Shingo is leading ADB’s agriculture sector operation in Thailand, Pakistan and Bangladesh. He is a corporate focal of ADB’s Sustainable Rice Program. He also led a preparation of ADB’s Food Systems Transformation Ambition to invest $40 billion up to 2030. Since December 2025, he is based in ADB’s Thailand Resident Mission in Bangkok. Previously, he was in ADB’s East Asia Department where he processed and administered ADB’s loan and technical assistance projects on agriculture and rural development program in the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia. Prior to joining ADB in 2019, he was an Economist and Agricultural Policy Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. He also served at Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan in Tokyo, responsible for policy planning and implementation in the areas of rural development, farmland regulations and food safety. Shingo has a Ph.D. in Development Economics from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and a Master of Public Administration in International Development from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
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