Martin Lemoine is the Unit Head, Agribusiness in the Private Sector Operations Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Martin has 25 years of professional experience, including 20 years of impact-oriented investment in Asia. Martin has led more than 50 equity and debt investments of a total value of around $10 billion in the agribusiness and infrastructure sectors.
Martin joined ADB in 2009 as an Investment Specialist in the Private Sector Infrastructure Finance Division 1. Martin was promoted to Senior Investment Specialist in 2013 and to Principal Investment Specialist in 2015. In the same year, Martin led the creation of the Agribusiness Investment Team to provide dedicated focus and expertise to agribusiness investing at ADB. As of 2026, Martin is managing a team of 20 bankers, analysts, and consultants, who deliver investments in agribusiness companies, technical assistance to smallholder farmers, industry events, and policy dialogue roundtables in developing member countries. Martin and his team have led over $2 billion of commitments across 50 direct agribusiness financings to companies involved in agricultural inputs, animal feed, livestock, aquaculture, horticulture, agroforestry, commodity trading, food and beverage processing, logistics, and retail distribution. These projects have positively impacted over 10 million smallholder farmers in 22 developing countries of Asia and the Pacific.
Prior to joining ADB, Martin was an investment banker with Macquarie’s infrastructure team in Singapore. Martin started his career as a McKinsey consultant in Paris. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Palmer Scholar), and master’s degrees from Essec and Sciences Po.
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