Who We Are

ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.

How We're Organized

To achieve the vision of Strategy 2030, four shifts need acceleration

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Climate change

Increase our capacity as the region’s climate bank by embedding climate action across our operations and near-doubling our annual climate financing.

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Private sector development

Strengthen our role as a catalyst for the private sector by spurring greater private sector participation in Asia’s development.

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Solutions

Elevate our role as the region’s solutions bank through holistic, knowledge-based, innovative, and integrated solutions.

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New ways of working

Empower staff to provide value and impact to clients by living our values and becoming more efficient, agile, and collaborative.

Members

ADB has 68 shareholding members including 49 from the Asia and Pacific region.

Board of Governors

ADB's highest policy-making body is the Board of Governors, which comprises one representative from each member nation – 49 from the Asia-Pacific and 19 from outside the region.

Board of Directors

The Governors elect 12 members to form the Board of Directors, which performs its duties full time at the ADB headquarters. 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.

 

Management

The President heads a management team comprising a Managing Director General and six Vice-Presidents. The team supervises the work of ADB's operational, administrative, and knowledge departments.

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Masatsugu Asakawa

Masatsugu Asakawa is the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Chairperson of ADB’s Board of Directors. He was elected President by ADB’s Board of Governors and assumed office on 17 January 2020.

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Administration and Corporate Management

Bruce Gosper

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Finance and Risk Management

Roberta Casali

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Sectors and Themes

Fatima Yasmin

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East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific

Scott Morris

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Market Solutions

Bhargav Dasgupta

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South, Central, and West Asia

Yingming Yang

Woochong Um

Woochong Um

Woochong Um is ADB’s Managing Director General. The MDG is responsible for ensuring bank-wide coherence on key initiatives and issues. He provides oversight to the Transformation Office, Office of Safeguards and Department of Communications and Knowledge Management. Together with the Office of the President he also oversees the Office of the Ombudsperson, Office of Professional Ethics and Conduct and Office of the Special Project Facilitator. He oversees various special initiatives which cut across ADB.

 

Departments and Country Offices

Office of the President (OPR)

Masatsugu Asakawa (Mr)
President
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Woochong Um (Mr)
Managing Director General
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Office of the Vice-Presidents

Yingming Yang (Mr)
Vice-President (South, Central and West Asia)
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Scott Morris (Mr)
Vice-President (East and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific)
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Bhargav Dasgupta (Mr)
Vice-President (Market Solutions)
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Fatima Yasmin (Ms)
Vice-President (Sectors and Themes)
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Bruce Gosper (Mr)
Vice-President (Administration and Corporate Management)
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Roberta Casali (Ms)
Vice-President (Finance and Risk Management)
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Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department (CCSD)

Leads ADB engagement in five thematic agenda: (1) climate change, disaster risk management and environmental sustainability; (2) gender equality; (3) fragility and engagement; (4) digital technology for development; and (5) regional cooperation and integration and trade. CCSD advises and supports management and other departments to integrate thematic agendas across all ADB operations. CCSD also oversees the Partner Funds Division.

Bruno Carrasco (Mr)
Director General
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Toru Kubo (Mr)
Senior Director, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
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Noelle O'Brien (Ms)
Director, Climate Change
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Yoko Watanabe (Ms)
Director, Environment
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Thomas Abell (Mr)
Director, Digital Technology for Development Division
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Samuel Tumiwa (Mr)
Director, Fragility and Engagement Division
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Samantha Hung (Ms)
Director, Gender Equality Division
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Jacob Wienberg Sorsensen (Mr)
Director, Partner Funds Division
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Cyn-Young Park (Ms)
Director, Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division
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Sectors Group (SG)

The Sectors Group is a single operational group comprising seven sector offices that aims to deliver sector strategy, initiatives, and integrated solutions that advance ADB’s strategic agenda in the region and with ADB’s clients. The Sectors Group delivers or supports the delivery of sovereign, nonsovereign, and advisory operations, and knowledge services, supports regional departments (RD) and resident missions (RM) in engaging with Developing Member Countries (DMCs), and ensures ADB’s technical leadership externally and internally.

Ramesh Subramaniam (Mr)
Director General and Group Chief
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Sungsup Ra (Mr)
Deputy Director General and Deputy Group Chief
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Young Seo (Ms)
Head, Sector Operations Coordination
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Qingfeng Zhang (Mr)
Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
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Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Thomas Robert Panella (Mr)
Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
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Yasmin Sadia Siddiqi (Ms)
Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
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Jiangfeng Zhang (Mr)
Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
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Priyantha D.C. Wijayatunga (Mr)
Senior Director, Energy Sector Office
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Pradeep Tharakan (Mr)
Director, Energy Transition, Energy Sector Office
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Sujata Gupta (Ms)
Director, Energy Sector Office
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Joonho Hwang (Mr)
Director, Energy Sector Office
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Mukhtor Khamudkhanov (Mr)
Director, Energy Sector Office
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Keiju Mitsuhashi (Mr)
Director, Energy Sector Office
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Andrew Jeffries (Mr)
Advisor, Just Energy Transition Partnership, Energy Sector Office
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Christine Engstrom (Ms)
Senior Director, Finance Sector Office
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Junkyu Lee (Mr)
Director, Finance Sector Office
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Xiaoqin Fan (Ms)
Director, Finance Sector Office
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Mohd Sani Mohd Ismail (Mr)
Director, Finance Sector Office
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Ayako Inagaki (Ms)
Senior Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office
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Wendy M. Walker (Ms)
Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office
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Patrick Osewe (Mr)
Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office
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Gi Soon Song (Ms)
Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office
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Karin Schelzig (Ms)
Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office
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Sofia Shakil (Ms)
Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office
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Tariq H. Niazi (Mr)
Senior Director, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
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Hiranya Mukhopadhyay (Mr)
Director, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
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Sabyasachi Mitra (Mr)
Director, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
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Jose Antonio R. Tan III (Mr)
Director, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
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Hiroaki Yamaguchi (Mr)
Senior Director, Transport Sector Office
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James Leather (Mr)
Director, Transport Sector Office
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Chen Chen (Mr)
Director, Transport Sector Office
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Dong-Kyu Lee (Mr)
Director, Transport Sector Office
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Markus Roesner (Mr)
Director, Transport Sector Office
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Kanzo Nakai (Mr)
Director, Transport Sector Office
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Norio Saito (Mr)
Senior Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
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Satoshi Ishii (Mr)
Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
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Manoj Sharma (Mr)
Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
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Neeta Pokhrel (Ms)
Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
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Huang Jingmin (Ms)
Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
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Srinivas Sampath (Mr)
Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
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Central and West Asia Department (CWRD)

Covers operations in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Eugenue Zhukov (Mr)
Director General
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Xiaohong Yang (Ms)
Deputy Director General
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Jesper K. Petersen (Mr)
Regional Head, Operations Coordination
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Lyaziza Sabyrova (Ms)
Regional Head, Regional Cooperation and Integration
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Enrico Pinali (Mr)
Regional Head, Private Sector Development
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Kiyoshi Taniguchi (Mr)
Regional Lead Economist (assigned to CWRD)
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East Asia Department (EARD)

Covers operations in the People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Republic of Korea; Mongolia; and Taipei,China

Muhammad Ehsan Khan (Mr)
Director General
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Balabhaskara Reddy Bathula (Mr)
Regional Head, Operations Coordination
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Pacific Department (PARD)

Covers operations in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Leah Gutierrez (Ms)
Director General
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Hideaki Iwasaki (Mr)
Deputy Director General
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Rustam Ishenaliev (Mr)
Regional Head, Operations Coordination
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Haroun Khawaja (Mr)
Regional Head, Private Sector Development
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South Asia Department (SARD)

Covers operations in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Takeo Konishi (Mr)
Director General
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Cindy Malvicini (Ms)
Deputy Director General
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Bouadokpheng Chansavat (Mr)
Regional Head, Operations Coordination
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Thiam Hee Ng (Mr)
Regional Head, Regional Cooperation and Integration
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Takeo Koike (Mr)
Regional Head, Private Sector Development
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Rana Hasan (Mr)
Regional Lead Economist, (assigned to SARD)
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Southeast Asia Department (SERD)

Covers operations in Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam.

Winfried Wicklein (Mr)
Director General
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Emma Veve (Ms)
Deputy Director General
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Alfredo Perdiguero (Mr)
Regional Head, Regional Cooperation and Integration
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Pratish Halady (Mr)
Regional Head, Private Sector Development
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Marzia Mongiorgi-Lorenzo (Ms)
Regional Head, Operations Coordination
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James Villafuerte (Mr)
Regional Lead Economist (assigned to SERD)
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Anticorruption and Integrity, Office of (OAI)

The designated point of contact for allegations of fraud or corruption pertaining to ADB-financed activities or staff members. More on Anticorruption and Integrity | Report fraud and corruption

Johannes Versantvoort (Mr)
Head
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Rohan Schaap (Mr)
Director, Investigations Division
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Vacant
Director, Prevention and Compliance Division


Auditor General, Office of the (OAG)

Provides independent and objective assurance and advisory services designed to add value and improve ADB operations through risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight on the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and control processes in ADB.

Yuko Keicho (Ms)
Auditor General
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Do Keun Cho (Mr)
Assistant Auditor General
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Budget, People, and Management Systems Department (BPMSD)

Provides advice and services in budget, staff position management, human resources, staff development, benefits, and compensation. More on Careers

Yasuto Watanabe (Mr)
Director General
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Xinning Jia (Ms)
Deputy Director General
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Neil Wallace (Mr)
Director, Budget and Management Services Division
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Matthew Drage (Mr)
Director, Reward, HR and Health Services Division
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Asel Djusupbekova (Ms)
Senior Director, HR Business Partners Division
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Suzanne Pedersen (Ms)
Director, Culture and Talent Division
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Niny Khor (Ms)
Advisor and Head, Strategic Workforce Unit
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Rawnak-ul Islam (Mr)
Advisor and Head, Retirement Benefits and Investment Unit
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Communications and Knowledge Management, Department of (DOCK)

Promotes support for ADB and increases its influence by expanding understanding, trust, recognition, and preference as first choice of development partner. DOCK also strengthens ADB's ability to better deliver tailored knowledge. solutions, together with financing, to developing member countries. More on Media Contacts | More on permission to use ADB Publications Contact the Publishing Team

Bernard Woods (Mr)
Principal Director
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David Kruger (Mr)
Director, Media and External Relations Division
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Director, Knowledge Support Division

Susann Roth (Ms)
Advisor
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Compliance Review Panel, Office of the (OCRP)

Provides support to ADB's independent Compliance Review Panel which, upon request by affected persons, investigates ADB's compliance with its operational policies and procedures in the formulation, processing, or implementation of an ADB-financed project. More on the Compliance Review Panel | Contact

Elisea Gozun (Ms)
Chair
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Controller's Department (CTL)

Maintains accounting policy and systems, prepares financial reports, and authorizes loan, technical assistance, grants, disbursements, and other payments.

Helen Hall (Ms)
Controller
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Setijo Boentaran (Mr)
Assistant Controller, Accounting Division
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Yoshinobu Tatewaki (Mr)
Assistant Controller, Loan Administration Division
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Samantha Foley (Ms)
Assistant Controller, Trust Fund and Administrative Expense Division
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Corporate Services Department (CSD)

Provides administrative support to help management and staff enhance workplace effectiveness. More on Institutional Procurement | Information request

Lakshmi Menon (Ms)
Director General
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Ameen Joudah (Mr)
Director, Workplace Management and Hospitality Division
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Paula Kim (Ms)
Director, Institutional Services Division
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Mark Graham Gibb (Mr)
Director, Organizational Resilience and Security Division
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Asghar Ali Syed (Mr)
Advisor and Head, Procurement and Contracts Administration Unit
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Andrew Clinton (Mr)
Senior Advisor, Office of the Director General
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Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ERDI)

Leads the generation of new ideas through economic research and analysis that enrich the strategic agenda of ADB at the regional and country level, advises management and other departments on how ADB can maximize the development impact of its operations, and provides support to operations.

Albert Francis Park (Mr)
Chief Economist and Director General
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Joseph Ernest Zveglich, Jr. (Mr)
Deputy Chief Economist
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Chia-Hsin Hu (Ms)
Deputy Director General
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Lei Lei Song (Mr)
Director, Economic Analysis and Operational Support Division
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Abdul Abiad (Mr)
Director, Macroeconomics Research Division
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Jong Woo Kang (Mr)
Director, Regional Cooperation and Integration Division
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Elaine Swee Khian Tan (Ms)
Advisor and Head, Statistics and Data Innovation Unit
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Rana Hasan (Mr)
Regional Lead Economist (assigned to SARD)
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Kiyoshi Taniguchi (Mr)
Regional Lead Economist (assigned to CWRD)
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James Villafuerte (Mr)
Regional Lead Economist (assigned to SERD)
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General Counsel, Office of the (OGC)

Handles all legal aspects of operations and activities, including providing legal advice.

Thomas Clark (Mr)
General Counsel
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Damien Eastman (Mr)
Deputy General Counsel
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Assistant General Counsel

Colin Gin (Mr)
Assistant General Counsel
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Cheong Ann Png (Mr)
Assistant General Counsel
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Kori Emzita (Ms)
Assistant General Counsel
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Kwai-Pik (Jennifer) Ngai (Ms)
Assistant General Counsel
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Douglas Perkins (Mr)
Assistant General Counsel
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Julian Chenoweth (Mr)
Assistant General Counsel
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Independent Evaluation Department (IED)

Helps ADB continuously improve its development effectiveness and accountability to stakeholders. More on Independent Evaluation

Emmanuel Jimenez (Mr)
Director General
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Sona Shrestha (Ms)
Deputy Director General
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Andrew Brubaker (Mr)
Director, Thematic and Country Division
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Nathan Subramaniam (Mr)
Director, Sector and Project Division
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Information Technology Department (ITD)

Manages ADB's automated information systems and telecommunication services.

Stephanie Hung (Ms)
Director General
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Naoto Yamamoto (Mr)
Deputy Director General
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Matt Farley (Mr)
Director, Infrastructure and Technology Division
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Ozzeir Khan (Mr)
Director, Digital Innovation and Architecture Division
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Brian McGrory (Mr)
Director, Program Management Division
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Director, Digital Solutions Division

Alain Duminy (Mr)
Director, IT Finance and User Services Division
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Markets Development and Public-Private Partnership, Office of (OMDP)

Provides market-facing transaction advisory services and technical assistance for clients and the region leading to private investment and serve as a private sector development (PSD) knowledge nexus, engage in internal and external advocacy and capacity building. More on Public-Private Partnerships

F. Cleo Kawawaki (Ms)
Head
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Mohammed Azim Hashimi (Mr)
Director, Advisory Division 1
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Siddhartha Shah (Mr)
Director, Advisory Division 2
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Ombudsperson, Office of the (OOMP)

Provides ADB staff with a confidential, impartial, off-the-record, and independent setting to discuss and resolve work related concerns and issues. Alerts Management to trends and concerns about the workplace that should be addressed. Contact

Wayne Blair (Mr)
Ombudsperson
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Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD)

Responsible for originating, structuring, negotiating, and disbursing all private sector investments of ADB. It also manages the private sector portfolio until maturity and collaborates with other departments to achieve ADB's strategic priorities.

Suzanne Gaboury (Ms)
Director General
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Catherine Marsh (Ms)
Deputy Director General
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Craig Roberts (Mr)
Senior Advisor
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Mayank Choudhary (Mr)
Director, Infrastructure Finance Division 1
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Daniel Wiedmer (Mr)
Director, Infrastructure Finance Division 2
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Janette Hall (Ms)
Director, Private Sector Investment Funds and Special Initiatives Division
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Marife Apilado (Ms)
Director, Portfolio Management Division
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Asif Cheema (Mr)
Director, Private Sector Financial Institutions Division
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Bart Raemaekers (Mr)
Advisor and Head, Guarantees and Syndications Unit
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Timo Teinila (Mr)
Advisor and Head, Risk Analytics Unit
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Joseph Bergin (Mr)
Advisor and Head, Equity Investments Unit
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Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department (PPFD)

Responsible for setting and maintaining ADB’s policies, regulations, instructions, systems, knowledge products, and databases in procurement, financial management, and portfolio management, in a manner that accelerates ADB’s corporate priorities including but not limited to climate change and private sector development; delivering services and reporting in support of operations. More on Business Opportunities | Information request

Aman Trana (Ms)
Director General
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Jeffrey Taylor (Mr)
Deputy Director General
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Jesper Pedersen (Mr)
Director, Procurement Division 1
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Rustam Abdukayumov (Mr)
Director, Procurement Division 2
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Rehan Kausar (Mr)
Director, Portfolio Management Division
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Srinivasan Janardanam (Mr)
Director, Public Financial Management
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Professional Ethics and Conduct, Office of (OPEC)

Is responsible for training and awareness raising on conduct in the workplace, providing advice on application of the Code of Conduct and contributing to workplace resolutions.

Christel Adamou (Ms)
Director
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Risk Management, Office of (ORM)

Responsible for policy, system, and operational risk; credit risk assessment; credit portfolio monitoring; corporate recovery; and market and treasury risk.

Stephen O'Leary (Mr)
Head
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Andreas Ernst Rimkus (Mr)
Director, Credit Division 1
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Director, Credit Division 2

Michael Kjellin (Mr)
Director, Risk Policy and Architecture Division
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Vacant
Advisor and Head, Treasury and Operational Risk Unit

George Gordon Rublee (Mr)
Advisor and Head, Remedial Management Unit
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Safeguards, Office of (OSFG)

The Office of Safeguards designs, implements, and monitors ADB’s safeguards policy and procedures. It advises and supports ADB management, operational departments, and relevant parties, including borrowers/clients, in delivering development solutions in compliance with ADB’s safeguards policy.

Nianshan Zhang (Mr)
Head, Office of Safeguards
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Bruce Kevin Dunn (Mr)
Director, Office of Safeguards
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Secretary, Office of the (SEC)

Provides advice and counsel to the Board of Governors, Board of Directors, and Management.

Asel K. Djusupbekova (Ms)
The Secretary
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Harumi Kodama (Ms)
Assistant Secretary
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Lin Lu (Ms)
Advisor and Head, Information Access Unit
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Special Project Facilitator, Office of the (OSPF)

Responsible for actively responding to the concerns of people affected by ADB-assisted projects through fair, transparent, and consensus-based approaches. More on Accountability Mechanism | Contact

Patricia Imrana Jalal (Ms)
Special Project Facilitator
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Strategy, Policy and Partnerships Department (SPD)

Provides ADB with a strategic planning perspective and direction, ensures policy and operations coordination, and maintains institutional relations with the international development community, especially on matters relating to resource mobilization.

Tomoyuki Kimura (Mr)
Director General
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Vijay Padmanabhan (Mr)
Deputy Director General
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Kenji Yuhaku (Mr)
Senior Advisor, Office of the Director General
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Ananya Basu (Ms)
Director, Operations Planning and Coordination Division
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Masayuki Tachiiri (Mr)
Director, Strategy, Policy, and Business Process Division
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Lu Shen (Ms)
Director, Results Management and Aid Effectiveness Division
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Claus Astrup (Mr)
Director, Strategic Partnerships Division
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Trevor Lewis (Mr)
Advisor and Head, Unit for Nonsovereign Operations
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Nargiza Talipova (Ms)
Advisor and Head, Project Management Unit for Sovereign Operations IT Project
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Transformation Office (TO)

Provides oversight of ADB's organizational transformation under the bank's New Operating Model.

Bobur Alimov (Mr)
Head
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Treasury Department (TD)

Responsible for mobilizing funds for operations and planning, as well as managing ADB's finances.

Pierre van Peteghem (Mr)
Treasurer
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Sukhumarn Phanachet (Ms)
Deputy Treasurer
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Tobias Hoschka (Mr)
Assistant Treasurer, Financial Policy and Planning Division
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Maria Lomotan (Ms)
Assistant Treasurer, Funding Division
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Raphael Bellan-Payrault (Mr)
Assistant Treasurer, Investments Division
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Penelope Stafford (Ms)
Assistant Treasurer, Treasury Services Division
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Jonathan Grosvenor (Mr)
Assistant Treasurer, Client Solutions Division
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Rajesh Poddar (Mr)
Advisor and Head, Treasury Quantitative Analysis Unit
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