2024 Agenda

Shinichi Yoshiya is the Head of Regulatory Affairs for Asia in the Legal Division of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Yoshiya covers a broad range of complex cross-border financial regulatory matters for Morgan Stanley’s Asia region. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Yoshiya was an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising on financial regulatory matters. Mr. Yoshiya has held academic appointments at Duke University Law School as Visiting Professor and currently teaches global financial regulations at Meiji University Law School. Duke University, Law School (LL.M.), Aoyama Gakuin University, Business School (M.B.A.), Sophia University (LL.B.). Mr. Yoshiya is admitted to the bar of the state of New York.ew York.

Motoko started her career in 2001 at Mizuho bank Paris branch before joining Societe Generale Group in 2006, where she served for 10 years in Paris and Tokyo to develop the Group’s business with Japanese Financial Institutions.

In 2016, she joined HSBC Asset Management as Fund Manager and contributed to the growth of ESG investment in Japan as Senior Market Specialist. Most recently, Motoko was with RepRisk Japan Limited, established by the world’s largest ESG technology firm RepRisk AG in 2022, as General Manager to support the acceleration of green finance in Japan by best-in-class ESG risk data.

Jason Mortimer is Head of Sustainable Investment – Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager at Nomura Asset Management in Tokyo. In this role, Jason is focused on fixed income ESG-integration and sustainable investing in fixed income and credit, as well as Green, Social, Sustainability Bonds and other mainstream impact investment strategies.

Before joining Nomura in August 2017, Jason was a portfolio manager at First State Investments in London responsible for emerging Asia local rates and currencies and USD sovereign debt markets. Prior to that, Jason was Vice President of EM Asia local currency rates and derivatives strategy at JPMorgan where he worked for four years in Hong Kong and Singapore.  In this role Jason was responsible for Emerging Asia duration strategy for the firms Government Bond-Emerging Market (GBI-EM) index series, as well as Asia cash bond, interest rates and derivatives market research. Jason started his career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Tokyo where he worked as a sales and trading associate on the Japanese yen rate swap and options desk.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and speaks Japanese with JLPT Level 1 certification.

Shinichi Yoshiya is the Head of Regulatory Affairs for Asia in the Legal Division of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Yoshiya covers a broad range of complex cross-border financial regulatory matters for Morgan Stanley’s Asia region. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Yoshiya was an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising on financial regulatory matters. Mr. Yoshiya has held academic appointments at Duke University Law School as Visiting Professor and currently teaches global financial regulations at Meiji University Law School. Duke University, Law School (LL.M.), Aoyama Gakuin University, Business School (M.B.A.), Sophia University (LL.B.). Mr. Yoshiya is admitted to the bar of the state of New York.ew York.

Vincent Barzellino is the Chief Risk Officer for SBI Zodia Custody, a fintech backed by SBI Group and Standard Chartered, that will offer institutional-grade custody for crypto assets, subject to the necessary regulatory licenses.
In his role, Vincent is building a full-fledge Enterprise Risk Management framework, with a focus on Third-Party risks, Business Continuity, Crisis Management and Operational Risks… Vincent is leveraging on his TradFi expertise to establish a robust control framework in a FinTech environment.
Prior to joining SBI Zodia Custody, Vincent’s experience spanned the 3 lines of defense in diverse functions: Internal Control, Internal Audit and Operational Risk. Vincent ‘s functions covered primarily Market Activities at Société Générale, an investment bank, and Newedge, a Prime Broker, both in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Vincent holds a double Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Business Administration from Neoma Business School (France) and Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain).
 

Toru Yamazaki is the Japan Head of Global Financial Crimes at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities. He oversees the Financial Crimes program for all Morgan Stanley group companies in the Country.

He joined Morgan Stanley MUFG in 2022. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he worked for J.P. Morgan as the Japan Head of Financial Crimes Compliance, and at a European global financial institution where he held various leading positions including Japan Head of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, as well as Advisory for Banking and Trade Surveillance.

He holds a BA in Law from Tokyo University, and is an Advanced CAMS Certified Anti Money Laundering Audit Specialist (CAMS-Audit).

Yuichiro Nakamura is the Senior Manager of Risk Management Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, and is responsible for business planning of market risk management.

Mr. Nakamura is now mainly engaged in implementing business operations based on Basel 3 FRTB.

He joined the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. in 2007, before joining the current department he was an exotic derivative trader and a product structurer.

He studied financial economics and has a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo, and is a CMA.

Kouhei Iinuma is General Manager of Integrated Risk Management Division in SBI Shinsei Bank. I am managing market risk and quantitative analysis including trading and banking book especially interest rate and FX products. Prior to current position, I was exotic derivative trader and product structurer. I have experienced market for twenty years. I am part-time teacher at Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University.

• In February 2020 Mr. Tamama joined a real estate investment advisory start-up in Tokyo, PROFITZ K.K. as Chief Investment Officer. PROFITZ is an established development and asset management company focused on residential and office assets in Japan with total AUM of approx. US$200 mn.
• Prior to joining PROFITZ in February 2022, Mr. Tamama worked for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority from 2013 to 2022, and managed its real estate portfolio as a senior management in the Asia Pacific team. He primarily covered the Japan, Korea and India markets and managed US$4 bn GAV assets on average during his tenor.
• From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Tamama worked for LaSalle Investment Management and Shinsei Bank. He sourced and made investments for LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund I & II and acquired US$750 mn GAV assets. He also took fund management role for LaSalle Japan Logistics Fund I & II, and managed US$ 2.5 bn portfolio and led divestment of JLF I portfolio. At Shinsei Bank, Mr. Tamama led sourcing, structuring, pricing, and execution of property backed non-recourse loans. He financed approximately 100 real estate transactions and provided US$8 bn loans over five years.
• Prior to 2005, Mr. Tamama was engaged in investment in non-performing loans (NPLs) at Daiwa SMBC Principal Investments.
• Mr. Tamama received a BA from Keio University (Faculty of Economics) and a MS in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. He finished a general management program (GMP) at Harvard Business School. Mr. Tamama is a member of both the CFA Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

In March 2019, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) decided to create the position of Chief Sustainable Finance Officer (CSFO), to plan and coordinate on promotion of sustainable finance internally and globally. Upon its creation he was appointed, and has been serving, as the first CSFO.

In this capacity, he covers a wide range of issues concerning sustainable finance which include, among other things, aligning private finance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoting TCFD disclosures by business corporations and financial institutions alike, acting as Vice-chair of the Impact Investing Roundtable co-organized by GSG National Advisory Board of Japan and JFSA, and serving as Co-chair of the Work Stream on ESG Data and Ratings of the IOSCO Sustainability Taskforce as well as Co-chair of the Work Stream on Climate Disclosures of the FSB.

From April 2021, Hirotaka HIDESHIMA is Counsellor on Global Strategy to President and the Board of Directors of the Norinchukin Bank.  In November 2022, he became a Taskforce member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

Hirotaka HIDESHIMA has worked for the Bank of Japan from April 1989 to March 2021.  He has represented the Bank on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) between August 2010 and September 2012, and then again between January 2018 and March 2019.  He co-chaired the Definition of Capital Subgroup (when it developed the definition of regulatory capital for Basel III), and the Macroprudential Supervision Group (when it developed the G-SIB assessment framework).  From July 2002 to July 2005, he was seconded to the BCBS Secretariat at the Bank for International Settlements.  After being part of a team dealing with Japan’s banking sector problems in the mid-1990s, he served on various working groups of the BCBS.

He was also a member of the Resolution Steering Group of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and its Official Sector Steering Group on interest rate benchmark reform.  He has also been members of the Committee on Financial Markets of the OECD and the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) of the BIS.

He has published a book entitled “BCBS from the inside: how international financial standards are developed” (in Japanese) in May 2021.

Hirotaka Hideshima studied economics and has a master’s degree from the University of Essex and a bachelor’s degree from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

Yoshimasa Satoh, CFA, is Head of Business Operations at IG Securities Limited in Japan.
He is supporting Head of Japan at IG Group / Representative Director and CEO at IG Securities with the development and implementation of initiatives to improve business performances. He deputizes for the CEO, Head of Japan as and when needed.
He sat on the board of CFA Society Japan from October 2018 to October 2022 and played a role as Secretary Officer during his tenure.
He has been in charge of global multi-asset portfolio management, trading, and research and development of technology and data science solutions throughout his career.
Previously, he served as a portfolio manager of Quantitative Investment Strategies at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
He also worked for Bloomberg and Nasdaq, respectively, and assumed an Asia Pacific client coverage role.
He started his career at Nomura Research Institute, where he led Nomura Securities’ equity trading and portfolio management technology teams.
He earned the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees of engineering from the University of Tsukuba.
 

Mr. Motoyoshi is responsible for planning and quantitative analysis at XVA desk. He is engaged in implementing XVA reduction framework and FRTB-CVA.
He graduated from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology of the University of Tokyo, and is a FRM.

As a Country Manager, Anis participates in pre-sales, project delivery and client services in multiple business domains.

Most recently, Anis has been actively involved in the Risk Management domain implementing Market Risk and CVA Solutions, and is also taking part in deploying the Murex SaaS model for front office activities of a Japanese customer.

Based in Tokyo, he collaborates closely with his counterparts in APAC and EMEA including the product development division ensuring a solid solution design and deployment for clients.

Since joining Murex in 2006, Anis has led numerous implementation projects in the areas of Commodities trading, Market Risk & Credit Risk, and was in charge of production support management for several clients.

Shin Arie joined Amundi (former Société Générale Asset Management) in 2004 as a senior portfolio manager of both domestic and global fixed income portfolios and was appointed as Head of Fixed Income Department in 2006, and then as Chief Investment Officer / Head of Investment Management Division in 2020. Prior to joining Amundi, he was a senior portfolio manager at Toyota Asset Management (current Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management), from 1999 to 2004, to manage global fixed income portfolios in both active and passive methodologies for Japanese financial institutions including pension funds. He started his investment career as a portfolio manager at Chiyoda Fire and Marine Insurance (current Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance) in 1991 and experienced the portfolio management of Japanese/US/Global fixed income as well as derivative trading including JGB futures/options and swaps for 6 years in Tokyo and then equity portfolio management for 2 years in London.

Shin holds BEs from Kyushu University, and MBA in finance from Yokohama National University. He is a CFA charterholder.

Tatsuo is Managing Director and Head of Quant Team in Investment Division at Japan Post Bank since 2016. He is responsible for all quantitative analysis including asset allocation, front risk management and investment strategies as well as developing trading systems for the investment division. Prior to joining Japan Post Bank, his career started with Morgan Stanley Japan in 1999 as Interest Rate Strategist after graduating from Graduate School of Waseda University with a Masters Degree in Mathematics.  In 2005, he joined ABN AMRO Securities Japan, which was subsequently integrated into RBS Securities Japan, as head of Japan Research.

Tatsuo rejoined Morgan Stanley Japan in October 2009 and became head of JGB/swap trading and sales desk.  He was promoted to Managing Director in 2010 and appointed Head of Japan Interest Rate Product Group.  He was named Co-Head of Japan Fixed Income and appointed to a Board member of Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings in January 2013. His last role at Morgan Stanley MUFG was Head of Japan Fixed Income Trading.

While working at Japan Post Bank, Tatsuo is teaching fixed income investments and ALM strategy at Tokyo Metropolitan University where he earned PhD in Business Administration.

Kaize is the Vice President of Product Management at Numerix Singapore, where he leads the strategic planning and development of trading products within the Numerix Oneview product suite.

Before this role, he worked as a financial engineer and quantitative analyst, specializing in derivative markets for clients across various regions.

Kaize holds advanced degrees from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Paris 1. His extensive technical and market expertise is instrumental in driving product excellence and ensuring high levels of client satisfaction.

September 2002 -  March 2003: council member, council for establishing of
JAPAN POST, selected by P M. Junichiro Koizumi

January 2004 - Aug 2004: Vice Chairman, Deutsche Securities, Tokyo.

Sep.13 - Dec .2, 2004: Managing Director, Co Head of Research & chief fixed
income strategist , Credit Suisse First Boston, Tokyo

Dec.3, 2004 – Dec. 3, 2009: Member of Policy Board, the Bank of Japan.

January 1, 2010 – March 2012: Managing Director, Vice Chairman - Fixed Income, APAC, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong).

April 1, 2012 - April 8, 2019: Managing Director, and Vice Chairman and Member of Board of Directors, Credit Suisse Securities (JAPAN) Member of Board of Directors, Credit Suisse Securities (JAPAN) Limited.

January 2019 - August 20202020: Director, Audit and Supervisory Commit: Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Joyson Safety Systems Japan K.K.

Chairperson, Digital Currency Forum in Japan

Board Director and Group CSO, Future Corporation

Chief Advisor for International Finance, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Hiromi Yamaoka is a leading expert of economic policy in Japan. He has experienced various policy-related positions in the Bank of Japan. He served as Director-General of the Markets Department from 2013 and as Director-General of Payments and Settlement Systems Department from 2015. He served also as Alternate Executive Director of the IMF and Member of the Basel Committee. After the retirement from the Bank of Japan he has been serving as the Chairperson of the Digital Currency Forum and Chief Advisor for International Finance in Tokyo Metropolitan Government. He graduated from the University of Tokyo School of Law (LL.B.) and the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (LL.B.).  He is attorney at law in New York State.

His publications include The Future of Central Banking (Accounting, Economics, and Law, 2019), Digital Innovation, Data Revolution and Central Bank Digital Currency (co-authored with Noriyuki Yanagawa, BOJ working paper, 2019), and Digital Currencies and the Future of Money (The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age, 2022)

Mr. Ohashi is a graduate of Tokyo University, later studied at Harvard Law School, and is an attorney at law from the New York State Bar. He started his career with the Bank of Japan where he was based in the Financial System Department. Following that he did a secondment as a Senior Economist at the IMF, before returning to the Bank of Japan as a Director of the Bank Supervision Department. He has subsequently held senior level positions within 3 other financial institutions before joining CLSA, Japan in 2018 as the Head of Compliance.

His publications include "Japan’s Distressed-Debt Market” (May 2004, IMF Working Paper), "A Case for Reforming the JGB Market” (July 1998, Bank of Japan Working Paper), "Experiences of Three Eastern European Countries During the Russian Crisis – An Analysis of “Contagion’” ( March 1999, Bank of Japan Working Paper)”.

Yasunori Iwanaga represents Amundi in Japan on responsible investment and oversees the local stewardship activities. He joined Amundi Japan in 2014 as CIO and headed its investment platform for six years. Prior to this role, Yas was a managing director and CIO at BlackRock Japan, the former Barclays Global Investors Japan. He started his career in the asset management industry in 1997 at the former Nippon Credit Bank. Yas earned his BA in law from Hitotsubashi University, MBA from the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania, and PhD in Finance from EDHEC Risk Institute. 

A career in pensions and asset management for over 12+  years with a particular focus on corporate pensions and the defined contribution (DC) pension in Japan. Experience includes: strategy, sales and marketing, relationship management, pension design and consulting, and plan communications. He has also written several reform and advocacy publications directed towards the Japanese government and ministries based on global best practices. And also currently serves as a vice-chair on the Investment Management Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). Prior to the pension industry, he held several roles in capital markets at global investment banks. A career in pensions and asset management for over 12+  years with a particular focus on corporate pensions and the defined contribution (DC) pension in Japan. Experience includes: strategy, sales and marketing, relationship management, pension design and consulting, and plan communications. He has also written several reform and advocacy publications directed towards the Japanese government and ministries based on global best practices. And also currently serves as a vice-chair on the Investment Management Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). Prior to the pension industry, he held several roles in capital markets at global investment banks.