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| 14:00 - 14:05 | Opening Remarks Yuriko Koike（video） Governor of Tokyo |
July 2020 Re-elected to a second term as Governor of Tokyo
July 2016 Elected Governor of Tokyo
October 2011 Director, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives
September 2010 Chairperson, General Council, Liberal Democratic Party
July 2007 Minister of Defense
September 2006 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs
September 2004 Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
September 2003 Minister of the Environment
July 1993 Member of the House of Representatives
July 1992 Member of the House of Councillors
Hiroshi Nakaso was appointed FCT’s first Chairman at its inception in April 2019. He is known widely both locally and globally as the former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) which he served for nearly 40 years. At BOJ he was mainly responsible for crisis management of financial systems and markets, often in concert with his overseas counterparts.
In addition to his present role as Chairman of Daiwa Institute of Research (DIR), he is one of the ABAC (APEC Business Advisory Council) members representing Japan, Chairman of the Policy Evaluation Committee of Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) and Chairman of the Monitoring Committee for the newly created JPY10 trillion university endowment fund. He also chaired the expert panel for the creation of “Global Financial City: Vision 2.0” for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Hiroo Ichikawa serves as Executive Director at the Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategy, Chairman at the Institute of Metropolitan Policy, and Chairman at the Japan Institute of Emergency Managers, as well as a Steering Board Member of the Future of Urban Development and Services Committee at the World Economic Forum, among others.
He is an expert in such fields as urban policy, international urban competitiveness, crisis management, and telework, and has published numerous works about Tokyo and large metropolises. Some of his selected published works include A New Evolutionary Theory for Tokyo (2019), City’s Écriture (2018), Creative Tokyo Reborn (2017), Tokyo’s Unipolar Concentration Will Save Japan (2015), Tokyo 2025: Urban Strategies for the Post Olympic Era (2015), Lesson from Japanese Disaster (2011), and Building Japan’s Future (2009).
In addition to working with the Japanese and Tokyo Metropolitan Governments, he has also served several public and private institutions in roles such as President, Chairman, and policy committee member. Presently, he is Chairman of the Japan Telework Society as well as the Japan Emergency Management Association. He graduated from Waseda University with a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Urban Planning, and further studied at the University of Waterloo where he was granted a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning. He was born in 1947, in Tokyo, and is a first-class registered architect in Japan.
David Semaya is Executive Chairman and Representative Director of SUMITOMO MITSUI
TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT Co., Ltd.
His thirty five year career spans three continents in executive leadership roles in financial services
across the US, Europe, and Asia. Now based in Tokyo, he joined SuMiTrust Asset Management
in April 2018.
Previously, David served as Executive Chairman of Nikko Asset Management for four years both
in London and in Tokyo. Prior to returning to Japan, he was with Barclays PLC as CEO of UK
and Ireland Wealth Management, and Chairman of Barclays Asset Management Ltd. Prior to
2009, he served as CEO for Barclays Global Investors (now Blackrock) Europe and Asia. Until
2004, David was with Merrill Lynch and Co. in a variety of executive leadership positions in both
Asset Management and Investment Banking in New York and Tokyo.
David was also formerly a Trustee Director for one of Europe’s largest pension funds and served
on the board of the Investment Association and the Wealth Management Association (UK). He
currently serves as Chairman of the ICI APAC Steering Council.
David holds a BA from The University of Florida, a Masters in Education from Temple University
and has completed the Stanford/NUS Executive Program in International Management.
He is a dual US/UK National and is fluent in the Japanese language.
She has more than 20 years working experience as IT Consultant in Financial Industry at Dentsu Soken (formerly ISI-Dentsu). After leading global projects and launching a new business development in capital markets area, she started taking charge of FIBC, the first FinTech pitch contest in Japan, from 2014. Participated in the founding of FINOVATORS. In February 2016, launched FINOLAB project in collaboration with Mitsubishi Estate and Dentsu to build FinTech business ecosystem. In July 2019, established FINOLAB Inc. as a legal entity and she was appointed CEO. In January 2024, appointed executive officer of Dentsu Soken.
Mr. Ishida advises on the Emerging Manager program which Fincity.Tokyo plans to lauch in year 2023. He brings his 15 year experience as investment officer of Osaka Gas Corporate Pension Fund, where he implemented endowment-style portfolio strategy, producing 4.3% per annum for the 15 years ending March 2015.
He holds BA in political science from University of Tokyo, MBA from Stanford Business School and Ph.D. in Management Science from Kyoto University. After taking an early retirement from Osaka Gas in 2016, he held a number of research positions at Research Institute of Capital Formation of DBJ and at FSA institute in addition to running his own advisory company. In 2021, he joined Rheos Capitalworks as director of Financial Inclusion.
Mr. Tatsunori Ibayashi is the State Minister of Cabinet Office for Financial Services in Japan. He previously served as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office. In 2012, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives and has been elected four times since.
He earned a Master’s degree from Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University in 2002.
Nagahisa Miyabe is Representative Director and President of LGIM Japan. He joined LGIM Japan in October 2019. He spent his career mostly overseas (London, Paris and Hong Kong) working for major Japanese financial institutions. Before joining LGIM Japan, he was a Senior Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Fund Consulting, and was in charge of its consultant teams covering Japanese pension funds, as well as DFC’s investment advisory business for its fund of funds (‘fund wrap’) from 2016 to 2019. Prior to that, he managed the equity and research at Daiwa Securities as Global Co- Head based in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Nagahisa graduated from Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
Takeshi Kimura joined Nippon Life Insurance in 2020 and became a PRI Board member in 2021. He serves on three PRI Board committees: the Policy Committee, the Governance Committee, and the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee. In December 2023, Takeshi was reappointed to the PRI Board Director for a three-year term starting in January 2024.
Before joining Nippon Life Insurance, he worked at the Bank of Japan, the country’s central bank. At the Bank, he served as a Director General and other senior positions in major departments and was involved in various fields of central banking: monetary policy, macro-prudential policy, money market operations, and payment system innovations (digital currency). Takeshi also represented the Bank on various international committees and groups, including the Financial Stability Board and Basel committee.
Adam Watson is a Partner and Co-Head of Asia Pacific at Partners Capital, a US$55B Outsourced Investment Office (“OCIO”) acting for distinguished endowments and foundations, senior investment professionals and prominent families across the globe. He is the lead Portfolio Manager for Asian multi-asset class investing, alongside being client CIO to a number of Asia Pacific client portfolios. Prior to Partners Capital, Adam worked as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. Adam has an MA in Economics from Jesus College, University of Cambridge and has a MFin with distinction from INSEAD Business School.
1988 Joined Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
In 1997, she became a full-time lecturer and assistant professor at Meiji University's Faculty of Commerce, and has been a professor since 2005. Visiting researcher at the University of Michigan (2006-2008). In addition to being a director of various academic societies, she is an outside director of Eisai Co., Ltd., and Pigeon Co., Ltd., also a member of the fund management committee of the National Federation of Municipal Employees' Mutual Aid Association, a member of the pension asset management review committee of the Local Employees' Mutual Aid Association. She serves as an advisory committee member and sustainable advisory board member for responsible investment at Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Her research interests include institutional investors and corporate governance, institutional investor engagement and ESG investing, and the influence of activists on companies. Her major publications include ``The Development of Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance'' (NIPPON HYORON SHA Co.,Ltd, 1999)) and ``Women Who Navigated the Turbulent Capital Market'' (Hakuto Shobo,2022)
Mr. Seiji Kihara is serving his fifth term as a member of the House of Representatives and is currently the Acting Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (as well as the Special Advisor to the Chairperson of the Policy Research Council).
Mr. Kihara was born in 1970 and began his career at the Ministry of Finance in 1993 after graduating from the University of Tokyo with a B.A. in Law. He held numerous positions in the Ministry and also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), receiving his M.A. Mr. Kihara became the first Japanese official to be seconded to Her Majesty’s Treasury in the United Kingdom.
He then left the Ministry in 2005 and ran successfully for a seat in the House of Representatives. In 2013-14, Mr. Kihara served as the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs. He later served as the State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2015-16), Deputy Chairperson and Chief Secretary of the LDP Policy Research Council (2017-20), Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Cabinet (2020),
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (2021-23), and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on national security affairs and nuclear disarmament / non-proliferation issues (2021-23 (except Aug 2022-Nov 2022)).
In September 2023, he left the Cabinet Office and was appointed as the Acing Secretary-General of the LDP (as well as the Special Advisor to the Chairperson of the Policy Research Council).
Masahiro Shuto is President and Representative Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (Japan) since July 2022.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Investment Management (Japan) Co., Ltd., Masahiro was Representative Director and President of AXA Investment Managers Japan Ltd. (AXA IM Japan) between 2017-2022 where he also served as the Japan Chief Executive Officer, after running the institutional sales business in Japan from 2015-2017.
Prior to joining AXA IM Japan, Masahiro was heading the dealing and distribution desk relating to commercial real estate loan business including related structured products and derivatives at Deutsche Securities Tokyo.
Before joining Deutsche Securities in May 2006, Masahiro started his career in 2001 at J.P. Morgan Securities in Tokyo. He worked as an interest rates derivatives trader while being involved in dealing and distribution activities of real estate structured finance product business including derivatives.
Masahiro holds a BSc and MSc in Science and Technology from the University of Keio, Japan.
Kazuko Sakaguchi was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of AB Japan in December 2018. Previously, she served as a director and head of the client relationship division at State Street Banking and Trust Co. in Tokyo. Prior to that, she held various leadership positions in the industry, including the head of institutional business at HSBC Global Asset Management Japan, senior vice President in charge of marketing and client relations at Lazard Japan Asset Management, and associate director at the institutional sales and client service department at Schroder Investment Management Japan. Sakaguchi began her career at the International Capital Markets Department at ORIX Corporation, from which she moved on to the corporate marketing team at Bankers Trust Asia Securities and the institutional business group at Zurich Scudder Investments Japan. Sakaguchi earned a BA in English Literature at Ibaraki University and a member of the Board of the Japan Investment Advisers Association (JIAA).
Founded Rheos Capital Works in 2003 following a career at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Jardine Fleming (currently JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management) and Nomura Asset Management. Has served as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) since the founding. Abundant experience as a fund manager with a deep expertise in small mid cap and emerging growth equity investments.
Yoshio Hishida was appointed president and CEO of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management
Co., Ltd. (SuMiTAM) in October 2018. The company, which integrated the Asset Management
Division of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SuMiTB) on 1st October 2018, specializes in
worldwide asset management and has approximately $617bn* in assets under management.
He is also Vice Chairman & Member of the Board of Securities Analysts Association of Japan,
Vice Chairman & Member of the Board of The Investment Trusts Association, Japan, and
Chairman of Investor Group of 30% Club Japan.
Yoshio has more than 30 years of experience in the asset management industry. Before joining
SuMiTAM, Yoshio was Head of the Asset Management Business at SuMiTB.
Yoshio started his professional career at The Sumitomo Trust and Banking, Co., Ltd (currently
SuMiTB) in 1986. He has more than 16 years of experience as a portfolio manager, and was a
specialist in global equity and quantitative research strategy. Yoshio became General Manager of
Fiduciary Business Promotion Department of SuMiTB in 2008 and he has been managing global
business development and client relationship, as well.
He graduated from the University of Kobe with a BA in Business Administration. He is a
Chartered Financial Analyst, and Chartered Member of Securities Analysts Association of Japan.
(*) As of the end of December 2023
Keiichi Aritomo is Executive Director of FinCity.Tokyo which is to continuously promote Tokyo as a leading global financial city. Keiichi is also a co-founder and Board Director of JIAM (the Consortium for Japan International Asset Management Center). Keiichi Chairman of the World Alliance of International FInancial Centers (WAIFC), a consortium of 20+ financial centers across the world headquartered in Brussels.
He is also a founder and Chairman of Jazz EMP (Emerging Musicians Program) @ Tokyo Financial Street.
Prior to his current roles, Keiichi was Asia Head of Kensho Technologies, LLC, a leading financial AI solution provider, acquired by S&P for $550M in 2018. Keiichi used to be a Partner at McKinsey & Company and Deloitte, where he specialized in financial services industry and technology strategies across North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and Japan.
Keiichi obtained his master’s degree in engineering from Nagoya Institute of Technology, majoring in urban and transportation engineering. He also holds an MBA from the University of Warwick in the UK. He is a certified public accountant in the US.
Keiji Hattori is Head of Japan for Brookfield’s Private Funds Group. In this role, Mr. Hattori is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with leading investors in Japan. Mr. Hattori is also a Representative
Director of Brookfield Japan K.K.
Prior to joining Brookfield in 2015, Mr. Hattori was at Credit Suisse’s private funds group, where he established
Asia coverage and lead distribution activities across Asia. Prior to that, Mr. Hattori held various senior role as
investment banker at global investment banks, as well as a founding member of a private equity fund in Japan.
Mr. Hattori started his career in the audit practice of Ernst & Young.
Mr. Hattori holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Columbia Business School and a Bachelor
of Arts degree from Keio University and. He is a Certified Public Accountant (U.S.).
Tomomi Suzuki is a part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Kokushikan University, and a guest researcher at the Transnational HRM Research Institute, Waseda University. She is also a member of the press for the Japan National Press Club and a financial planner, a Jazz EMP ambassador, an ambassador for the comprehensive performing arts stage "Ichiryu Manbai A SEED," and a personal colorist.
She holds a master’s degree in Economics from Saitama University's Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Department of Economics and Management.
She is a newscaster for "Tokyo Market Wide," the first terrestrial TV program to broadcast stock market conditions and for "WORLD MARKETZ" and "Tokyo Financial Street" (STOCKVOICE TV), and appears on radio programs such as TOKYO-FM and Radio NIKKEI.
She has conducted numerous interviews with politicians, corporate executives, and market professionals in Japan and abroad.
Her major works include "The Power of Reckoning to Extend the Life of Assets" (Shasta International) and "From a Deflationary to an Inflationary Mind-set" (Shueisha).
| Organizer | The Organization of Global Financial City Tokyo |
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| Date & Time | Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 14:00－18:40 (JST)
*Networking opportunities will be offered at the venue after the forum. |
| Language | Japnaese, English *Simultaneous interpretation available |
| Entry fee | Free for both in-person and online participation (Pre-registration required) |
| Venue | KABUTO ONE Hall & Conference (7-1 Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) |
| Access to the venue | Venue website
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