Our Team

People behind practical sustainability.

A multidisciplinary team bringing together decades of experience across climate resilience, natural resources, Geo-AI, safeguards, livelihoods, field systems, finance and international development.

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Leadership

Experienced leadership, multidisciplinary expertise.

AMCO’s leadership combines development-sector experience with practical technical, social and financial capabilities.

Head of the Team

Samir Ahsan

CEO, Infinity Access Ltd

Over 20 years of professional experience in financial management, procurement, contract administration and implementation of government and international development projects.

Financial Management Procurement Contract Administration UN Standards Project Controls

Responsible for financial oversight, procurement planning, contract administration, budget monitoring, financial reporting, procurement quality assurance, audit support and compliance. Experienced with projects involving UNMOGIP and multidisciplinary government and international development stakeholders.

Core Team

Our multidisciplinary experts

Professionals with complementary expertise across the project cycle.

Prof. Javed H. Mir

Senior Development & Sustainability Professional

Over 35 years of experience designing and managing implementation and supervision of large-scale ADB agriculture, natural resources and biodiversity conservation programmes and projects, including multilateral, multiscale monitoring and evaluation.

ADB Programmes Agriculture & Natural Resources Biodiversity M&E Institutional Coordination

Responsibilities include macro-level compliance, institutional coordination with development partners and implementing partners, and oversight of complex development programmes.

Dr. Hasan Moinuddin

Natural Resources & M&E Specialist

Over 30 years of experience designing monitoring and evaluation systems for natural resource management, biodiversity corridors and forest landscape projects.

M&E Systems Biodiversity Corridors Forest Landscapes Climate Change LFA & PCM

Experienced in methodology design, plans and results framework reporting, high-level stakeholder engagement, Protected Areas, fragmentation and Strategic Environmental Assessment.

Dr. Tariq Abdullah

Geoinformatics & GIS Specialist

Over 10 years in Geoinformatics, GIS, Remote Sensing, spatial analysis and digital environmental monitoring, with expertise in natural resource and landscape assessments.

Geo-AI & GIS Remote Sensing Spatial Analytics ODK / Kobo Digital Dashboards

Experienced in GIS-enabled monitoring systems, mobile data collection, spatial databases, real-time dashboards, GPS validation, spatial QA, visualization and decision-support outputs.

Sakib Qadri

Environmental & Social Safeguards Specialist

Over 20 years of experience in sustainable development, environmental compliance, EIA, environmental awareness, advocacy and climate change challenges.

EIA ADB / World Bank / GEF ESMF Biodiversity Safeguards Gender & Inclusion

Experienced in environmental and social management frameworks, indigenous peoples frameworks, gender inclusion, and environment, social and biodiversity safeguards.

Sanober Durrani

Civil & Environmental Engineer

Over 20 years as a civil and environmental engineer working on sustainable infrastructure, climate finance and international development.

Climate Finance ESIA & Due Diligence Biodiversity Climate Risk Stakeholder Engagement

Worked with ADB, UNDP, USAID, IFC and World Bank Group-supported programmes across South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Pacific and North America. Founded the Goa Banyan Project and co-founded a community-based waste management initiative in high alpine regions of South Kashmir.

Dr. Sehar Iqbal

Senior Gender & Livelihoods Specialist

Over 20 years of experience in gender and livelihoods across 23 Asian countries through bilateral and multilateral development programmes.

Gender Equality Livelihoods Women’s Economic Empowerment Land Rights Community Governance

PhD in Social Sciences (Development Economics and Law). Experienced in sustainable livelihood programmes for rural women, gender equity in law, land rights for indigenous women and women’s leadership in resource management and community governance.

Abipsha Biswal

GESI & Women’s Economic Empowerment Specialist

Over 8 years of professional experience in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), women’s economic empowerment, livelihood promotion, capacity building, community engagement and stakeholder coordination under ADB-funded projects.

GESI Women’s Empowerment ADB Gender Mainstreaming POSH / GBV Capacity Building

Experienced in designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting GESI Action Plans; women’s livelihood and workforce participation; IEC campaigns; stakeholder engagement; and training government officials, contractors, NGOs and community institutions. ADB-certified in SEAH Prevention and Response.

Dilip Kumar Parida

Field Operations & Digital Survey Specialist

Over 10 years of experience managing large-scale field operations and survey implementation across India, including GPS-enabled digital data collection.

Field Operations Digital Surveys CSPro / ODK Data Quality Logistics

Experienced in designing and deploying more than 100 electronic questionnaires using CSPro, Survey Solutions, SurveyCTO and ODK, along with field team management, logistics, real-time data quality monitoring and end-to-end data management.

Shibashish Sahoo

Social Safeguards Specialist

25 years of experience specializing in social safeguards planning, implementation and monitoring.

Social Impact Assessment Resettlement & Land Acquisition Indigenous Peoples Due Diligence Stakeholder Management

Experience spans transport and energy sectors, including national and state highways, dedicated freight corridors, rural development, solar energy and transmission/distribution systems. Worked as a Social Safeguard Consultant with ADB, IFC and consulting companies.

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