8th ADB Business Opportunities Fair

Thematic Opportunities: Private Sector

Operations
By: Noel Peters, PSOD

23 March 2017
KEY OBJECTIVE

Private Sector Ops

seeks to identify
commercially
viable
transactions without sovereign guarantees

generate attractive financial returns

promote environmentally sustainable

and inclusive economic growth
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Investment Technical Asset

Products and Advisory Management
Services

Debt to equity to Technical Co-managed

guarantees assistance investments
Syndications Safeguards Co-general
Trade finance Corporate partner
Treasury products governance Concessional
Risk management funding
KEY SECTORS

Infrastructure & Finance & Health &

Natural Res Capital Markets Agribusiness Education

Generation Access to finance Inputs (seeds, Suppliers

(particularly (rural, microfinance, irrigation, cold (pharmaceuticals,
renewables), housing, SMEs, climate, storage), farming medical equipment),
transmission, inclusive business and (crop, livestock, Providers (hospitals,
distribution, gender mainstreaming), dairy), processing clinics), distributors
water/waste, insurance, digital (grains, meats, (pharmacies, supply
transport and finance, filling market packaging), chain), e-health, and
associated services gaps via trade and distribution in person and online
(airports/airlines, supply chain (wholesale/retail education
roads, ports/shipping, financing markets)
logistics, rail/rolling
stock), natural
resources (oil/gas,
mining)
 APPROVAL CYCLE
1 Concept Review
Review of business plan and
financials
Internal peer review
Concept Review
Committees review
5 Administration
Project performance
Ongoing project
surveillance for safeguards
2 Due Diligence 3 Final Review 4 Board Approval
Technical, commercial, Investment Committee 21-day circulation to the
legal and safeguards due review Board for review
diligence
Presidents review Boards approval
Finalize term sheet
Formal risk rating
Disclose safeguards
documents
 APPROVAL CYCLE
1 Concept Review
Review of business plan and
financials
Internal peer review
Concept Review
Committees review
5 Administration
Project performance
Ongoing project
surveillance for safeguards
2 Due Diligence 3 Final Review 4 Board Approval
Technical, commercial, Investment Committee 21-day circulation to the
legal and safeguards due review Board for review
diligence
Presidents review Boards approval
Finalize term sheet
Formal risk rating
Disclose safeguards
documents
 Contact person:
Noel Peters
Senior Safeguards Specialist
npeters@adb.org