ADB names Phl country director

MANILA, Philippines - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has named Richard Bolt as the new country director for the Philippines, replacing Neeraj Jain.

Jain will remain as senior advisor to James A. Nugent, director general of the Southeast Asia Regional Department (SERD) that supervises the Philippine country office.

Bolt, who hails from Canada, has been advisor with the SERD since 2009.

The incoming country director was advisor for Knowledge and Results Management of SERD and ADB Economics and Research Department in 2000, supporting the economic analysis of project- and policy-based operations, methods development and training.

He then moved to operations, covering sector analysis and investment projects in a range of Central and East Asian countries.

Bolt also joined the ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department where he was involved with evaluations of policy-based lending, ADB’s long-term strategic framework, and country and sector evaluations.

He worked with research and development projects supported by bilateral and multilateral agencies, with in-country regional coverage in East and Southern Africa, South East and East Asia and the Pacific.

His experience and expertise range from policy and sector analysis, to project management and implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.