HENRY NARDI: J.D.
(1970) and LL.M (1977) in International Law The George Washington
University National Law Center
Mediator / International
Organization Consultant with over 30 years of professional
experience. Recent experience includes providing consulting
services for UN agencies and mediation services for a Court
as an appointed Mediator, Arbitrator and Hearing Officer in
Pennsylvania. Also provided consulting and procurement training
services for the ESI - GW Law School Government Contracts Program
and for The NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Past
experience has included eight years as legal officer with two
regional international development banks and over 20 years
of United Nations experience, first with a UN Relief Operation
in Asia, and later on with the UN Office of Legal Affairs,
UNDP and UNOPS. Has held various senior legal and management
positions for the United Nations, including five years as Deputy
Resident Representative of UNDP in India and nine years as
Assistant Director of UNDP/UNOPS. Had eleven years of field
experience in Asia and has LLM with concentration in U.S. Federal
Procurement Law. Currently an active member of Pennsylvania
and U.S. national mediation associations. Click here for more
information on mediation.
Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar and the District of Columbia
Bar. Admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. For
his full CV, click here.
Mr. Nardi may be contacted at: nardi@ipmaservices.com
FRANCIS M. SSEKANDI: LL.B
(Hon.) (1965) London; LL.M. (1966) Columbia University Law School.
Attorney/International
Legal Consultant with over 35 years of legal practice in various
common law and civil law jurisdictions, in the areas of international
project finance, international commercial law, international
law and legal and judicial reform, as well as significant experience
in adjudication, arbitration, mediation, civil conflict resolution
and peacekeeping. Was a Justice of Appeal of the Uganda Supreme
Court, and served over 19 years in the international civil
service, as Deputy Director in the Office of Legal Affairs
of the United Nations, Director, Office of the Special Representative
of the Secretary General in Liberia, and General Counsel of
the African Development Bank. Completed a project for legal
and judicial reform of the justice sector in Rwanda, as a UNDP
International Consultant, and teaches part-time at Columbia
University. Admitted to the Uganda Bar, the New York Bar, and
the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
For his full CV, click
here. Mr. Ssekandi may be contacted at: sseka29@ipmaservices.com
DESHA-PRIYA
C. AMERASINGHE: LL.B
(Hons)(1963) University of Ceylon; Advocate of the Supreme
Court of Ceylon (1964); LL.M (Hons) (1967) and Dp.IL (1969)
University of Cambridge, UK.
Attorney / International
Legal Consultant with over 35 years of professional experience,
including 20 years experience in international development finance
and intergovernmental relations at the Asian Development Bank,
especially as Secretary of the Bank, Deputy General Counsel,
and Director of the North American Representative Office in Washington
DC. Over 10 years of private legal practice in Sri Lanka. Over
10 years experience as visiting lecturer, supervisor / tutor
and examiner at universities and institutes with current activities
in Sri Lanka. Other recent experience includes providing consulting
services for specialized UN Agencies and assisting in the establishment
and operation of private trust funds for development activities.
Mr. Amerasinghe can be reached at: dcamera@ipmaservices.com
JOHN FRANKENSTEIN: Ph.D.
(1983), M.I.T; Diploma in International Relations (1976),
Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies European
Center, Bologna; B.A. (1961), Stanford University.
International management
consultant and professor. Client-targeted "Toolbox" seminars
and consulting on China business, strategic management, cross-cultural
communications. Currently Research Associate and Adjunct Faculty,
East Asia Institute, Columbia University. Developed and delivered
programs and seminars for major US, Asian and European Multinational
Corporations, think-tanks and government agencies on Asian security
issues, China strategies, cross-cultural communications. Lecturer
in executive development programs at leading US, European business
schools. Professor at University of Hong Kong, Copenhagen Business
School, Copenhagen University, American Graduate School of International
Management. Ten years in US Diplomatic Service with postings
in Africa, Asia, Europe. Numerous publications in professional
and policy journals. Functional fluency in Chinese (Mandarin).
Dr. Frankenstein can be reached at: jfrankenstein@ipmaservices.com.
STEVEN J. FREUNDLICH: Post
graduate studies in Economics and Development, the Foreign
Service Institute of the US Department of State (1985); Joint
Master's Degree with South Asian specialization, the School
of International Affairs and the School of Journalism of
Columbia University (1972).
International
development professional with over 35 years of experience, including
25 years as a Project Development and Program Officer with the
US Agency for International Development with resident assignments
in India, Kenya and Nepal and short-term assignments throughout
eastern and southern Africa and in the Middle East. Has worked
with all levels of governmental, non-governmental and private
organizations in such countries, gaining a thorough knowledge
and hands-on understanding of all phases of program and project
design, implementation, reporting and evaluation. Also worked
for UNICEF and UNDP in New York and served in India as Peace
Corps Volunteer. Recent experiences include work for a US-based
NGO focusing on global warming and short-term assignments in
East Africa, India and Nigeria. Fluent in German and speaks Hindi.
Mr. Freundlich can be reached at: sfreundlich@ipmaservices.com
DAVID LENG: J.D.
(1972), Harvard Law School, B.A. in History (1968), University
of Virginia.
Chief Legal Counsel
for Multi-National companies with over 30 years experience in
Asia-Pacific, South Asian countries and the USA, focusing on
investment strategy, strategic alliances, joint ventures, restructuring
multinational companies, crisis management, trademark infringement
and strategies to contain the proliferation of counterfeit products.
Developed and delivered training on corporate governance, anti-money
laundrying, intellectual property protection, and contractual
negotiations. Six years at the Asian Development Bank as Senior
Counsel, advising on major infrastructure projects, urban development
and working with intermediary financial institutions as well
as co-financiers such as the World Bank, UNDP and IFAD. Also
involved in structuring equity investments in private sector
enterprises in Asian countries. Mr. Leng may be contacted at: dleng@ipmaservices.com
VERONICA LI-FRANKENSTEIN: M.Engineering
(Boston University), M.A.(Univ. of Hawaii), B.A.(Mills College)
CEO/Director with
over 20 years experience in strategic planning, engineering,
business process, supply chain, multi-million dollar contracts,
and web site production. Specializing in global strategy and
complex multi-national issues. On the boards of several private
companies and a non-profit organization. CEO Netuniq.com. Director
of Supply Division, United Nations Children's Fund, heading contracting,
technical, procurement, human resources, IT, warehouse and quality
departments. Director of Supply Chain for Bausch & Lomb (Asia-Pacific)
dealing with internal and external sourcing and manufacturing.
Spent over ten years with Motorola Semiconductors in the US,
Japan, and Hong Kong. Have led teams through business process
redesign from brainstorming to successful implementation of strategic
designs. Successful win-win contract negotiations using knowledge
of technology, manufacturing and market place. Knowledge and
experience in building product quality in different manufacturing
environments. Fluent in Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), functional
in French. Ms. Li-Frankenstein can be reached at: vlf@ipmaservices.com
FREDICKA PICKFORD
SANTOS: Ph.D.,
M.A. (Economics), B.A. (History), Columbia University, New
York.
Economist (macro/finance),
led Financial Sector Reform projects funded by World Bank and
Asian Development Bank for member governments. Banking Supervisor
and Capital Markets Specialist with more than twenty years experience
at the Federal Reserve Bank, FDIC, U.S. Treasury. Areas of expertise
include: (i) determination and implementation of central bank
tools of supervision and regulation;(ii) bank restructuring,
recapitalization and privatization;(iii) risk management training
for senior officers of commercial banks; (iv) supervision training
for central bank inspectors; (v) the design of depositor protection
systems; (vi) development of capital markets and risk management
of capital markets instruments. Recent projects include: the
privatization and restructuring of state-owned banks; the inspection
of commercial banks; commercial bank recapitalization; development
of banking legislation, prudential regulations and accounting
policies to meet international standards; establishment of a
bank supervisory function for on and off site surveillance. Projects
took place in Asia (Nepal, Lao P.D.R, Malaysia, South Korea,
Indonesia), Africa (Mozambique, Eritrea, Senegal, Mauritania,
Sao Tome & Principe) and South America (Brazil). Dr. Santos
may be contacted at: fredsan@ipmaservices.com.
PEDRO M. DE
BLAS: LL.B
(1985) Universidad Autonoma de Madrid; M.A. (2001), Ph.D
candidate, Faculty Fellow, Graduate School of Arts & Science,
Columbia University, New York.
Attorney / International
Consultant with over 15 years of professional experience, including
10 years experience in project finance and procurement with the
World Bank and United Nations Office for Project Services. Also
experience from the European Space Agency managing negotiations
of complex contracts for development of telecommunication satellite
payloads and other high-technology components. Recent experience
as legal consultant to the Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
Unit of United Nations Development Program structuring and negotiating
project financing packages for multi-million projects in bio-diversity
conservation and biomass & geo-thermal energy plants in Africa,
Asia and Latin America. Also advised on debt-for-nature swaps
in Eastern Europe. Has lectured and published on international
environmental governance and project finance in North and Latin
America. Fluent in Spanish, French and English. Mr. De Blas may
be reached at: deblas@ipmaservices.com
PALMARI H.
DE LUCENA: Graduate (1963), Escola
de Agronomia do Nordeste, Brazil
Palmarí de Lucena
has over thirty-years of experience as an expert in international
development and is also known as a lecturer and trainer in
relevant topics such as international procurement, business
opportunities in programmes and projects financed by bilateral
and multilateral organizations, and corporate social responsibility.
He served as a senior staff member of the United Nations Office
for Project Services (UNOPS) and has been a senior consultant
on resource mobilization and partnerships with the private
sector for several agencies of the United Nations, and civil
society organizations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He
was the sub-regional director of a major international NGO
in East, West and Southern Africa, Central and South America.
He is fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and has good
working knowledge of French. He can be contacted at: palmari@ipmaservices.com
ANDERS INGMARSSON: BA, (Business) University of Lund, Sweden (1971), Doctoral Studies (Business) (1972)
Executive/Consultant
to the banking, finance, construction and real estate industries and
NGOs with over 35 years of experience. Former CFO of US operations of
one of the largest construction companies in the world, CEO of US
operations of a major Scandinavian bank, and International Financial
Advisor of leading US investment bank. Assignments include general
management; real estate and project finance, development and management;
accounting and reporting; business start-ups, re-structuring and wind-ups;
mergers and acquisitions; investment banking; marketing and sales;
human resources; investor relations; procurement; teaching and training.
Teacher at business schools in Europe. Some countries of experience: USA,
Canada, Sweden, Libya, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Peru, Germany,
Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone. Fluent in Swedish and English.
He can be contacted at: Ingmarsson@ipmaservices.com
TATSUO FUJIMURA: BA in Economics; the University of Nagasaki, 1966, MA in Development Economics; the University of Sussex, 1972
A Japanese national and development economist with more than 37 years of experience in development cooperation in Asia, Africa, Arab Stated and Latin America, including 1 year and 5 months with ITI, 8 years with UNDP, 18 years with JICA, 5 years with FASID, and 5 years with ECFA. Experiences cover a wide scope of development activities, including industrial development policy and planning, strategic planning, project cycle management, South-South cooperation, training of aid personnel, human resources development studies, research management, , and institutional development and management. Extensive contacts in bilateral and multilateral agencies, research and academic institutions, and NGOs. Fluent in English and Japanese.
He can be contacted at: Fujimura@ipmaservices.com
KAI LING CHEN:
Kai Ling is a lawyer trained in China and France and has spent over thirty three years working for the United Nations as an International Lawyer. She is a specialist in United Nations law and practise and has assisted United Nations development agencies with legal instruments for delivery of development assistance to poor countries. She is fluent in French, English and Chinese, her mother tongue.
She can be contacted at: Chen@ipmaservices.com
