Robert was responsible for ADB-wide technical collaboration, innovation, and knowledge management for sector groups in transport, energy, urban, water, education, health and finance, as well as management and resource mobilization for 19 bank-wide trust funds. He began his career as an engineer in the US and has worked extensively for bilateral and multilateral agencies in international development. Robert has held faculty appointments at universities in the US, the Pacific region and New Zealand, and has been with ADB since 2003.