He is also an executive board member (external) of the Daiichi Life Insurance, Ltd.
Concurrently, he teaches as Visiting Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo.
He is a member of the Trilateral Commission, Board of Governors of Asian Institute of Management (Manila), the Japan Corporate Governance Network, and several other international and Japanese non-profit organizations.
Before assuming the current job on August 1, 2024, he was Chairman of the Institute at Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.
From April 2013 to January 2020, Mr. Nakao served as President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is based in Manila with membership of 68 countries including 46 regional developing countries.
Mr. Nakao was the Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs between 2011 and 2013, and in charge of foreign exchange markets, G20 and G7 processes, ASEAN+3 financial cooperation, and bilateral financial relations with the US, Asian, and others.
Mr. Nakao has gained extensive experience in international finance, budget, tax policy, and financial market since he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1978. He was assigned as Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C. between 2005 and 2007, and worked as advisor at IMF's Policy Development and Review Department between 1994 and 1997.
He has published books and numerous papers on financial and economic issues both in Japanese and English.
His memoir “The Rise of Asia: Perspectives and Beyond” covering his ADB days as well as those of Vice Minister was published by ADB in July 2022 (available on ADB HP). He also took an initiative and was a lead editor for “Asia’s Journey to Prosperity: Policy, Market, and Technology over 50 Years”, published by ADB in January 2020 (available on ADB HP).
Mr. Nakao holds a BA degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo (1978) and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California-Berkeley (1982).
他也是第一生命保险株式会社的外部执行董事会成员。他在政策研究大学院大学和东京大学公共政策学院同时担任客座教授。他是三边委员会、亚洲管理学院（马尼拉）理事会、日本公司治理网络等多个国际和日本非营利组织的成员。 2013年4月至2020年1月，中尾先生担任亚洲开发银行行长。亚行总部设在菲律宾首都马尼拉，现有68个成员体，其中包括46个亚洲发展中国家。
2011年至2013年间，中尾先生担任日本财务省负责国际事务的副大臣，负责外汇市场、G20和G7进程、东盟和中日韩（10+3）金融合作以及日本与美国、亚洲和其他国家的双边金融关系。
自1978年加入日本财务省以来，中尾先生在国际金融、预算、税收政策和金融市场领域积累了丰富的经验。他曾于2005年至2007年期间被派驻到日本驻美国华盛顿特区大使馆担任公使。1994年至1997年，他在国际货币基金组织政策发展与审查部门担任顾问。
他以日语和英语出版了数本关于金融和经济问题的书籍，并发表过大量相关论文。2022年7月，亚行出版了他的回忆录《亚洲的崛起：展望及未来》，其中涵盖了他在亚行以及担任财务副大臣期间的经历。他还发起并主编了《亚洲繁荣之路：50年政策、市场和科技发展的回顾》，由亚行于2020年1月出版。
中尾先生于1978年获得日本东京大学经济学学士学位，并于1982年获得美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校工商管理硕士学位。