Dai Chang Song

Head
, ADB
Profile / Bio: 

Dai Chang Song is the Head, Project Administration Unit and Principal Financial Sector Specialist of the Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office Sectors Group (SG - PSMG) at the Asian Development Bank.

Dai Chang covers ADB’s sovereign operations in Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Sector and consequent relationships with the governments, executing agencies, and financial institutions in the Central and West Asia region. Among the various projects he has implemented include; the $1 Billion Countercyclical Support Facility (CSF), $228 MM Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Finance Project, $200 MM Supporting Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Finance Project, and $100 MM Promoting Gender Equality in Gender Housing in Kazakhstan, $100 Million Small Business Finance Project in Uzbekistan, and $25 Million Investment Climate Improvement Program in Kyrgyzstan. Concurrently as Head, Project Administration Unit, he is also responsible for project implementation, monitoring, and portfolio management of SG-PSMG. Previously, he was responsible for commercial co-financing in Private Sector Operations and was ADB’s focal point for the Asian Eximbank Forum.

Prior to his career at ADB, he was the Head of Project Finance and Syndication at Korea First Bank (KFB), covering the bank’s domestic and international project finance businesses, international debt capital markets and international financial advisory work. He has also held positions of Head of Planning and Strategy for International Banking, Head of Long-term Foreign Currency Funding and Head of International Syndication at various stages.

Before Korea First Bank, he has worked in various capacities as a currency trader/controller and investment manager at international investment and commercial banks. Overall, he has more than 30 years’ experience in the international financial sector and has arranged transactions and/or advised governments, major conglomerates and multinational corporations in the Asia Pacific region.

Dai Chang received an MA in International Affairs/Political Economy from Columbia University and a BA in Political Science & Diplomacy from Sogang University. He has also served in the Republic of Korea Air Force with a 1st Lieutenant Commission in the Air Force Headquarters, Air Force Intelligence and the 8th Fighter Wing.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topic
Public Management and Finance (Central and West Asia) 14 March 2018 Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Governance and Public Sector Management, Finance
Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office 04 October 2023 Slides ADB Administration and Governance