The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Ms. Suzanne Gaboury as Director General of its Private Sector Operations Department. Ms. Gaboury assumed office in early January 2021.
Before joining ADB, Ms. Gaboury was Chief Investment Officer at FinDev Canada where she was responsible for strategic vision, including defining business markets, clients, product investment strategy, and development. Prior to FinDev Canada, Ms. Gaboury was the Global Director for Agribusiness, Food & Water at FMO, the Dutch development finance institution. She has 28 years of professional experience spanning 85 developing and emerging economies.
A Canadian national, Ms. Gaboury holds a BA (Economics) from the University of Alberta, Canada, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Ireland.