Mr. Masamichi Kono is the Senior Advisor of MUFG Bank and a Member of the Global Advisory Board of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). He also serves as a trustee of the IFRS Foundation from July 2021.He served as the Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD from August 2017 until October 2021. 

His portfolio included navigating strategic direction of OECD policy on environment, tax, trade and agriculture, along with financial and organizational affairs. He oversaw the horizontal project on Climate and Economic Resilience and initiatives on Infrastructure and Sustainable Growth. Mr. Kono represented the OECD at the Financial Stability Board. 

Prior to joining the OECD, Mr. Kono was the Vice Minister for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency, Japan (JFSA) and the President of the Asian Financial Partnership Center of the JFSA.

In his capacity as the Vice Minister, he represented JFSA in various international bodies and was responsible for coordinating policies relating to international affairs for the JFSA.

During his term at JFSA, he served as the Chairman of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Technical Committee from April 2011 until May 2012, and thereafter as the inaugural Chairman of the IOSCO Board until the end of his term in March 2013. He was also theCo-chair of the Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group for Asia from July 2013 to June 2015, and Chairman of the IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board from February 2013 to June 2016.

He has had a long career in financial supervision and the regulation of financial services, both in Japan and in the international arena, since joining the public service in 1978.

Before joining the Financial Services Agency, Mr Kono was Secretary to the WTO Trade in Financial Services Committee between 1994 and 1999, as Counsellor of the Trade in Services Division, World Trade Organization.

He also served for 4 years at the OECD Secretariat in the Economics Department, at the beginning of his career.

Mr Kono holds a B.A. in law from the University of Tokyo

2018年より、Green Climate Fund (緑の気候基金)の民間案件の気候投資専門官として、気候投資案件と査定を担当。アフリカ・アジア・ラテンアメリカ等における発展途上国における気候変動の悪影響を和らげる目的のエクイティ投資、ローン投資を主に行っている。直近の案件では、アフリカにおける気候変動による被害から回復する力の強いインフラ案件 “Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund”や、水、衛生、海洋セクターにおいて、開発途上国において気候変動に強いインフラプロジェクトを開発・建設するために、民間セクターを支援することを目的としたファンド “Climate Investor Two”等を担当した。

2011年大和証券入社。東京本社、ロンドンオフィスの債券部門を経て2018年より現職。慶応義塾大学法学部卒業、London Business School ファイナンス修士卒業、2024年Inha University Green Finance 博士後期課程 修了見込み。

Yumiko is the former head of the OECD Tokyo Centre. Prior to the OECD, she worked for 20 years in the global financial industry, mostly as a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in New York, London and Tokyo. She is a leading authority on a wide range of economic policy issues such as corporate governance, tax guidelines, diversity, education, trade and innovation. She sits on several Government advisory panels, including Prime Minister Kishida’s panel on “the New Form of Capitalism”. Yumiko has an MBA from Harvard Business School, MA from Stanford University and BA from Sophia University.

Shoji Misawa serves as Executive Director and Responsible Officer at ORIX Asia Asset Management (OAAM) based in Hong Kong which is a wholly owned subsidiary of ORIX Corporation headquartered in Tokyo (ORIX). OAAM is HK SFC Type 1, 4 and 9 licensed asset management company established recently to provide professional investors with both debt and equity investment opportunities leveraging the resource of ORIX Group in Asia. Prior to OAAM, he has served as Managing Director of the climate fund management company in HK sponsored by ORIX Group and Asian Development Bank. Misawa has joined ORIX in 1988 and served a number of senior roles within ORIX Group in Japan, Hong Kong, United States and Canada. Misawa is known as the expert of structured finance and spoke at various industry events held in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and France. Misawa has received his B.A. in Commerce from Doshisha University, Kyoto.

Kazuhiko is a global finance and investment expert, with particular expertise in ESG and sustainable finance.

Prior to joining Morrow Sodali, Kazuhiko was a principal advisor at S&P Global Market Intelligence (IHS Markit), providing insight and guidance on ESG to clients in APAC including Japan. Previous roles include promotion of ESG stewardship activities at Daiwa Asset Management. Earlier responsibilities in a long career include international primary markets, quants, corporate access and compliance at Daiwa Securities.

Kazuhiko has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Kyoto University and Master of Business Administration at the University of Chicago. He is a CFA Charterholder.