Biography

C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
Vice President (Operations 2), Asian Development Bank

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C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr. is Vice-President Operations 2. He is responsible for the operations of the Southeast Asia Department, East Asia Department, Pacific Department and Central Operations Services Office. He assumed office on 28 February 2006 and has had his term extended to February 2011.

SUMMARY

A career diplomat for nearly 30 years with extensive experience in Asia, international finance, development, trade, and investment.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• In November 2004, led the US Government delegation to the Paris Club that successfully restructured $125 billion of Iraqi debt, resulting in the largest debt reduction in history.
• From 2003-2005, helped coordinate donor activities in a number of post-conflict and post-disaster situations, including Iraq, Haiti, and Pakistan.
• In 2001 helped launch a dialogue on structural reform between China's National Development and Reform Commission and the US Department of State and led the investment agenda for that Dialogue.
• From 2000-2005 chaired the US-Japan Investment Initiative which worked to promote foreign direct investment into Japan and to reform Japanese regulations to facilitate mergers and acquisition.
• From 2000-2003, as US Ambassador to APEC, launched the organization's counterterrorism agenda after 9/11, secured agreement to the Secure Trade in APEC Region (STAR) initiative, promoted greater use of IT in Asia, promoted regulatory transparency, and helped negotiate multilateral aviation open skies agreement.
• From 1996-2000 in Japan worked to liberalize the insurance market, helped crack the stevedore cartel, successfully lobbied for lower telecom interconnection rates, and helped address the recession and banking crisis of 1997.
• In 1991, worked to establish a permanent US military facility in Singapore, including negotiation of a status of forces agreement. Also helped launch the Asian Regional Forum, a multilateral forum that discusses Asian security and transnational issues.
• In 1989, as lead staffer in the US Embassy in Japan for the Structural Impediments Initiative successfully lobbied to deregulate retailing and promote stronger enforcement of Japan's anti-monopoly law.
• In the early 1980s worked to help resolve the Third World debt crisis as the State Department official responsible for staffing the U.S. Government's work in the Paris Club group of creditors.
• In 1978 in Manila uncovered efforts by shoe manufacturers in Taipei,China to circumvent US safeguards and negotiated a voluntary restraint agreement with the Philippine government.

C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
Telephone: (63-2) 632-4015
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ASSIGNMENTS

EDUCATION

1970-1974 Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida - BA in East Asian Studies

1974-1976 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, MA - MALD in economics, law and Asian studies

Languages: Japanese and French

Family/Hobbies: Married with two sons. Enjoys guitar, banjo, tennis and reading