds a Doctorate in Economics from the Australian National University, and Master\u2019s and bachelor\u2019s degrees from Lanzhou University in the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC). She has more than 30 years of professional experience, including 22 years in ADB.
\nMs. Fan joined ADB in June 2002 as an Economist, and since then has held positions of increasing responsibility in various departments across the bank.
\nIn December 2013, she was appointed as Advisor for ADB\u2019s Strategic Planning Department (SPD) and the Head of its Results Management Unit.
\nIn June 2016, she was appointed as the Regional Director of ADB\u2019s Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office (PLCO) and in 2019 as Director for Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division of the East Asia Department.
\nFollowing the introduction of ADB\u2019s New Operating Model in June 2023, Ms. Fan was redesignated as Director, Finance in Sector Group-Finance, where she had been successfully building the pipeline for the finance sector, strategically leading the sovereign-non-sovereign collaborations involving multiple ADB corporative initiatives.
\nAs Country Director for Pakistan, Ms. Fan succeeds Yong Ye who held the post from 2021. Prior to joining ADB, Ms. Fan worked as a Policy Adviser at the Department of Finance and Administration in Australia, an Economist at the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research in New Zealand, and a Researcher at Lanzhou University in the PRC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Asian Development Bank\u2019s (ADB) newly appointed Country Director for Pakistan, Xiaoqin (Emma) Fan joined the Pakistan Resident Mission here Monday to officially commence her role. As Country Director, Ms. Fan will oversee ADB\u2019s operations in Pakistan, including the implementation of the country partnership strategy (CPS) that prioritizes lifting growth, increasing resilience, and boosting competitiveness, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n