Alessandro Pio
Alessandro Pio is the Resident Director General of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) North American Representative Office (NARO) in Washington DC since May 2011.
Mr. Pio joined ADB in 1993 in the Strategy and Policy Department. He later became programs economist for Viet Nam, where he was posted from 2000 to 2004, and Country Director in Sri Lanka, where he helped coordinate the aid agencies post-tsunami reconstruction response, and oversaw ADB's country program, including operations in the conflict-affected northeastern provinces. Before moving to Washington Mr. Pio led ADB-wide operations planning in the Strategy and Policy Department, and was Senior Advisor in ADB's Budget, Personnel and Management Systems Department.
Before joining ADB, he was a professor at Bocconi University in Milano, Italy, where he taught macroeconomics and development economics, and worked in Latin America with the Economic Commission for Latin America and UNICEF. He holds a Laurea (B.S.) in Economics and a Masters' degree in Community and Regional Planning. He has authored and edited numerous articles and publications on themes related to economic development and human capital.