Santosh Pokharel leads ADB’s private sector development work in Sri Lanka. He has over 12 years’ experience in emerging and frontier markets in different institutional environments (multilateral banks, private sector, and academia). At ADB, he was with the trade and supply chain finance team before working in the urban and water sector. Prior to ADB, he was with the International Finance Corporation. He has a graduate degree in Economics from University of Virginia and is a chartered financial analyst.