Masaru Yoshitomi Appointed Dean of ADB Institute

Dr. Yoshitomi, a distinguished economist, is presently Vice Chairman of The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Research Institute. He is also currently a Visiting Executive Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Director of the US-Japanese Management Studies Center at the same university.

For much of his career, Dr. Yoshitomi worked in the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) of Japan. Having joined the EPA in 1962, he occupied various senior positions in the Agency, including that of Director General of its Economics Research Institute. He served as Advisor to the Minister of EPA in 1992.

Dr. Yoshitomi has also had extensive experience in international organizations. From 1984 to 1987, he was Director of the General Economics Branch of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Prior to that, from 1970 to 1974, he was on the staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. He has also taught at the United Nations Asian Institute for Economic Development and Planning in Bangkok.

Dr. Yoshitomi will take up his appointment in January 1999.