Admassu Tadesse

Admassu Tadesse is President Emeritus and Group Managing Director of the Trade and Development Bank (TDB) since 2022. From 2011 to 2022 he was President and Chief Executive of the TDB and Executive Vice-President at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. Prior to that he worked as an advisor, analyst and specialist.

Admassu Tadesse holds a Master of Science from the London School of Economics and a Master of Business Administration in Corporate Finance, Investment & Strategy from Wits Business School. He also is an alumni of Harvard Business School and the University of Western Ontario.