Ke Fang is Director General of the Portfolio Management Department (PMD). He leads the department in monitoring the implementation of AIIB-funded projects; providing administration, risk management, and quality assurance of the Bank’s existing and fast-growing portfolio comprising both sovereign-backed financing and nonsovereign-backed financed projects; and managing and refining the investment and portfolio management processes in line with international best practices, with the goal of ensuring timely implementation of Bank-financed projects with high-quality standards, in compliance with Bank policies and on track to achieve Bank’s strategic goals. Prior to this position, Fang played several managerial roles in AIIB, including Manager, Investment Operations; Acting Manager, Operational Services Department; and Director General, Implementation Monitoring Department. Prior to joining AIIB in July 2016, Fang worked for the World Bank for more than 15 years, holding various responsibilities, including as Global Lead for Urban Mobility, Lead Transport Specialist and head of the India transport team (based in New Delhi) and was instrumental in many innovative investment activities in various countries in Asia and Africa. Fang holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from Tsinghua University, where he was a lecturer and research staff from 1997 to 2000. He was also a SPURS Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2000 to 2001. Fang is from the People’s Republic of China.