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RAJAT M. NAG

Rajat M. Nag is the Managing Director General of the Asian Development Bank. Prior to taking over his current responsibilities, he was the head of ADB’s Southeast Asia Department and Special Adviser to the President on Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration. He has held several top positions in ADB and has been closely involved in providing strategic and operational directions of the Bank. His family background provided him with the values of service and spiritualism that guide him in his work with the ADB. 

He is a Canadian national and began his professional career at Bank of Canada. He holds engineering degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and University of Saskatchewan (Canada). He also obtained Masters degrees in Business Administration from Canada and Economics from London School of Economics.

In his own words, "Born in Sylhet, raised in Delhi, spent my early adulthood in Canada, now living in the Philippines, I am still seeking where home really is. Perhaps, as for many of us, it is nowhere and everywhere. I have worked in Asia for the past two decades on issues of poverty and development, am excited at the progress I have seen first hand on that continent, am dismayed at the poverty and inequality which still remain but feel optimistic that our children will see less of both in their lifetime."