Mr. Ayumi Konishi is Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF). MCDF is an international initiative that started operations in 2021 to promote high-quality connectivity infrastructure investment in developing countries through partnerships among Multilateral Development Banks, developing countries and their/commercial financial institutions.
Mr. Konishi is a career international civil servant with over 40 years of experience. Prior to joining MCDF Secretariat in 2022, he worked for the Asian Development Bank (1988-2020) and United Nations Secretariat (1982-1988). In ADB, he worked in operations, as staff and director, and as Country Director for Viet Nam (2006-2011), Deputy Director General for Pacific Department (2012-2013), Director General for East Asia Department (2013-2017), and Special Senior Advisor to the President (2017-2020).
Mr. Konishi is a Japanese national. He graduated from Waseda University (Japan) and Oregon State University (US) and has a master’s degree from New York University.
