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Board of Directors
Updated: 3 November 2009

The 12 members of the Board of Directors are elected by the Board of Governors. Eight of those 12 are elected by member countries from within the Asia Pacific region, and the four others are elected by member countries from outside the region. Each Director appoints an Alternate. The President of ADB chairs the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors performs its duties full time at the ADB headquarters in Manila, Philippines, and holds formal and executive sessions regularly. The Directors supervise ADB's financial statements, approve its administrative budget, and review and approve all policy documents and all loan, equity, and technical assistance operations.

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Executive Director Alternate Executive Director Members Represented
Phil Bowen Dereck Rooken-Smith; Australia; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Georgia; Hong Kong, China; Kiribati; Federated States of Micronesia; Nauru; Palau; Solomon Islands; Tuvalu
Howard Brown Torben Bellers Canada; Denmark; Finland; Ireland; The Netherlands; Norway; Sweden
Eduard Westreicher Richard Edwards Austria; Germany; Luxembourg; Turkey; United Kingdom
Marwanto Harjowiryono C.J. (Stan) Vandersyp Cook Islands; Fiji Islands; Indonesia; Kyrgyz Republic; New Zealand; Samoa; Tonga
Kyung-Hoh Kim Tsuen-Hua Shih Republic of Korea; Papua New Guinea; Sri Lanka; Taipei,China; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
Siraj S. Shamsuddin Marita Magpili-Jimenez Kazakhstan; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mongolia; Pakistan; Philippines; Timor-Leste
Michele Miari Fulcis Jose Miguel Cortes Belgium; France; Italy; Portugal; Spain; Switzerland
Masakazu Sakaguchi Yasuto Watanabe Japan
Ashok K. Lahiri Md. Aminul Islam Bhuiyan Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan
Curtis S. Chin Paul Curry United States
Chaiyuth Sudthitanakorn Govinda Bahadur Thapa Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Singapore; Thailand
Yingming Yang Xiuzhen Guan People's Republic of China