Thailand Roadshow 2026

FCT-FMF financial seminar in Bangkok

FinCity.Tokyo conducted a roadshow in Thailand in mid-October, during the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. During the visit, FinCity.Tokyo co-hosted a seminar in collaboration with Frankfurt Main Finance, its MoU partner, and also spoke at GFTN Select Thai.

As the world faces growing financing needs to achieve a more resilient global economy—including the transition to decarbonization, climate adaptation finance, and supply chain restructuring—cooperation among international financial centres is receiving increasing attention.

Taking advantage of the IMF Annual Meetings, the roadshow brought together financial experts from Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Bangkok. In particular, we welcomed distinguished speakers, including Professor R. Alexander Lorz, Minister of Finance of the State of Hesse, and Ms. Tarisa Watanagase, former Governor of the Bank of Thailand. Their contributions enabled in-depth discussions on FinCity.Tokyo’s vision of addressing societal challenges through finance. FinCity.Tokyo was also represented by Tetsuya Inoue, head of policy research and Laurent Depus, Ambassador of FinCity.Tokyo.

Thailand’s NBT (Channel 11) produced a report from the event:

We would like to extend our warmest thanks to everyone who participated, and especially to our speakers.

-Prof. Dr. Ralph Alexander Lorz, Finance Minister of the State of Hesse, Germany
-Takehiro Sasagawa, Director for Comprehensive Global Financial City Strategy, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
-Hans-Juergen Walter, Global Leader Sustainable Finance, Deloitte
-Hubertus Väth, Managing Director, Frankfurt Main Finance
-Laurent Depus, Secretary General, International Bankers Association Japan and FinCity.Tokyo
-Tetsuya Inoue, Executive Economist, Sony Financial Group
-Gene Fang, Executive Director, Ratings, Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk Group,Moody’s Investors Service Singapore
-Derrick Lim, Financial Services Industry Leader and Audit amp; Assurance Partner, Deloitte Thai and
-Tarisa Watanagase, Former Governor of the Bank of Thailand

FinCity.Tokyo’s roundtable during GFTN Select Thailand

Full house with 16 media at FinCity.Tokyo’s roundtable during GFTN Select Thailand on tokenized finance collaboration between Thailand and Japan, and the opportunities for Thai innovators in Tokyo!

Connecting the digital finance sectors of the two countries has the potential to unlock new opportunities for enabling digital cross-border payments between Japan and ASEAN. The initiative was also covered by Prachachat, one of Thailand’s leading business news platforms.

We would like to extend our warmest thanks to our speakers:
-Laurent Depus, Secretary General, International Bankers Association Japan and FinCity.Tokyo Ambassador
-YASUTO WATANABE, Director, ASEAN+3, Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)
-Tetsuya Inoue, Executive Economist, Sony Financial Group
-Takeshi Kito, Representative Director, GFTN Japan
-Chonladet Khemarattana, President, Thai Fintech Association
-Supakorn Siddhichai, Acting President/CEO of DEPA Thailand