Admassu Tadesse has been serving as Trade and Development Bank Group President and Managing Director since 2022. Prior, he led PTA Bank, and its evolution into TDB, and previously served as Executive Vice President for International Finance and Corporate Strategy with the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Under his leadership, TDB Group has expanded into several new and under-served markets, with new strategic business units and subsidiaries to bolster impact, reach and sustainability, and total assets growing about 10-fold to USD 10 billion in 2023. Its equity capital has also multiplied manifold, with its investor base more than doubling. A recipient of several distinctions and awards, including African Banker of the Year twice in 2019/2024, Tadesse also serves on several boards of directors and industry bodies, in various capacities, mainly in Africa, but also Europe, the U.S. and Asia. He is an alumnus of the London School of Economics, Western University, Wits Business School, and Harvard Business School.