Arup Kumar Chatterjee

Principal Financial Sector Specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department

Arup Chatterjee is Principal Financial Sector Specialist at the Asian Development Bank responsible for leading financial sector development initiatives and providing operational support in financial sector reform and development, regulatory and supervisory oversight architecture, insurance, pensions, financial inclusion, and Fintech. In addition, he has advised on disaster risk financing, agriculture insurance, health insurance, pensions and social security reforms, SME financing, and Takaful in Asian, African, and Latin American countries.

In his over three and half decades of work, he has traversed across insurance and reinsurance operations, financial sector policymaking, and regulations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

He has earlier served with the International Association of Insurance Supervisors at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, and the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

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Small business in Asia and the Pacific have been hit hard by the pandemic. Photo: ADB

Small businesses can help drive a green recovery from the pandemic

Small and medium-sized enterprises make up more than 96% of all Asian businesses. Their survival and resilience is essential for a green recovery.

Arup Kumar Chatterjee

Today’s insurance policies will greatly affect the next generation in Asia and the Pacific.

How to close Asia’s insurance protection gap

Asia will drive the growth of the global insurance market in the years to come. Technological innovation along with solid financing and the right policies will be needed to make sure as many people as possible in the region get the insurance protection they need.

Arup Kumar Chatterjee