Ari Kalliokoski oversees the transport sector portfolio for the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, and PRC, focusing on project implementation, regional transport initiatives, and disaster and emergency situations. He led ADB’s regional transport future and foresight study in the Pacific and has over nine years of experience across Central and West Asia and the Pacific. Before ADB, he spent 18 years as a consultant and worked with the World Bank in Georgia. He holds a master’s degree in civil engineering from Oulu University, Finland.