With over 30 years of experience as an economist, Saby has lived and worked in India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, the Philippines, and Germany. He worked for over 17 years at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where his last assignment was as Director, Public Sector Management Group. He led projects on conceptualizing, structuring, and financing of economic corridors/industrial parks in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

Saby conceptualized India’s East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), the nation’s first coastal corridor which was later incorporated in the National Industrial Corridor Development Program. He led ADB’s engagement in the logistics sector in the region and was actively engaged with the Indian government to support the National Logistics Policy and worked on the first-generation multi-modal logistics parks, coastal shipping policy and businesses processes related to logistics. Saby anchored ADB’s innovative loan to Bangladesh to strengthen climate resilience, transition to a low-carbon economy and mitigate GHG emissions. He has a doctoral degree from the University of Leeds, a M.Phil. in Economics from India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Calcutta.