Alexo Esperato is Senior Health Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Southeast Asia Region. Previously, he was a Senior Program Officer- Health Systems at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; a health systems consultant at the World Bank, and Technical Officer on Quality of Care at the World Health Organization. In these positions, Alexo worked on health care delivery and financing in Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East and Latin America. Alexo obtained his PhD in health systems (Johns Hopkins University), after having trained in economics (B.A. – Lewis and Clark College) and public policy (Master’s Degree- Universitat Pompeu Fabra/Johns Hopkins). Alexo has also authored several peer-reviewed health systems studies, including economic evaluations as well as a Lancet Report on Primary Health Care.