Tadashi Maeda, Governor and Representative Director of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law in 1980. He has held many positions at the bank, including Director-General of the Energy and Natural Resources Finance Department, Director-General of the Corporate Planning Department, Managing Executive Officer, and Global Head of the Infrastructure and Environment Finance Group. From 2010 to 2012, Maeda served as Special Adviser to the Cabinet in the Government of Japan.