Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for the direction of the general operations of the Bank. The Board (i) takes decisions concerning policies of the Bank, and loans, guarantees, investments and technical assistance by the Bank, (ii) approves borrowings by the Bank, (iii) clears the financial accounts of the Bank for approval by the Board of Governors, and (iv) approve the budgets of the Bank. (Charter. Article 31)
The 12 Directors of the ADB Board of Directors are elected by the Board of Governors. Eight of the 12 are elected from within Asia and the Pacific and four others are elected from outside the region. The Board of Directors performs its duties full time at the ADB headquarters in Manila, Philippines. The President of ADB chairs the Board of Directors. See: Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors of ADB
| Director | Alternate Director | Members Represented | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony McDonald | Scott Dawson | Australia / Azerbaijan / Cambodia / Georgia / Hong Kong, China / Kiribati / Federated States of Micronesia / Nauru / Palau / Solomon Islands / Tuvalu | +63 2 8632 6065 | |
| Kris Panday | Leena Viljanen | Canada / Denmark / Finland / Ireland / The Netherlands / Norway / Sweden | +63 2 632 6060 | |
| Helmut Fischer | Burak Müezzinoğlu | Austria / Germany / Luxembourg / Turkey / United Kingdom | +63 2 632 6075 | |
| Syurkani Ishak Kasim | Karen Murray | Armenia / Cook Islands / Fiji / Indonesia / Kyrgyz Republic / New Zealand / Niue / Samoa / Tonga | +63 2 632 6055 | |
| In-chang Song | Yu-Peng Tseng | Republic of Korea / Papua New Guinea / Sri Lanka / Taipei,China / Uzbekistan / Vanuatu / Viet Nam | +63 2 632 6045 | |
| Paul Dominguez | Shahid Mahmood | Kazakhstan / Maldives / Marshall Islands / Mongolia / Pakistan / Philippines / Timor-Leste | +63 2 632 6030 | |
| Pierre-Emmanuel Beluche | Enrique Galan | Belgium / France / Italy / Portugal / Spain / Switzerland | +63 2 632 6035 | |
| Takeshi Kurihara | Kenzo Ohe | Japan | +63 2 632 6096 | |
| Kshatrapati Shivaji | Bayrammuhammet Garayev | Afghanistan / Bangladesh / Bhutan / India / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Tajikistan / Turkmenistan | +63 2 632 6040 | |
| (vacant) | Jason Chung | United States | +63 2 632 6050 | |
| Anuar bin Ariffin | Yuemin Li-Misra | Brunei Darussalam / Malaysia / Myanmar / Nepal / Singapore / Thailand | +63 2 632 6081 | |
| Zhijun Cheng | Jin Lu | People's Republic of China | +63 2 632 6071 |
as of 30 August 2019