Board of 
Directors and
Ambassadors

General Incorporated Association Tokyo International Financial Institution (FinCity.Tokyo) Board
of Directors and Ambassadors Roster (As of April 1, 2026)

(As of April 1, 2026)

• List of Officers

  Board of Directors List 

• Chairman

  Hiroshi Nakaso（Chairman, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.）

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  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

  Tokio Morita（Director (Outside), Member of the Audit and Supervisory Committee, Chair of the board of Directors, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.）

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  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.

  

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

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

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

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  Keisuke Komori（Director, Corporate Planning, Group Alliance, QUICK Corp.)

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

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  Eiji Sato（Member of the Board, Senior Executive Managing Director, Corporate Executive Officer, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.)

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

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

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  Ichiro Takahashi (President, THE SEIBU SHINKIN BANK)

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

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  Tomoharu Nakao（Representative, Senior Managing Executive Officer, (In charge of Office Building Development Department) Heiwa Real Estate CO.,LTD)

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  Keiji Hattori（Managing Director and Head of Japan, Capital Formation and Strategy Sixth Street Japan K.K.）

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  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.）

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  Takayuki Haruna（Senior Managing Executive Officer & Co-Chief Investment Officer, JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd.）

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  Yoshio Hishida（Executive Officer, GAMO(Global Asset Management Officer), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.）

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  Ryu Hirayama（Senior Site Representative, Japan, LSEG)

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  Kenichi Morimoto（Chief Officer for Policy Making Headquarters, Japan Securities Dealers Association）

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  Masanori Yoshida（Executive Officer（Sustainability and Corporate Communications and Investor Relations）, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.）

• Auditor

  Naoki Kanehisa（Senior Partner, Atsumi & Sakai)

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  Takeshi Shimizu（Global Research Officer, The Investment Trusts Association, Japan)

List of Ambassadors

• Ambassador

  Chang Li, Director, Fintech Association of Japan; Research Officer, Nippon Life Insurance Company

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

  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

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

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

  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

  Jesper Kull, Senior Global Advisor, Catalyst Investment Advisors Co., Ltd.

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  FinCity.Tokyo Ambassador Jesper Kull
  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.”