Sungsup Ra is chair of the Education Sector Group and director, Human and Social Development Division, South Asia Regional Department at the Asian Development Bank. Since joining ADB in 2001, he worked as director, Pacific Strategy and Special Operations, Pacific Department, senior advisor to the Managing Director General, and deputy country director for Bangladesh and Nepal Country Offices. Prior to ADB, he has a broad range of experience working with public and private entities such as Samsung and Korean National Pension.