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Liqun Jin
Vice-President (Operations 1)
ADB

Liqun Jin was appointed Vice-President (Operations 1) with effect from 1 August 2003.

Mr. Jin, 53, was previously the People's Republic of China's (PRC's) Vice Minister of Finance and was mainly in charge of the budget for administrative expenses of education, science, culture and external economic affairs.

As Alternate Governor for PRC at ADB, the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility, Mr. Jin has been active in international economic affairs for almost two decades, particularly since the Asian financial crisis in 1997.

He has worked on a number of bilateral and multilateral economic and finance forums, such as the China-US Joint Economic Committee, China-UK Economic and Finance Dialogue, APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting, ASEAN Plus Three and G-20. In addition, Mr. Jin is a member of the State Monetary Policy Committee and the Anti-Terrorism Committee of the PRC.

After serving as Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank Group for four years, Mr. Jin was appointed Director General of the World Bank Department of the Ministry of Finance in 1995. The same year, he was promoted to Assistant Minister of Finance and in 1998 became Vice Minister of Finance.

He has been responsible for supervising the PRC's financial sector and of raising funds from both international and domestic markets.

Mr. Jin holds an M.A. degree in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He was also a Hubert Humphrey Fellow in the Economics Graduate Program at Boston University from 1987 to 1988. He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980 after completing his graduate program from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute.

He writes extensively on economics and finance, and has published a number of books in these areas. Mr. Jin is married with a daughter.

C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
Vice-President (Operations 2)
ADB

The Board approved on 14 December 2005 the appointment of C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr. as Vice-President - Operations 2 - for a term of three years. He assumed office on 28 February 2006.

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.

Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
Vice-President (Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development)
ADB

Ursula Schaefer-Preuss is Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. She assumed office in November 2006.

Ms. Schaefer-Preuss is responsible for ADB's Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Economics and Research Department, and the Office of Cofinancing Operations.

Prior to joining ADB, she was the Director-General of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in Bonn/Berlin, Germany. She was responsible for the development policy framework for various countries and regions. She was also engaged in bilateral cooperation with countries in Asia, Latin America, and Europe.

Previously, she was Chief of Cabinet of the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development from November 1998 to 2000.

She also held postings in the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York, the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C., and the German Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, in various capacities.

A German national, Ms. Schaefer-Preuss is an economist and has been engaged in the field of development policy for more than 30 years.

She took her post-graduate studies in political science, economics and sociology in Freiburg and Bonn and earned her Ph.D. in Economics and Master's degree in Economics at the Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg. She has economics and sociology degrees, major in development policy, from the same university.

Ms. Schaefer-Preuss is a member of the board for various research oriented institutes, and has written several publications on development issues. She speaks English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. She plays piano, tennis, and enjoys mountain hiking.

Liqun Jin
Vice-President (Operations 1)
ADB

Liqun Jin was appointed Vice-President (Operations 1) with effect from 1 August 2003.

Mr. Jin, 53, was previously the People's Republic of China's (PRC's) Vice Minister of Finance and was mainly in charge of the budget for administrative expenses of education, science, culture and external economic affairs.

As Alternate Governor for PRC at ADB, the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility, Mr. Jin has been active in international economic affairs for almost two decades, particularly since the Asian financial crisis in 1997.

He has worked on a number of bilateral and multilateral economic and finance forums, such as the China-US Joint Economic Committee, China-UK Economic and Finance Dialogue, APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting, ASEAN Plus Three and G-20. In addition, Mr. Jin is a member of the State Monetary Policy Committee and the Anti-Terrorism Committee of the PRC.

After serving as Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank Group for four years, Mr. Jin was appointed Director General of the World Bank Department of the Ministry of Finance in 1995. The same year, he was promoted to Assistant Minister of Finance and in 1998 became Vice Minister of Finance.

He has been responsible for supervising the PRC's financial sector and of raising funds from both international and domestic markets.

Mr. Jin holds an M.A. degree in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He was also a Hubert Humphrey Fellow in the Economics Graduate Program at Boston University from 1987 to 1988. He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980 after completing his graduate program from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute.

He writes extensively on economics and finance, and has published a number of books in these areas. Mr. Jin is married with a daughter.

C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
Vice-President (Operations 2)
ADB

The Board approved on 14 December 2005 the appointment of C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr. as Vice-President - Operations 2 - for a term of three years. He assumed office on 28 February 2006.

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.

Bindu N. Lohani
Vice-President (Finance and Administration)
ADB

Mr. Bindu N. Lohani is the Vice-President (Finance and Administration) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He assumed the position in April 2007.

Mr. Lohani oversees the operations of the following departments and offices: Office of the Secretary; Office of the General Counsel; Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department; Office of Administrative services; Controller's Department; Treasury Department; and Office of Information Systems and Technology.

Prior to this, Mr. Lohani was the Director General of ADB's Regional and Sustainable Development Department. Concurrently, he was ADB's Chief Compliance Officer and the Special Advisor to the President on Clean Energy and Environment.

Mr. Lohani began his career in ADB in 1985 as Environment Specialist and became Manager, Environment Division in 1995. He later served as Deputy Director, Infrastructure, Energy, and Financial Sectors Department (West) starting 1997. In 1999, he was appointed as the Secretary of ADB.

Before joining ADB, Mr. Lohani worked with the Departments of Housing and Physical Planning, Roads, and Local Development in Nepal. During that period, he had the opportunity to be involved in various infrastructure projects. He has also taught at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and was Division Chairman at AIT's Environmental Division.

Mr. Lohani has authored more than 100 publications, including seven books. He served as consultant to several UN agencies and international consulting firms. He completed several management development programs, including administrative training for senior government staff of Nepal, Executive Program conducted by the Business School of the University of Chicago; Management Development Program by Cornell University; and also programs organized by Arthur D. Little School of Management, and Corporate Leadership program at Yale University.

Mr. Lohani holds a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Master's degree in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, and a Doctorate in Environmental Technology and Management.

Mr. Lohani is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of United States - the highest professional distinction accorded to an engineer - for his work on economic-cum-environmental approach to sustainable development. He is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (awarded for excellence in the practice of environmental engineering) and is a licensed professional engineer.