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Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department (CCSD)

Leads ADB engagement in the thematic agendas of climate change, disaster risk management and environmental sustainability; gender equality; fragility and engagement; and regional cooperation and integration and trade. CCSD advises and supports management and other departments to integrate the thematic agendas across all ADB operations. CCSD also oversees the Partner Funds Division.

Eugenue Zhukov (Mr)Director General E-mail

Toru Kubo (Mr)Senior Director, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster E-mail

Arghya Sinha Roy (Mr)Director, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster E-mail

Noelle O'Brien (Ms)Director, Climate Change E-mail

Yoko Watanabe (Ms)Director, Environment E-mail

Samantha Cook (Ms)Director, Disaster Risk Management E-mail

Benjamin Graham (Mr)Director, Fragility and Engagement Division E-mail

Keiko Nowacka (Ms)Director, Gender Equality Division E-mail

Jacob Wienberg Sorsensen (Mr)Director, Partner Funds Division E-mail

VacantDirector, Regional Cooperation and Integration, and Trade Division

Sectors Department 1 – Transport and Energy Sectors Group

The Transport and Energy Sectors Group is a dedicated operational unit within ADB, focusing on delivering sector strategies, initiatives, and integrated solutions that advance ADB’s strategic agenda in these critical areas working across regions and with ADB’s clients and in partnership with development partners. This group supports the delivery of sovereign, nonsovereign, and advisory operations, as well as knowledge services, specifically within the transport and energy sectors.

The group collaborates closely with regional departments (RD) and resident missions (RM) to engage with Developing Member Countries (DMCs), ensuring ADB’s technical leadership both externally and internally. By concentrating on transport and energy, the group aims to drive sustainable development and innovation, addressing the unique challenges and opportunities within these sectors.

Hideaki Iwasaki (Mr)Director General E-mail

Energy Sector Office (SD1-ENE)

Priyantha Cabral Wijayatunga (Mr)Senior Director, Energy Sector Office E-mail

Sujata Gupta (Ms)Director, Energy Sector Office E-mail

Joonho Hwang (Mr)Director, Energy Sector Office E-mail

Keiju Mitsuhashi (Mr)Director, Energy Sector Office E-mail

Pradeep Tharakan (Mr)Director, Energy Transition, Energy Sector Office E-mail

Cindy Cisneros Tiangco (Ms)Director, Emerging Areas, Energy Sector Office E-mail

Transport Sector Office (SD1-TRA)

Chen Chen (Mr)Director, Transport Sector Office E-mail

James Leather (Mr)Director, Transport Sector Office E-mail

Dong-Kyu Lee (Mr)Director, Transport Sector Office E-mail

Kanzo Nakai (Mr)Director, Transport Sector Office E-mail

Markus Roesner (Mr)Director, Transport Sector Office E-mail

Hiroaki Yamaguchi (Mr)Senior Director, Transport Sector Office E-mail

Sectors Department 2 – Agriculture, Food, Nature, Rural Development, Water, Urban Development, and Digital Sectors Group

The Agriculture, Food, Nature, Rural Development, Water, Urban Development, and Digital Sectors Group is a dedicated operational unit within ADB, focusing on delivering sector strategies, initiatives, and integrated solutions that advance ADB’s strategic agenda in these critical areas, working across regions and with ADB’s clients and in partnership with development partners. This group supports the delivery of sovereign, nonsovereign, and advisory operations, as well as knowledge services, specifically within these sectors.

The group collaborates closely with regional departments (RD) and resident missions (RM) to engage with Developing Member Countries (DMCs), ensuring ADB’s technical leadership both externally and internally. By concentrating on agriculture, food, nature, rural development, water, urban development, and digital, the group aims to drive sustainable development and innovation, addressing the unique challenges and opportunities within these areas.

F. Cleo KawawakiDirector General E-mail

Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office (SD2-AFNR)

Sanath Ranawana (Mr)Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office E-mail

Yasmin Sadia Siddiqi (Ms)Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office E-mail

Takeshi Ueda (Mr)Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office E-mail

Jiangfeng Zhang (Mr)Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office E-mail

Qingfeng Zhang (Mr)Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office E-mail

Water and Urban Development Sector Office (SD2-WUD)

Huang Jingmin (Ms)Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office E-mail

Satoshi Ishii (Mr)Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office E-mail

Neeta Pokhrel (Ms)Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office E-mail

Norio Saito (Mr)Senior Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office E-mail

Srinivas Sampath (Mr)Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office E-mail

Manoj Sharma (Mr)Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office E-mail

Digital Sector Office (SD2-DIG)

Antonio Zaballos (Mr)Director, Digital Technology for Development Division E-mail

Sectors Department 3 – Human and Social Development, Finance, and Public Sector Management and Governance Sectors Group

The Human and Social Development, Finance, and Public Sector Management and Governance Sectors Group is a dedicated operational unit within ADB, focusing on delivering sector strategies, initiatives, and integrated solutions that advance ADB’s strategic agenda in these critical areas working across regions and with ADB’s clients and in partnership with development partners. This group supports the delivery of sovereign, nonsovereign, and advisory operations, as well as knowledge services, specifically within these sectors.

The group collaborates closely with regional departments (RD) and resident missions (RM) to engage with Developing Member Countries (DMCs), ensuring ADB’s technical leadership both externally and internally. By concentrating on human and social development, finance, and public sector management and governance, the group aims to drive sustainable development and innovation, addressing the unique challenges and opportunities within these sectors.

Christine Engstrom (Ms)Director General E-mail

Human and Social Development Sector Office (SD3-HSD)

Ayako Inagaki (Ms)Senior Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office E-mail

Eduardo Banzon (Mr)Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office E-mail

Shanti Jagannathan (Ms)Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office E-mail

Karin Schelzig (Ms)Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office E-mail

Sofia Shakil (Ms)Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office E-mail

Gi Soon Song (Ms)Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office E-mail

Shamit Chakravarti (Mr)Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office E-mail

Finance Sector Office (SD3-FIN)

VacantSenior Director, Finance Sector Office

Junkyu Lee (Mr)Director, Finance Sector Office E-mail

Mohd Sani Mohd Ismail (Mr)Director, Finance Sector Office E-mail

Paul Flegler (Mr)Director, Finance Sector Office E-mail

Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office (SD3-PSMG)

Cigdem Akin (Ms)Director, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office E-mail

Navendu Karan (Mr)Director, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office E-mail

Tariq H. Niazi (Mr)Senior Director, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office E-mail

Jose Antonio R. Tan III (Mr)Director, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office E-mail