Dr. Junkyu Lee

Dr. Junkyu Lee is currently the Director for Strategy, Planning and Knowledge Solutions of the Finance Sector Office in ADB.
He is an economist of seasoned policy-making experience and knowledge in financial sector development and international economic policies. From 2019-2023, he was Chief of Finance Sector Group in ADB, leading innovative knowledge support for ADB financial sector operations, playing advisory roles for policy and operational discussions with developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. He has led the ADB’s collaboration with the GFANZ APAC and the G20 Finance process. He also led the sustainable finance team in the finance sector with a focus on transition finance, sustainable finance including green and climate finance, and financial sector stability and resilience. He is working closely with the finance teams to support scaling up sustainable finance with operational knowledge. Before joining ADB in 2012, he worked in the Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance as G20 and Senior International Economic Advisor. He was the AMRO (ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office)’s advisory panel member in 2011-2012. He also has deep policy experience of macroprudential policy, capital flows management measures, and financial development policy in APEC FMM, and ASEAN+3 Finance Process. He has coauthored numerous publications such as “Green Investment Banks”, “Greening the Financial System: climate financials risks and how ADB can help (2023), “the Influence of US dollar Funding Conditions on Asian Financial Markets’, “Financial Integration and Macrofinancial Linkages in Asia: crises, responses, and policy considerations”, and “Nonperforming Loans in Asia and Europe” with the European Central Bank.