Yuki wants to focus her work

on Asia as she thinks it is the

most dynamic region in the

world.

Yuki Ikeda is a Results Management Specialist at ADB's Strategy and Policy Department

(SPD). Every year, ADB publishes the Development Effectiveness Review (DEfR), a

flagship report which serves as a corporate performance scorecard. Yuki is one of the main

authors of the 2014 DEfR and was responsible for a chapter on ADB’s contributions to

development results through recently completed operations.

Prior to joining ADB, Yuki was with the World Bank, where she had opportunities to learn

about many joint projects with ADB. It was also during this time when she received news

about the ADB recruitment outreach mission to Tokyo in June 2014, through an email

newsletter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Yuki registered for the ADB career

presentation and applied for a pre-selected interview.

Yuki found the presentation very informative, especially discussions on ADB's Strategy

2020 and the Midterm Review. She was also delighted by the presentation of ADB staff,

Hisaka Kimura, on Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD) projects and to learn that

ADB staff are from a diverse background. It came as a surprise during the event that

recruitment at ADB takes about 6 months to 2 years, but in the case of Yuki, she applied for

her current position in July 2014, and was offered the job in November 2014, only 5 months

after the recruitment mission and her interview in Tokyo.

She’s happy to be with ADB especially being in SPD as it gives her an opportunity to gain a

broad understanding of ADB's roles, contributions, and responsibilities in the region. She is

excited to be involved in formulating ADB’s new results framework and its alignment to new

strategies for the post-Strategy 2020 years. Yuki wants to focus her work on Asia as she

thinks it is the most dynamic region in the world.

To learn more about ADB Recruitment Outreach Mission in Tokyo this June, visit

http://www.adb.org/news/events/adb-recruitment-outreach-mission

Japan Recruitment Outreach Mission: Success Story