ABOUT
Mr. Soon Chan Hong is the Country Operations Head of Papua New Guinea Resident Mission (PNRM), Asian Development Bank. As Country Operations Head, he coordinates country programming, business planning, quality and assurance and portfolio monitoring.
Soon Chan has over 19 years of experience in international development, climate change, and carbon market, including 11 years at the Asian Development Bank. He joined ADB as climate change specialist supporting the formulation of the climate change policies of ADB and led ADB’s accreditation to the Green Climate Fund. He was the country officer for Bhutan and country economist as well as country specialist for Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, he led the development of Country Partnership Strategy for Bangladesh and promoted strong development partnership between ADB and Bangladesh.
Soon Chan, a national of the Republic of Korea, holds a Master’s degree in International Development from International University of Japan. He also holds a Master’s degree, and a Bachelor degree in Economics from Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.