Taro Asai
Advisor
He joined the Industrial Bank of Japan, where he was in charge of corporate sales, financial corporate sales, and market operations. After moving to an audit firm-affiliated consulting firm, he was seconded to the Financial Services Agency for a total of more than 15 years in financial regulation-related work, including internal model approval examinations and domestic implementation of Basel 3, etc. Currently, he is engaged in setting up a marketing subsidiary of a rugby association while providing consulting services on Basel regulation, which is his life's work.
Satoshi Ashizawa
Advisor
After working at a major bank, he joined the Kanto Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance and was transferred to the Financial Services Agency. In addition to leading self-assessments as the lending officer in charge of FSA inspections, he was also in charge of credit risk education and training for inspectors. As a special financial securities inspector at the Kanto Finance Bureau, he served as chief inspector for a number of regional banks and large credit unions. After retiring from the FSA, he worked for a major financial consulting firm, providing advisory services to financial institutions in Japan and overseas. He has also shared his knowledge of risk management by lecturing at training courses and contributing articles to financial magazines.
Kanji Okazaki
Advisor
After working for a major bank, he worked for a major financial consulting firm, where he was involved in advisory services for financial institutions on advancing their credit risk management. During this time, he was seconded to the Financial Services Agency, where he led the review of internal rating methodologies. He then founded and served as CEO of Risk Measurement Technologies, Inc.