Ms. Izawa currently leads and manages the Project Administration Unit of the Social Sector Division of ADB’s Central and West Asia Department. With over 20 years of extensive experience in the education sector in working with JICA and eventually ADB, she was able to help expand operations for education, health care and social protection across Viet Nam, Cambodia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Thailand, People’s Republic of China, Mongolia, Timor-Leste, Sri Lanka, Belize, Mauritania, Segal, Genie, El Salvador, Bolivia, and Japan.