Manmohan Parkash ADB’s new country director

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Manmohan Parkash as the new Country Director for its Bangladesh resident mission. As Country Director, Parkash will oversee the implementation of the ADB Country Partnership Strategy for Bangladesh (2016-2020), according to a press release. Parkash, an Indian national with more than 32 years of professional experience, assumed his new position on November 15, 2017. He succeeds Kazuhiko Higuchi, who went on retirement in earlier this month. Prior to this assignment, Parkash, who joined ADB in 2002, was adviser for ADB's Operations Services and Financial Management Department, and head of the bank's Operations Management Unit. He provided strategic advice and support to various ADB-wide initiatives, including the midterm review of ADB's Strategy 2020 implementation, ICT overhauling project, and ADB's Strategy 2030. Parkash also has wide experiences in transport development in East Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia, covering reforms, restructuring, and institutional development.