As vice-president for knowledge management and sustainable development at the Asian Development Bank since 2015, Bambang Susantono provides strategic leadership to ADB's knowledge and research agenda. Prior to this, he was the acting minister and vice-minister of transportation, and deputy minister for infrastructure and regional development at the Office of Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs in Indonesia.
In the Asia-Pacific region, accelerating the efforts to strengthen climate action, gender equality, civic engagement, and domestic resource mobilization is key to achieving the SDGs.
