Masahiro Nishimura

Masahiro Nishimura is Unit Head, Project Administration in the Transport Sector Office of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is responsible for administering transport projects and programs in the Central and East Asia Regions. Dr. Nishimura previously worked with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the Government of Japan. He obtained a PhD in international studies from the University of Tokyo, the Master in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Engineering from Nagoya University, Japan. He has over 13 years of work experience in ADB across Central and West Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia regions and transport, agriculture, natural resources, food security, and rural development sectors.