Sungsup Ra

Sungsup Ra

Sungsup Ra

Sungsup Ra is a senior international development executive with over 35 years of global experience spanning public sector leadership, development finance, and private industry. He has extensive experience in innovative financing, trust funds, and large-scale program delivery, with particular expertise in human and social development and sustainable development.

He is currently a Visiting Professor of Practice at the Korea Development Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management and Chair Professor at the Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies. He also serves as an advisor and board member to several international organizations.

Until April 2024, he was Deputy Director General and Deputy Group Chief of the Sectors Group at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). During his 23-year ADB career, he held senior leadership positions across South Asia, the Pacific, and institution-wide sector operations, leading strategies and operations in health, education, energy, climate, finance, food security, transport, urban development, and water.