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Xiaoyu Zhao
Vice President (Operations 1), Asian Development Bank

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Mr. Xiaoyu Zhao is the Vice-President (Operations 1) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He joined ADB in September 2008.

Mr. Zhao is responsible for operations of South Asia Department, Central and West Asia Department, and the Private Sector Operations Department.

Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Zhao was the Deputy Governor of the Export-Import Bank of China, where he was the chairperson for both the Assets and Liability Management Committee and the Centralized Procurement Evaluation Committee.

Mr. Zhao served as the Director-General for the International Department of the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2002 to 2004.

He was ADB's Executive Director for PRC from March 1999 to September 2002, and the World Bank's Alternate Executive Director for PRC from January 1997 to February 1999.

A Chinese national, Mr. Zhao holds an M. A. degree in Economics from George Washington University, and a B. A. degree in Western Language and Literature at Peking University.

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