Carlos Felipe Jaramillo is the World Bank Vice President for the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region, overseeing partnerships with 23 countries and managing an active portfolio exceeding US$32 billion. He is based in Singapore, which serves as the new regional hub for the EAP region, in line with the World Bank’s decentralization to be closer to clients and enhance service delivery. Under his leadership, the Bank’s EAP operations focus on promoting sustainable energy transition, strengthening human capital through health and education programs, and enhancing resilience and digitalization to create stronger impact—ensuring more jobs and thriving communities for all. Jaramillo brings over two decades of proven leadership across multiple regions and global practices.

Bertrand is the Global Director for Transport and Logistics at the World Bank Group. Mr. De la Borde has over 30 years of experience in infrastructure finance and has played a leading role in the development of innovative and landmark public-private partnerships across all five continents. He joined IFC in 2007, following four years with Proparco and 11 years with Société Générale in Paris, where he served as Head of Infrastructure for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. From 2010 to 2018, he led IFC’s Africa infrastructure team, tripling its activity under his leadership. He later served as IFC’s Global Head for Energy and Mining until 2023, and as Global Head for Infrastructure from 2023 to 2026. He is a graduate of École Centrale de Paris and holds a master’s degree in engineering, specializing in finance. A graduate of École Centrale de Paris, Mr. De la Borde holds a master’s degree in engineering, with a specialty in finance.

Sudeshna is the Regional Director for Infrastructure for the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region at the World Bank—a position she assumed in mid-2023. In this capacity she manages the World Bank’s energy, transport and urban development programs that focus on accelerating the clean energy transition, delivering green logistics and urban mobility solutions, ensuring access to resilient transport and energy services, and expanding regional integration and connectivity—with a team of about 150 professionals based in a dozen countries in the region who implement and oversee loan commitments over US$12 billion. Previously, Sudeshna was the appointed Practice Manager for Europe and Central Asia (2021-2023) and for East Africa (2017-2021) in the Energy and Extractives Global Practice, where she was responsible for managing a wide range of energy operations and policy engagements. An Economist by training, her thematic focus is on project economics, monitoring and evaluation, and on a broad range of energy issues including energy transition policies, energy access, renewable energy, subsidy delivery, and economic assessments. She holds a Ph. D in Public Policy from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) and MA in Economics from Delhi School of Economics (India).

Cordula is a Senior Transport Specialist at the World Bank with more than 20 years of experience in transport, logistics, and supply chain connectivity. Throughout her career, she has delivered investment and advisory operations across Europe and Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, and South Asia totaling over US$4 billion, including in IDA countries and fragile and conflict-affected settings. She currently leads and supports transport and maritime sector development across East Asia and the Pacific, with a focus on strengthening maritime connectivity, logistics performance, and regional development. She is a recognized thought leader in transport and maritime connectivity and has published extensively on logistics performance, connectivity, and maritime supply chains. Her most recent publication “A metric of global maritime supply chain disruptions: The global supply chain stress index – maritime (GSCSI-M)”, appeared in the Journal of Transport Geography (Volume 131, February 2026). She holds a PhD from the Freie Universität, Berlin.

David Wignall is a senior port and shipping professional with more than 35 years of international experience in maritime transport, ports, logistics, and infrastructure development. Over the past 15 years, he has led the planning, financing, and delivery of more than US$30 billion in port, maritime infrastructure, and shipping investments worldwide. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Indonesia’s state-owned port company, Pelindo (IPC), and as Chairman of Indonesia’s newest container terminal. Earlier in his career, he was Chief Engineer with Stena Line, one of Europe’s leading ferry operators. David has advised governments, development institutions, ports, terminal operators, and private investors across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas on port strategy, maritime infrastructure, logistics, shipping decarbonization, and private sector participation. He is currently Managing Director of Seaport Consultants Asia and is widely recognized as a leading expert in port and shipping development.

Edwin is a naval architect with over 25 years of experience spanning ship design, conversions, energy efficiency and regulatory policy. He has been deeply involved in the development and refinement of regulations such as EEDI, EEXI, CII, FuelEU and is also now working on the development of the framework for the IMO’s Sustainable Fuel Certification Schemes. He founded an independent consultancy Arcsilea in 2018 and works with shipowners, shipping trade associations and the European Commission.

Jan joined the World Bank’s Transport Global Department in January 2025 as Global Lead for Maritime Transport and Ports, where he leads key global initiatives including the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) and the Port Reform Toolkit, while supporting port and shipping projects across World Bank client countries. Before joining the World Bank, Jan spent more than two decades at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), serving as Head of the Trade Logistics Branch from 2016 to 2024. During his tenure, he led global programs on trade and transport facilitation, coordinated the Review of Maritime Transport, and pioneered flagship data products such as the Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Maritime Country Profiles, and the International Transport Costs Data Set.

Wei Siang is the Director for Decarbonisation and Net-Zero Pathways in the Maritime Decarbonisation Division at the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). He oversees MPA’s efforts to drive the decarbonisation of international shipping, through the adoption of low- and zero emission fuels and energy efficiency measures, and the development of international decarbonisation partnerships, such as Green and Digital Shipping Corridors. Prior to this, Wei Siang was with Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, where he oversaw the development of the energy sector in Singapore. Wei Siang has also worked at Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Education.

Olof is Head of Energy Transition at MB Shipbrokers Advisory Services in Copenhagen, where he works at the intersection of shipping, energy markets, and decarbonisation. He advises shipowners, operators, and charterers on navigating regulatory frameworks such as EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime, while identifying commercially viable pathways to reduce emissions and improve fleet performance. With a background spanning energy, trading and maritime markets, Olof focuses on pragmatic, market-driven solutions to the energy transition, including carbon markets, retrofit strategies, and emerging value chains.

Professor Ruth Banomyong is Director of the Center of Excellence (CoE) in Connectivity at Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University. He currently serves as a board member of Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor Development Zone (EEC) and as Chairman of WICE Logistics Public Company Limited. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee of SEAOIL Public Company Limited. Professor Banomyong is widely recognized as one of Thailand’s leading academic thought leaders in logistics, connectivity, and infrastructure policy. In recent years, he has played an advisory and analytical role in assessing the feasibility and strategic implications of Thailand’s proposed Southern Landbridge project, contributing an independent academic perspective on multimodal connectivity, corridor development, logistics competitiveness, and regional economic integration.