Atsumasa Sakai

Senior Energy Specialist, East Asia Department, ADB

Atsumasa Sakai joined ADB in 2016 and have worked on energy sector operation in the East, Central, and West Asia since then. Before joining ADB, he had worked for the World Bank responsible for power development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, and for the power utility in Metropolitan Tokyo responsible for power system planning and international cooperation with overseas utilities.

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