Profiles

Diana Connett is the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) focal for energy operations in the Philippines. She co-led ADB’s first climate change policy-based loan for the Philippines and ADB’s first gender-mainstreamed energy sector results-based lending program. She has worked in energy and climate change across Southeast Asia for the past 7 years. Previously, she worked in corporate and operational management in a private sector energy company with international operations, as well as in civil society organizations and international institutions. She holds two master's degrees from Yale University in environmental management and international and development economics.