Vinod Thomas is currently visiting professor at National University of Singapore and Special Adviser to the President and Dean of Asian Institute of Management.
Previously he was Director General of Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank (2011-2016), and before that, Senior Vice-President at the World Bank Group.
Vinod has a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago, and has authored 15 books, including Climate Change and Natural Disasters, 2018 (paperback) from Routledge.