James Leather

May 12

Written By WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Chief of the Transport Sector Group at the ADB

Jamie is the Chief of the Transport Sector Group at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He leads ADB's Sustainable Transport Initiative, leads operations and supervises the strategic direction of ADB’s knowledge, technical and financial support in the transport sector to its member and acts as the transport focal point for ADB with international organizations. Jamie has 30 years of experience in transport and more than 25 years of experience working internationally and primarily in the Asian region.

He holds a Master of Science in transport planning and engineering from the Institute of Transport Studies, Leeds University (UK).

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