Lead Asia's Private Sector Development
2 days ago
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to lead its Private Sector Operations Department as Director General. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone who wants to make a lasting impact on the future of Asia and be a catalyst for positive change.
About the RoleAs Director General, you will lead the department's vision, goals, and strategies to promote sustainable private investment in Asia and the Pacific. You will oversee all PSOD operations to ensure financial viability, strategic relevance, quality, development impact, and compliance with ADB policies. Your expertise will drive Strategy 2030's goals by leveraging innovation and partnerships.
Main Responsibilities:
- Shape and communicate the department's vision, goals, and strategies to align with ADB's objectives and policies.
- Oversee all PSOD operations to ensure financial viability, strategic relevance, quality, development impact, and compliance with ADB policies.
- Advocate for top-tier corporate governance among borrowers and investee companies.
- Deliver private sector solutions downstream by aligning advisory support midstream and upstream actions and build relationships with clients and co-financiers through strategic partnerships.
- Integrate PSOD into country strategy exercises and focused programs for developing member countries (DMCs).
- Focus on promoting sustainable private investment in the Asia and Pacific region with a focus on poverty reduction as a principal development objective.
- Lead policy dialogue with senior officials on development issues to ensure ADB's engagement aligns with its poverty reduction mission and adapts to changing priorities.
- Ensure full integration of ADB's resident missions into the work of PSOD.
- Lead the origination and development of the PSOD pipeline, including project and corporate financing, financial institutions, trade, supply chain finance, and equity investments.
- Ensure the PSOD portfolio's performance, focusing on financial viability, sustainability, and clear, monitorable results.
- Oversee all equity divestments.
- Guide staff on resolving credit and market risk issues in financing and investments, and lead difficult credit resolutions with the Office of Risk Management.
- Oversee and build relationships with the full range of ADB's development partners, including other development institutions, civil society groups, the Executive Board and the private sector.
- Ensure that PSOD financing is designed to attract private capital into development projects, including measures to de-risk investments for the private sector.
- Integrate PSOD actions with Market Development advisory services and Private Sector Development efforts by ADB regional departments.
- Oversee internal relationships and ensure full coordination and cooperation with other ADB departments, regional and non-regional, and the entire range of internal partners.
- Promote and defend transactions at the Board level, resolving policy and transaction issues.
- Facilitate department coordination and cooperation with other ADB departments.
- Effectively manage budget and resource allocation and utilization at the division level within the department.
- Lead diverse teams, ensuring work quality, manage performance with clear direction and feedback, and mentor individuals for continuous learning and development.
Qualifications
You will need:
- A Master's degree in a relevant field or university degree in related fields combined with additional relevant professional experience.
- At least 15 years of relevant professional experience in public or private sector operations.
- Demonstrated high-level of integrity, with earned respect of professional peers.
- An experienced international banker with an appreciation for the development role of the public and private sectors; preferably a combination of experience working in investment/merchant/commercial banking and with multilateral institutions.
- Demonstrated knowledge of debt and equity capital markets, risk syndication products and the private equity markets.
- Demonstrated experience promoting poverty reduction through private investment.
- Experience developing vision and strategies for evaluation, managing change, and overseeing programs and budgets.
- Collaborate across organizational boundaries.
- International experience working in Asia and the Pacific.
Benefits
The ADB offers a great compensation package and a comprehensive benefits package. The salary will be based on ADB's standards and comparator markets, taking into account your qualifications and experience. You can expect:
- Paid leave (including parental)
- Medical and health benefits
- Life and other insurance plans
- Staff development
- Retirement plan
- Housing and education allowance (if applicable)
- Expatriate benefits (for international staff)
About Us
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Manila, Philippines and is composed of 69 members, 49 of which are from the Asia and Pacific region. ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
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