Profile

Hiroshi Watanabe

After graduated from the University of Tokyo, Mr. Watanabe joined the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in 1972 and he graduated with Master of Arts (Economics) from Brown University. Before he was appointed to Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs in 2004, he occupied various senior positions including Director-General of International Bureau, Personal Secretary to the Minister of Finance, and Director positions of Secretarial Division, Property Tax Policy Division and Indirect Tax Policy Division at the Ministry of Finance. He also served for the JCIF on lease. After his retirement in 2007 he was a professor at the Graduate School of Commerce and Management of Hitotsubashi University. From 2008 to 2016, he served as CEO of Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

Since October 2016, he has been the President of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs (IIMA).

 

Takeshi Suzuki

Mr. Suzuki graduated with a BA in Economics from Keio University and joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank) as a graduate in 1988. 

From 2014 to 2016, he was Executive Officer, Head of the Credit Division for the Americas, and Head of the International Credit Division for MUFG Bank between 2016 and 2018. In 2018, he became Managing Executive Officer, as the Head of Global Credit, Deputy Chief Executive of the Global Corporate & Investment Banking Business Unit and the Global Commercial Banking Business Unit for MUFG Bank. In 2020, he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Committee of MUFG Bank.

Since June 2024, he has been Managing Director of the IIMA.