亚洲开发银行能源部门总裁
世界经济论坛全球未来能源理事会成员
1978年考入清华大学热能工程系，1983年本科毕业后考入清华大学核能研究院能源系统分析研究室硕士研究生。1984年赴法国格勒布诺布尔能源经济与政策研究所学习，1986年获得能源经济硕士学位、1989年获得能源经济学博士。
博士毕业后，1990年-1993年在曼谷亚洲理工学院能源技术系担任助理教授，教授能源需求分析预测、国际石油市场等课程，能源经济与规划专业硕士生导师。
1993年-2000年在非洲开发银行担任高级能源专家，负责南部非洲（莱索托、博茨瓦纳、莫桑比克、津巴布韦、乌干达、赞比亚、坦桑尼亚、安哥拉、毛里求斯等）电力部门贷款和技术援助项目，主要涉及水电、煤电、输变电线路、农村电气化等。
2000年至今在亚洲开发银行工作，先后担任东南亚局能源处首席能源专家（2000-2010）、南亚局能源处处长（2010-2015）。作为东南亚首席能源专家，负责印度尼西亚、菲律宾、越南电力部门（输变电、煤电、可再生能源、农村电气化）项目，并全面负责菲律宾电力改革和私有化的设计与实施进程。在此期间，还负责大湄公河次区域电力联网和能源区域合作。担任亚行南亚能源处处长期间，负责印度、孟加拉国、斯里兰卡、不丹、马尔代夫能源贷款业务，涉及水电等可再生能源发电、输变电线路、天然气管道等项目。
2015年3月起担任亚行能源部门总监，负责亚行能源部门所有贷款项目的技术审核（每年贷款额60亿美元左右），在亚洲发展中国家推广应用低碳新技术，并代表亚行与国际能源界进行知识、技术交流。在国内，担任中国能源研究会能源经济委员会副主任委员、人民大学重阳金融研究院客座研究员，主编出版《一带一路与绿色金融》丛书（人民出版社）。
Dr.Yongping Zhai
Chief of Energy Sector Group, Asian Development Bank
Professional Summary
Dr.Yongping Zhai has been working on energy development in Asia and Africa for 25 years. He is currently Chief of Energy Sector Group, Asian Development Bank (ADB), in charge of overall energy policy coordination and technical support to ADB energy sector operations. He is also in charge of developing energy sector knowledge work for ADB and interacts with worldwide energy sector knowledge partners.
Priorto his current position, Dr. Yongping Zhai was Director, South Asia Energy Division (2010-2015), ADB, covering energy sector operations in Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In this capacity, he led ADB’s support to renewable energy, energy efficiency and power trade in South Asia.He also served as ADB’s Lead Energy Specialist (2008-2010), in charge of energy sector in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Philippines, and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
From 1993 to 2000, Dr. Zhai was a Principal Program Coordinator/Public Utilities Economist at the African Development Bank (AFDB) in charge of energy projects in Southern African Development Community (SADC). Between 1990 and 1993, heserved as an Assistant Professor at the Energy Technology Division (Energy Policy and Planning), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Yongping Zhai graduated from the Thermal Energy Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, Beijing,China (1983) and received a Ph.D in Energy Economics from Institute of Energy Economics and Policy, affiliated with the University of Pierre-Mendès France in Grenoble, France (1989).
