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Listed below is a full listing of all the professionals we believe are making a difference in the country today. This list is in alphabetical order of their first name.

Mr. Makoto Umemiya
Group Chief Digital Officer , Mizuho

Makoto Umemiya holds the positions of Deputy President & Executive Officer at Mizuho Bank, Ltd., and Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. He also ...

Akira Nishimura
Managing Director, Client Service & Marketing and Head , Heitman LLC

Akira Nishimura will join Heitman’s global Client Service & Marketing group and brings over 20 years of experie...

Masayuki Shimura
Senior Managing Director, Transaction Business Division , SMFG

Shimura currently serves as senior managing director for both Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (...

Ichiro Hamakawa
President and CEO , JCB International

Ichiro Hamakawa currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at JCB Co., Ltd. (JCB), the only global payment brand based in Jap...

Kaicho Sato
Chairman , Mizuho Financial Group

Kaicho Sato is the Chaiman, Member of the Board of Directors, Executive Officer of Mizuho Financial Group.  Prior to his current position, he was...

Michio Yoneda
Chairman and CEO , Osaka Securities Exchange

Mr. Michio Yoneda has served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Osaka Securities Exchange Co Ltd., since 2003. Prior to his current appo...

Takamichi Hamada
President and CEO , Tokyo Commodity Exchange

Mr Takamichi Hamada currently serves as the president and CEO of the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) since June 2015. Prior to his recent appointmen...

Ohta Shozo
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director , The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange

Mr. Ohta Shozo has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. since December 2009. Mr. Shozo served as Senior Man...

Michiyuki Okano
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Banking Infrastructure Group and CIO , Shinsei Bank

Michiyuki Okano has served as senior managing executive officer and CIO as well as manager of finance Infrastructure at Shinsei Bank since September ...

Masahiro Fuchizaki
Chief Executive Officer and President , The Japan Research Institute, Limited

Mr. Masahiro Fuchizaki serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of The Japan Research Institute, Limited. Mr. Fuchizaki served as Senior Ma...

Daisaku Abe
Deputy President and Executive Officer , Mizuho Bank

Daisaku Abe has been head of Mizuho Bank’s IT & Systems Group as well as head of its operations group since April 2012. He has been deputy p...

Han Junseong
Senior Executive Vice President (CFIO:Chief Future Innovation Officer) , Hana Financial Holding Company

Han Junseong is currently executive vice president at Hana Financial Holding Company, responsible for the future banking business of the entire financ...

Mr. Koichi Miyata
President , Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Koichi Miyata is Chairman for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Mr. Miyata is also on the board of Taiju Life Insurance Co., Ltd. In his past career he oc...

Mr. Shirakawa Masaaki
Governor , Bank of Japan

Masaaki Shirakawa, the former governor of the Bank of Japan, currently serves as a senior advisor at the Promontory Financial Group, i.e. a risk manag...