Vijay Padmanabhan

Vijay Padmanabhan is the current Director of Operations Planning & Coordination Division at Asian Development Bank. Prior to this, they worked at Wilbur Smith Associates Inc. from January 2004 to March 2008, where they served as Director. In this role, they were responsible for the management of Wilbur Smith Associates' operations in India, including overseeing projects and procuring business in the urban and transport sectors. Vijay also led the project development and execution of ADB and World Bank projects valued at $1 billion. These projects included the preparation of ADB urban development projects in Karnataka and Rajasthan, India; the project development, detailed engineering design and project management and supervision of the ADB urban development project in Kerala, India; the city development plan preparation for Rajkot, India, financed by the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program supporting the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission; and the urban water and sanitation sector development plan for Karnataka, India.

Some of their coworkers include Masayuki Tachiiri - Director, Strategy, Policy & Business Process Division, Claus Astrup - Director, Strategic Partnerships Division, and Trevor Lewis - Advisor & Head, Nonsovereign Operations. Their manager is Tomoyuki Kimura, Director General, Strategy, Policy & Partnerships Department.