Takehiko Nakao

Takehiko Nakao
中尾 武彦
Nakao in 2015
9th President of the Asian Development Bank
In office
28 April 2013  16 January 2020
Preceded byHaruhiko Kuroda
Succeeded byMasatsugu Asakawa
Personal details
Born (1956-03-05) March 5, 1956
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
SpouseAsako
ChildrenYosuke, Ryuta
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
University of California, Berkeley
OccupationCivil servant

Takehiko Nakao (中尾 武彦, Nakao Takehiko, born March, 1956) is a Japanese former civil servant who served as the ninth president of the Asian Development Bank between 2013 and early 2020. He is Adviser, Sumitomo Corporation and Chairman, Center for International Economy and Strategy. He is also a board member (external) of the Daiichi Life Insurance Ltd. He teaches international economic policies and development economics as visiting professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy at Tokyo University and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Tokyo).