Mr. Tao ZHANG has been Chief Representative of the BIS Office of Asia and the Pacific since September 2022. As a member of the BIS senior management, he takes lead in its activities in Asia and the Pacific.

Mr. Zhang has extensive experiences both in international arena and at the national level in China. He served as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC during 2016-2021. Mr. Zhang also held senior positions in China, including Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the People's Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited. Earlier in his career, he had worked as an economist at the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Mr. Zhang has a Ph.D. in International Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, and a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University, China.