Ms. Gi Soon Song is currently the Director of the Human and Social Development Office Sectors Group at ADB. Ms. Gi Soon Song has over 20 years of experience in international development. She led various ADB programs and projects in education, skills development, health, and social protection areas in South Asia and the Pacific for over 12 years.
Prior to joining ADB, Ms. Song had been with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Indonesia from 2003 to 2009, taking responsibilities in supporting governance and poverty reduction programs/projects. Ms. Song, a national of the Republic of Korea, obtained her doctoral degree in Agricultural Science from Bonn University in Germany following her MA in International Commerce from Korea University in Seoul, Korea.