March 3rd 2021

Mr. Adams currently serves as President and CEO of the IIF since January 2013. Prior to joining the IIF, Mr. Adams was Managing Director of The Lindsey Group, an economic advisory firm based in Washington, DC. Previously, he served as Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury. In 1993, Mr. Adams co-founded the G-7 Group, a Washington-based advisory firm, and later headed their Washington operation as Managing Director. Mr. Adams holds a B.S. in Finance, a Masters in Public Administration, and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Kentucky.

Mr. Fung has over 30 years banking experience. He joined Hang Seng Bank in 2006, where he was appointed Executive Director in charge of Global Banking & Markets, and subsidiaries including Hang Seng Securities, Hang Seng Investment Management and Hang Seng Index Services, as well as the director of Hang Seng Insurance and non-executive director of China Industrial Bank. Currently he is also Chief Financial Officer, Henderson Land Development since August 2017. He attained his B.A. degree at the University of Hong Kong in 1981 and is an Honorary Fellow of the Lingnan University.

Mr. Hildebrand is Vice Chairman of BlackRock and a member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee. He also oversees the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII) and BlackRock Sustainable Investing (BSI). Prior to joining BlackRock in 2012, he served as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank. In that capacity, he was also a Director of the Bank for International Settlements, Swiss Governor of the IMF and a member of the Financial Stability Board.

Mr. Okamura is the Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan’s highest civil servant in the international finance field. He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1985. In recent years, he held many senior positions in the International Bureau of the Ministry of Finance as well as in the Financial Services Agency. He also has experiences of external assignment, including in the IMF and a local government. He obtained a Bachelor of Law from the University of Tokyo and a Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Dr. Xu is a senior fellow of IWEP (Institute of World Economics and Politics), CASS (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). He has been the head of economic development division in IWEP since 2014. He is an advisor to the international collaboration department in Ministry of Finance of PRC. His interests focus on China’s macro-economy and policies, RMB internationalization, China and US trade tension and its impact on supply chains. In 2019, he joined CF40 (China Finance 40 Forum) and took the position as the director of research department.

Dr. Zeti served as the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia from 2000 to 2016. Known for her role in successfully managing the 1997-1998 Asian Financial Crisis and its strong economic recovery in Malaysia, she was also active in strengthening regional cooperation. She was also unrelenting in working for ASEAN and East Asian regional financial integration. Dr. Zeti holds a doctorate in economics from University of Pennsylvania, and is currently the Co-Chair of the Asia School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan and is the Group Chairman of PNB.

Mr. Watanabe after graduating from the University of Tokyo joined the Ministry of Finance of Japan (MOF) in 1972. Before retiring as Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs in 2007, he occupied various senior positions in the Taxation Bureau and others at the MOF. He later took high positions in the Japan Policy Bank and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) before his appointment as the President of JBIC in 2013. Since October 2016 he has been the President of the IIMA.