Mr. Pil-Bae Song is a senior clean energy expert (consultant) of Asian Development Bank (ADB) with over 40 years of professional experience in the energy sector with global development experience that has a strong focus on South and Central Asia. Mr. Song built his career at ADB for the past 26 years. While in ADB till his retirement in 2013, Mr. Song held various senior positions including Chair of Energy Committee, Director of Central and West Asia Energy Division, and Senior Advisor to Vice-President (Operations 1). After his retirement from ADB, he was appointed in several positions including Visiting Professor at Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management and Senior Advisor at Korea Energy Agency. He has concurrently undertaken several international consulting assignments of ADB, World Bank, and the Government of Korea across the energy sector.