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Jo Yamagata

Jo Yamagata

Jo Yamagata

Deputy Director General
Private Sector Operations Department
Event(s): Singapore Energy Summit

Mr Jo Yamagata has over 25 years of experience working on infrastructure development and financing in Asia.

The Private Sector Operations Department is responsible for private sector non-sovereign guarantee operations in ADB and provides variety of financial services and products including loans, investments and guarantees for infrastructure projects in the region. Mr Yamagata has served as a board member of infrastructure companies as well as a bank. He is currently Chair of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Community of Practice at ADB. The PPP Community of Practice Group is responsible for promotion of PPPs in ADB operation and preparation of a bank wide PPP operational plan.

Before joining ADB in 1994, he worked for Toshiba Corporation in Japan, where he was involved in development of various power and industrial projects both domestically and abroad. A Japanese national, he holds a Master's degree in International Management and Finance from Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, US. He graduated from School of Law, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan.