Date of Birth: February 2, 1945
Education: Graduated from Tokyo University, Faculty of Law (1967)
Diploma from Institute of International Study and Training (1971)
(The after graduate school was founded by Japanese government, MITI and I was
seconded from the Sumitomo Bank)
Professional Experiences:
June, 2016 Governor, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
June, 2014 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, CALBEE, Inc.
April, 2012 Managing Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
October, 2011 Vice Chairman, AIG Japan Holdings KK (formerly Chartis Far East
Holdings KK)
October, 2011 Board of Director, Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
June, 2010 Board of Director, Fuji Life Insurance Company.
May, 2010 Chairman and CEO, Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Company Limited
June, 2009 President and CEO, Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Company Limited
November, 2005 Managing Director, AIG Japan Partners Company Limited
June, 2005 Board of Director, Fuji Fire and Marine Inc.
July, 2004 Vice Chairman Finance and Investment, AIG East Asia Holdings
Management Inc.
June, 2003 Corporate Senior Executive Vice President and Group Chief
Information Officer, Corporate Executive Officer, Sony Corporation
June, 2002 Corporate Senior Executive Vice President and Corporate Treasurer,
Officer in charge of Accounting, Tax and Finance, Sony Corporation
April, 2001 Corporate Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administration
Officer, Sony Corporation
May, 2000 Corporate Senior Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial
Officer, Sony Corporation
April, 1999 Deputy President, Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets Co., Ltd.
June, 1998 Managing Director, the Sumitomo Bank Limited (stationing in Tokyo,
in charge of capital markets of the bank.)
June, 1997 Managing Director, the Sumitomo Bank, Limited, and Head of the
Americas and Europe (stationing in NY)
October, 1994 Director and General Manager, New York Branch, and Head of the
Americas Division, the Sumitomo Bank, Limited (stationing in NY)
June, 1992 Director, the Sumitomo Bank, Limited, and President, Sumitomo Bank
Capital Markets, Inc., New York (stationing in NY)
March, 1989 President, Sumitomo Bank Capital Markets, Inc., New York
January, 1987 Executive Vice President, Sumitomo Bank Capital Markets, Inc. New
York
April, 1985 General Manager, the Sumitomo Bank in charge of the Wall Street
Project with McKinsey
April, 1983 Chief Economist of System Development Division, Japan Center for
International Finance
March, 1981 Deputy General Manager, International Planning Department, the
Sumitomo Bank, Limited
April, 1967 Joined the Sumitomo Bank, Limited
(Current the Sumitomo-Mitsui Banking Corporation)
Academic Works:
Visiting Professor to Saitama University MBA School (2000)
“Study on the internationalization of Tokyo Money Markets”(1984)
Co-authorship with Dr. Eisuke Sakakibara
“Words of Wall Street” (1991) A Japanese translation