CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
The Nineteenth Edition of Roundtable Japan
Tokyo, 24 - 25, October 2023
Time for Japan to Ramp Up its Act?
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Abe Yoshihiko, President, Value Innovation Japan
Alkhalifa Nasser, Qatar Senior Ambassador
Amari Akira, House of Representatives
Angrick Stefan, Associate Director, Senior Economist, Moody’s Analytics
Aractingi Nicolas, Product Specialist, Natixis Investment Managers
Arai Motoyuki, Founder & CEO of Synspective Inc.
Arai Tomoki, Managing Executive Officer, The Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.
Bando Mariko, Chancellor, SHOWA WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY
Barstow Meghan, President & Representative Director, Edelman
Bessho Kensaku, Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President CEO of Investment Banking, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Staley Securities Co., Ltd.
Chartrand Benoit, Adjunct Professor Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Temple University
Chino Mitsuru, MUFG Bank, Member of Global Advisory Board, ITOCHU Corporation
Choi Woosuk Kenneth, International Editor, Chosun Daily Newspaper
Clark Graninger, COO/CFO, Reboot K.K.
Edo Hiroki, CEO, adish Co., Ltd.
Eguchi Go, Chief Intelligence Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited
Feat Jean-Baptiste Co-CIO, Co-Head of Asia, Tikehau Investment Management Asia Pte Ltd
Feldman Robert, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities
Fernandez Warren, CEO, APAC, Edelman
Fujii Akio, Chair of Editorial Board, Nikkei Inc.
Fujii Takeshi, Deputy Chief, MUFG Bank Ltd
Fujii Kunihiko, Senior Strategic Adviser, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
Fujioka Yukihiro, President & CEO, Asahi Life Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Fujita Ayako, Head of Japan Economic Research, Japan Chief Economist, JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Fukusako Shigetomo, Managing Director, The Shinkumi Federation Bank
Fung Stephen, China President, Fung Group
Gao Victor, Chair, Vice-President Center for China and Globalization, Professor, Soochow University; Chairman, Center for China & Globalization
Hanaoka Takashi, President, SHINKIN ASSET MANAGEMENT CO.,LTD.
Hanya Yuri, Secretary, Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Hashimoto Sumika, Technical Director, KPMG AZSA LLC
Hayashi Yoshimasa, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
Hayashi Masanori, Director and Deputy President, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc.
Hiiro Tamotsu, President and CEO, Representative Director, McDonald’s Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.
Hishida Yoshio, Representative Director and President, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Horii Akinari, Special Advisor, Member of the Board, The Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS)
Il Tetsuro, CEO, Commons Asset Management Inc.
Inoue Tomoko, Chief Executive Officer, Omron Ventures Co., Ltd.
Inoue Tetsuya, Head of Research, FinCity.Tokyo
Ishida Tateaki, Chairman and Representative Director, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc.
Ishihara Yu, Vice President, APAC ESG & Climate Research, MSCI Inc.
Ito Joichi, President, Chiba Institute of Technology
Itoh Motoshige, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Kamikura Takayuki, Vice President, The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
Katsumata Mikihide, President & COO, INCJ, Ltd.
Kawahara Shigeharu, Representative Member of the Advisory Board, Hitotsubashi Financial Leadership Program, Kawahara Associates Hitotsubashi University
Kawai Eriko, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Kawai Yoshihiro, Chair, OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee
Kawamoto Akira, Professor, Keio University
Kawasaki Tatsuo, Unison Capital, Inc., Co-Founder and Partner
Kitagawa Naoko, Representative Director and President, Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., Ltd.
Koe Yusuke, Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC
Koike Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo
Kokubun Ryosei, Professor Emeritus, The Keio University National Defense Academy of Japan
Komatsu Mikita, President & CEO, Daiwa Asset Management Co.,Ltd.
Kondo Shingo, Senior Sustainability Officer / Senior Investment Manager, Resona Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Kono Ryutaro, Chief Economist, BNP Paribas, Ltd.
Kono Masamichi, Senior Advisor, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Kono Akira, Executive Vice President, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
Koshi Naomi, Partner, Miura & Partners
Koshiba Mitsunobu, Co-Founder, Cdots GK, Former Chairman Emeritus, JSR Corporation,
Kougo Yasuhiro, Executive Officer, Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Kumagai Mitsumaru, Deputy Chairman of the Institute / Senior Executive Managing Director / Head of Research Division, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.
Kuronuma Yasushi, Vice Governor of Tokyo
Matsubara Minoru, Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Executive Officer, Resona Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Matsudo Nobukazu, President & CEO, UPCON CORPORATION
Matsumoto Oki, Executive Chairman, MONEX GROUP, INC.
Michael Mroczek, European Business Council, President
Miura Takeshi, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Kiraboshi Bank, Ltd.
Mizuno Atsushi, Former Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan
Momma Kazuo, Executive Economist, Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.
Muramatsu Seiji, Director, Moody’s Analytics
Murase Yukio, Chairman, Juroku Financial Group,Inc.
Nakabayashi Mieko, Professor, Waseda Univierity
Nakai Yoichiro, Deputy President, Tokyo Century Corporation
Nakao Takehiko, Chairman of the Institute, Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.
Nakayama Toru, Executive Officer, EBARA CORPORATION.
Nishimura Yasutoshi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Nishio Tomohiro, Representative Director, President, Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Company Ltd.
Nodomi Makoto, Managing Director, SANRIO
O Shin, CEO, Inbound Platform Corp
Ohashi Hideo, Deputy General Manager, Mitsubishi Corp
Ohashi Jun, Actis Limited, Partner / Head of Actis Japan
Ohta Hiroaki, Representative Director, General Partner, Waseda University Ventures
Okahashi Hiroaki, Partner Co-founder, Miyako Capital Inc
Okiyama Sho, CEO, Aillis Inc.
Okumoto Satoshi, CEO & President, Fukoku Capital Management, Inc.
Otsuka Toshihiro, Partner, KPMG AZSA LLC
Pedersen Tom, Founder and CEO, duXit, Ltd
Porté Thierry, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, J.C. Flowers
Rogers Edward, CEO, Rogers Investment Advisory
Sakurai Yuuki, Member of the Board Executive Deputy President, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company
Sato Masataka, Chairman and Representative Director, Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., Ltd.
Sato Tatsuro, Representative Director, Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
Sawai Katsuyuki, Managing Executive Officer, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Sekiguchi Michiru, Senior Director, General Manager, Corporate Sustainability Division, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Serizawa Yu, President and CEO, Forma Corporation
Sharma Shishir, Lawyer and Partner
Shibusawa Ken, Founder and President, Shibusawa and Company, Inc.
Shiga Kyoko, Vice chairman of the Supervisory Board, KPMG AZSA LLC
Shimada Haruo, Professor Emeritus, The Keio University
Shimizu Tokihiko, President, Fiducia Inc.
Singh Simran, Lawyer and Partner
Smadja Claude, President, Smadja & Smadja Strategic Advisory, Switzerland
Sodeoka Yoshinori, Head of Intelligence and Research Office, MUFG Bank Ltd
Solis Mireya, Director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
Suzuki Keisuke, House of Representatives
Suzuki Nobuo, Managing Director, Nomura Asset Management Co.,Ltd.
Tagawa Joji, Senior Vice President Sustainability Officer, Chief, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Takanabe Akira, Managing Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Takeda Shinji, General Manager, Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Tamaki Rintaro, President, Japan Center for International Finance
Tanaka Hirotaka, Senior Executive Board Member / Head of ESG, KPMG Japan, KPMG AZSA LLC
Tanaka Masaki, Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer (CFO), ELECOM CO., LTD.
Taniguchi Tomohiko, Special Advisor, Specially Appointed Professor, University of Tsukuba
Tsutsui Yuko, Executive Office Deputy Chief Executive of ESG Strategy HQ, NYK Line
Uekawa Takeshi, Executive Officer Head of Corporate Management Division, TRE HOLDHINGS CORPORATION
Ushikubo Katsuhiko, President & CEO, Norinchukin Zenkyoren Asset Management CO.,Ltd.
Utsumi Makoto,
Wagatsuma Ayla, Manager, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
Watanabe Reina, CEO, Tera Foods Co., Ltd.
Watari Yumiko, Analyst, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Weinstein Kenneth, Japan Chair, Hudson Institute
Yamada Daisuke, Director, Managing Executive Officer, INPEX CORPORATION
Yamaji Hiromi, Director & Representative Executive Officer, Group CEO, Japan Exchange Group Inc.
Yanase Taito, Director, Fiducia GrowthTech Fund
Yasunaga Tetsuji, Managing Director, Nikko Asset ManagementCo.,Ltd.
Yokota Yasuhiro, President & CEO, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Yonezawa Takefumi, Senior Executive Officer Group CFO, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc
Yoshizawa Hiroshi, Managing Executive Officer, Tokai Tokyo Securities Co., Ltd.