ANNUAL REPORT 2018 www.adb.org/ar2018

Keywords: board of governors, governors, board

Board of Governors (as of 31 December 2018)

Member Governor Alternate Governor Afghanistan Mohammad Humayon Zahid Hamdard2 Qayoumi1 Armenia Atom Janjughazyan3 Armen Hayrapetyan Australia Josh Frydenbert4 Stuart Robert MP5 Austria Hartwig Löger6 Christoph Pesau7 Azerbaijan Samir Sharifov Shahin Mustafayev Bangladesh Abul Maal A. Muhith Monowar Ahmed8 Belgium Johan Van Overtveldt Alexander De Croo Bhutan Namgay Tshering9 Nim Dorji Brunei Darussalam Dato Amin Liew Abdullah10 Ahmaddin Abdul Rahman Cambodia Vongsey Vissoth Canada Rick Stewart11 China, People’s Republic of Kun12 Zou Jiayi13 Cook Islands Mark Brown Garth Henderson Denmark Morten Jespersen Jan Top Christensen Fiji Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Ariff Ali Finland Elina Kalkku Satu Santala France Odile Renaud-Basso Georgia Ivane Matchavariani14 Giorgi Kobulia15 Germany Norbert Barthle16 Marianne Kothe Hong Kong, China Paul Chan Mo-po James Lau17 India Arun Jaitley Subhash Chandra Garg Indrawati Bambang P.S. Brodjonegoro Ireland Paschal Donohoe Paul Ryan Italy Ignazio Visco Gelsomina Vigliotti Japan Taro Aso Haruhiko Kuroda Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov Ruslan Bekatayev Kiribati Teuea Toatu Saitofi Mika Korea, Republic of Hong Nam-Ki18 Juyeol Lee

1 Succeeded Eklil Hamad Hakimi in August. 2 Succeeded Mohammad Khalid Payenda in December. 3 Succeeded Vache Gabrielyan in June. 4 Succeeded Scott Morrison MP in August. 5 Succeeded Kelly O’Dwyer MP in August. 6 Succeeded Johann Georg Schelling in January. 7 Succeeded Elisabeth Gruber in June. 8 Succeeded Kazi Shofiqul Azam in October. 9 Succeeded Lyonpo Namgay Dorji in November. 10 Succeeded Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Ibrahim in March. 11 Succeeded Rob Stewart in October. 12 Succeeded in March. 13 Succeeded Shi Yaobin in June. 14 Succeeded Nikoloz Gagua in July. Nikoloz Gagua succeeded Mamuka Bakhtadze in June. 15 Succeeded Dimitry Kumsishvili in July. 16 Succeeded Hans-Joachim Fuchtel in April. 17 Succeeded Norman Chan in April. 18 Succeeded Dong Yeon Kim in December. CONTINUED

Member Governor Alternate Governor

Kyrgyz Republic Baktygul Jeenbaeva19 Oleg Pankratov20 Lao People’s Democratic Somdy Douangdy Vathana Dalaloy Republic Luxembourg Pierre Gramegna Arsène Jacoby Malaysia YB Tuan Lim Guan Eng21 YBhg. Datuk Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir22 Maldives Ahmed Munawar Abdulla Ali Marshall Islands Brenson S. Wase Maybelline A. Bing Micronesia, Federated States of Sihna N. Lawrence Lorin Robert Mongolia Khurelbaatar Chimed Nadmid Bayartsaikhan Myanmar Soe Win23 Tun Tun Naing Nauru David Adeang MP Martin Hunt Nepal Yuba Raj Khatiwada24 Rajan Khanal25 The Netherlands S.A.M. (Sigrid) Kaag R.M. (Reina) Buijs26 New Zealand Gabriel Makhlouf Norway Jens Frølich Holte27 Bjorn Brede Hansen28 Pakistan Asad Umar29 Noor Ahmed30 Palau Elbuchel Sadang Casmir Remengesau Papua New Guinea Charles Abel Dairi Vele Philippines Carlos G. Dominguez III Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr. Portugal Mário Centeno Eurico Brilhante Dias Samoa Sili Sâlâ Epa Tuioti Lavea Tupa’imatuna lulai Lavea Singapore Tan Ching Yee Solomon Islands Manasseh Damukana Mckinnie Dentana31 Sogavare Spain Nadia Calviño32 Ana de la Cueva33 Sri Lanka Mangala Samaraweera K.D.S. Ruwanchandra34 Sweden Vacant35 Magnus Lennartsson Switzerland Raymund Furrer Franziska Freiburghaus36 Taipei,China Jain-Rong Su37 Nan-Kuang Chen38 Tajikistan Davlatali S. Said Nematullo Khikmatullozoda Thailand Apisak Tantivorawong Prasong Poontaneat39 Timor-Leste Santina J.R.F. Viegas-Cardoso Helder Lopes

19 Succeeded Adylbek Aleshovich Kasymaliev in December. 20 Succeeded Artem Novikov in April. 21 Succeeded Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak in May. 22 Succeeded YBhg. Datuk Seri Dr. Ismail Hj Bakar in September; YBhg Datuk Seri Dr. Ismail Hj Bakar succeeded Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Irwan Serigar bin Abdullah in June. 23 Succeeded Kyaw Win in July. 24 Succeeded Gyanendra Bahadur Karki in February. 25 Succeeded Shankar Prasad Adhikari in April. 26 Succeeded A.C.C. (Christiaan) Rebergen in June. 27 Succeeded Marianne Hagen in February. 28 Succeeded Alsak Brun in May. 29 Succeeded Miftah Ismail in September; Miftah Ismail succeeded Mohammad Ishaq Dar in January. 30 Succeeded Syed Ghazanfar Abbas Jilani in November. Syed Ghazanfar Abbas Jilani succeeded Arif Ahmed Khan in March. 31 Succeeded Harry Degruit Kuma in December. 32 Succeeded Roman Escolano Olivares in June; Roman E. Olivares succeeded Luis de Guindos Jurado in March. 33 Succeeded Irene Garrido in June. 34 Succeeded M I M Rafeek in January. 35 Ulrika Modeer was Governor until July. 36 Succeeded Denise Lüthi Crisan in August. 37 Succeeded Yu-Jer Sheu in September. 38 Succeeded Tzung-Ta Yen in March. 39 Succeeded Somchai Sujjapongse in May. CONTINUED

Member Governor Alternate Governor

Tonga Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa Pilimilose Balwyn Fa’otusia Turkey Bülent Aksu40 Kemal Cağatay Imirgi41 Turkmenistan Merdan Annadurdyyev Serdar Gubandurdyyev42 Tuvalu Maatia Toafa Talavai Iona United Kingdom Penny Mordaunt MP Lord Bates United States Steven T. Mnuchin43 Vacant Uzbekistan Sukhrob R. Kholmuradov Azim I. Akhmedkhadjaev Vanuatu Gaetan Pikioune Letlet August Viet Nam Le Minh Hung Nguyen Thi Hong

40 Succeeded Osman Celik in September. 41 Succeeded Raci Kaya in September. 42 Succeeded Muhammetgeldi Atayev in February. 43 Succeeded Heath Tarbert (Acting Governor) in March; Heath Tarbert succeeded Andrew Baukol in March.