Board of
Directors and
Ambassadors

General Incorporated Association Tokyo International Financial Institution (FinCity.Tokyo) Board
of Directors and Ambassadors Roster (As of April 13, 2026)

(As of April 13, 2026)

List of Officers
Board of Directors List

Chairman

FinCity.Tokyo Chairman Hiroshi Nakaso

Representative Director since the establishment of the Tokyo International Financial Institution (FCT) in April 2019. Widely recognized domestically and internationally as a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan
, he spent approximately 40 years at the Bank of Japan primarily responsible for financial system and market crisis management, collaborating with overseas counterparts.
Currently, in addition to serving as Chairman of Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., he is a Japanese representative member of the APEC Business Advisory Council, a member of the Financial Services Agency’s Expert Panel on Policy Evaluation, and a member of the Management and Oversight Committee for a newly established ¥10 trillion university fund.He
also chaired the Expert Advisory Panel for the formulation of Tokyo’s “International Financial City Tokyo Vision 2.0” and served as a member of the Asset Management Nation Subcommittee established within the Cabinet Secretariat’s “Council for Realizing a New Capitalism.”
Executive Director

FinCity.Tokyo Executive Director
Muneo Morita
Appointed Managing Director of FinCity.Tokyo in July 2025. Leveraging over 40 years of extensive networks and expertise gained starting at the former Ministry of Finance, across the Ministry of Finance, Financial Services Agency, overseas Japanese government missions, and international organizations, he has contributed to enhancing the transparency and sustainable growth of Japan’s financial markets and developing advanced financial regulations.
At the Financial Services Agency, he served as Director of the Securities Division, Supervision Bureau, and Director of the Banking Division I, among other roles. He was involved in advancing supervision and administration in the securities and banking sectors, as well as crisis management. As Director-General of the Comprehensive Policy Bureau and Senior Vice Minister for International Affairs, he also led the planning and promotion of Japan’s international financial center initiative.
Internationally, he contributed to the development of global securities industry regulatory rules as Chairman of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Standing Committee III (2007-2009). He
also served as a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), participating in stabilizing the international financial system after the Lehman Shock and in the Basel III regulatory reforms.He
currently serves as Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) and Chairman of the Board of Directors at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
Board Member

Yasushi Ando（Chief Executive Officer of New Horizon Capital Co., Ltd.）
Board Member

Toshiyasu Iiyama（Deputy President, Executive Officer, Chief of Staff and Head of China Committee, Nomura Holdings, Inc.）
Board Member

Yoshiaki Ueno（Member of the Board of Directors, Managing Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Strategy Officer（Deputy CSO), MUFG Bank, Ltd.）
Board Member

Keisuke Komori(Managing Director, Corporate Planning, Legal, Group Alliance, Sustainable Management, QUICK Corp.)
Board Member

Kazuko Sakaguchi（President And Chief Executive Officer, AllianceBernstein Japan)
Board Member

Masataka Sato（Assistant to the Chairman, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc.)
Board Member

Nobuyuki Sawa (Senior Managing Director, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.)
Board Member

Hisashi Sekiguchi（Chief Program Officer for Global Financial City Promotion, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Board Member

Ichiro Takahashi (President, THE SEIBU SHINKIN BANK)
Board Member

Koshiro Tamura（Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Board Member

Tomoharu Nakao（Representative, Senior Managing Executive Officer, (In charge of Office Building Development Department) Heiwa Real Estate CO.,LTD)
Board Member
Keiji Hattori（Managing Director and Head of Japan, Capital Formation and Strategy Sixth Street Japan K.K.）
Board Member
Fumiyo Harada（Managing Executive Officer, In charge of GX-related divisions (Chief Sustainability Officer), overseeing of Corporate Finance Department, Divisions 4 and 5, Minami-Kyushu Branch, Economic & Industrial Research Department, Regional Research & Planning Department Development Bank of Japan Inc.）
Board Member

Takayuki Haruna（Senior Managing Executive Officer & Co-Chief Investment Officer, JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd.）
Board Member
Ryu Hirayama（Senior Site Representative, Japan, LSEG)
Board Member

Kenichi Morimoto（Chief Officer for Policy Making Headquarters, Japan Securities Dealers Association）
Board Member
Masanori Yoshida（Executive Officer（Sustainability and Corporate Communications and Investor Relations）, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.）
Auditor

Naoki Kanehisa（Senior Partner, Atsumi & Sakai)
Auditor

Takeshi Shimizu（Director, Research and Global affairs, Investment Management Association of Japan)

List of Ambassadors

Ambassador

FinCity.Tokyo Ambassador Chang Li
Director, Fintech Association of Japan Research Officer, Nippon Life Insurance Company

Linkdin

Born in Sichuan, China, he came to Japan for university.
Joined Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance as a new graduate in 2012, working in asset management and cross-border M&A in Tokyo and New York. Supported the Japan expansion of a Silicon Valley Insurtech startup while pursuing an MBA at the University of Hong Kong.
Joined Plug and Play Japan in December 2018, working to build Japan’s Fintech/Insurtech ecosystem. Managed investment in Frich, a company providing a P2P insurance platform.
Appointed as an Ambassador for FinCity Tokyo in 2023.
Joined Nippon Life Insurance Company in 2025, assigned to the Innovation Development Office.
Also serves as Executive Advisor for hokan Inc. and Advisor for ITC Japan 2025.
Ambassador

FinCity.Tokyo Ambassador David Semaya
Chairman and Representative Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co.

Linkdin

Active in the financial industries of the US, Europe, and Asia, he has held key positions at Barclays, Merrill Lynch, Nikko Asset Management, and others. He served as a director for one of Europe’s largest pension funds and held director positions in various asset management-related organizations in both the UK and the US.
Well-versed in Japan’s asset management business, he frequently speaks at international conferences and possesses extensive networks within the global asset management community.
Ambassador

FinCity.Tokyo Ambassador Jesper Koll
Senior Global Advisor, Catalyst Investment Advisors Co.

As Chief Strategist for J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch in Tokyo, he has actively communicated with global financial professionals as an expert on the Japanese economy through media and conferences.
From 2016 to 2017, he participated in the planning of the International Financial City concept as a member of Governor Koike’s “Advisory Panel on the Future of Tokyo as an International Financial Center.”
Ambassador

FinCity.Tokyo Ambassador LAURENT DEPUS
MEMBER OF THE BOARD, SMBC TRUST BANK

Linkdin

With over 35 years of experience in the financial industry across Europe, Southeast Asia, and Japan, he began his career at The Chase Manhattan Bank in Luxembourg in 1987 and later worked in Tokyo, London, and Singapore.
He joined Société Générale in Tokyo in 2001, where he held senior leadership roles, including President & CEO of its securities and trust banking businesses in Japan.
From 2003 to 2021, he contributed to key discussions on business, regulation, and governance at the International Bankers Association of Japan (IBAJ), serving as Director from 2012 and Vice Chairman from 2020 to 2021.
He currently serves as Director of SMBC Trust Bank and Representative Director of Escapade Japan Co., Ltd.