Education
University of Tokyo.
渡辺 武
University of Tokyo.
He was in office from 24 November 1966 to 24 November 1972. Watanabe was considered to be the “father” of Asian Development Bank, as it was under his leadership that many of Asian Development Bank’s policies and targets were established, the first bond was issued in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1969, and in September 1972, donors agreed to set up Asian Development Bank’s multilateral source of concessional lending, the Asian Development Fund. He served as President of Asian Development Bank from its inception in 1966 to 1972.
After resigning from Asian Development Bank, Watanabe took on a number of roles including advisor to the Bank of Tokyo, President of the Japan Cr Rating Agency (JCRA), and honorary chairman of Japan Silver Volunteers Incorporated.
He was also the first Japanese chairman of the Trilateral Commission. His book of memoirs of Asian Development Bank “Towards a New Asia” was published in 1973.
Watanabe Takeshi died in Tokyo on Monday 23 August 2010, at the age of 104.