AMUNDI ASIA INVESTMENT DAY - TOKYO, 20^th AND 21^st JULY 2017
TOWARDS A WORLD OF GAME CHANGERS

Mr Yamasaki served as the Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs of Japan since July 2014 until July 2015. Prior to that, he was assigned as the Director-General of the International Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Finance in August 2012, after serving for two years as the Senior Deputy Director-General of the Bureau.

Mr Yamasaki joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980. He worked as the Chief Economist of the Japan Bank for international Cooperation (JBIC)from 1997 to 2000, based in Singapore.

Between 2000 and 2008, he served as the Director and the Deputy Director-General in the International Bureau of the Ministry of Finance.

From 2008 through 2010, he worked as the Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs of the Japanese Financial Services Agency. During this period, he also assumed the position of Vice chairman, Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS).

Mark Wei is currently the Chairman of KGI Bank and he has assumed this role since September 2014. Between 2010 to 2014, he was the Chairman of KGI Securities Co., Ltd.

Prior to that, during 2005 to 2010, he was with AIG subsidiaries in Taiwan, as Chairman of AIG Investments, AIG Wealth Management Services, and AIG General Insurance (Chartis), respectively. Mark helped AIG to acquire local Central Insurance in 2007 and sold AIG Wealth Management Services to Bank of East Asia in 2009 during AIG crisis.

In year 2000 to 2005, Mark’s role was insurance regulator, including Director General of Insurance Bureau of Financial Supervisory Commission, Insurance Commissioner of Ministry of Finance, and President of Taiwan Insurance Institute. Before that, he spent 9 years from 1991 to 2000 as securities regulator, including Division Director of Corporate Finance and International Affairs of Securities & Futures Commission, as well as Section Chief of Investment Management. Earlier in his career from 1985 to 1991, Mark was appointed by the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, working at foreign commercial service in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Mark holds a MBA (International Business) from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.(1991) and a MS (Financial Management) from Benjamin Franklin University, Washington, D.C. (1987). He obtained K.T. Lee Administration Medal in 2016 and was an Eisenhower Fellow from Taiwan in 2004.

Ken Taubes is Head of Investment Management U.S. of Pioneer Investment Management, Inc., the U.S. investment division of Pioneer Investments. He is Portfolio Manager of Pioneer Strategic Income Fund, Pioneer Bond Fund, Pioneer Multi-Asset Real Return Fund, Pioneer Funds – Strategic Income, Pioneer Funds – U.S. Dollar Aggregate Bond and Pioneer Funds – Multi-Asset Real Return. He is also Portfolio Manager of Pioneer Investments' Core and Core Plus strategies for institutional clients. In addition, he oversees the equity and fixed income portfolio management and research analyst staff in the U.S., and is chairman of the U.S. Investment Committee and a member of the U.S. Management Committee.

Prior to joining Pioneer Investments in 1998, Ken spent seven years with Putnam Investments in Boston, most recently as senior vice president and senior portfolio manager for over US$15 billion in fixed income assets for more than 30 institutional accounts and 15 open-end mutual funds.

Ken also served as Senior Vice President and corporate treasurer of Home Owners Savings Bank in Boston, New England’s largest thrift holding company and one of the nation’s largest mortgage banks, where he worked from 1986 to 1990. He began his career in 1980 with Bank of New England as a treasury officer in the bank’s international treasury division.

He holds a BS in accounting from Syracuse University’s Utica College (1980) and a MBA from Suffolk University (1985).

Andrew Acheson is Senior Vice President of Pioneer Investment Management, Inc., the U.S. Investment Division of Pioneer Investments, Portfolio Manager and Leader of the U.S. Growth Team, based in Boston.

As Head of the Growth Team, Andrew is responsible for managing a number of strategies. Since 2007, he has been Portfolio Manager of Pioneer Fundamental Growth Fund and was appointed Portfolio Manager of Pioneer Funds – U.S. Fundamental Growth in 2010. Andrew is Portfolio Manager of the U.S. Concentrated Growth Strategy and has also managed the Pioneer Independence Fund since November 2001 and Pioneer Azionario America since 1999. Before relocating to Pioneer Investments’ Boston office in 2001, Andrew was Portfolio Manager of various Luxembourg and Italian domiciled U.S. Equity funds in our Dublin office. From 1994 to 1999, he worked as U.S. Portfolio Manager at Setanta Asset Management in Dublin and as Assistant U.S. Portfolio Manager at Norwich Union Investment Management in England. Andrew has been actively managing U.S. Equity portfolios since 1994, and since 2000, managing derivatives (primarily equity futures, and equity options) which are used in a number of portfolios under his management.

Earlier in his career he was a Captain in The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars, a British cavalry regiment. He served in the U.K., Germany and the Middle East, including Gulf War I. He holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, England (1994).

Shaun Cochran is Global Head of Thematic Research at CLSA. He assumed this role in April 2016 and is responsible for coordinating the group’s global efforts across the most enduring and transformational themes that will drive financial markets over the next decade. Prior to that he was country head in Korea. He joined CLSA in January 2005 as a financials analyst, becoming Head of Research for Korea in March 2007. From a research perspective, Shaun was responsible for the Korean product, equity strategy and bank sector coverage. He was regularly ranked in II and the top five of Asiamoney’s top-30 Korean analysts. He was also cited by Starmine for leading stock picking and earnings accuracy. Before joining CLSA, he was an Accenture business strategy consultant, heading up Shareholder Value Analysis for North Asia financials. That role also involved projects in Australia, extensive work throughout Asia and some additional work in Europe. A business graduate of the University of Technology in Sydney, Shaun is a CFA charterholder.

Yoshio Matsushita is Partner, Innovation Leader as well as Consumer Product and Retail Sector Leader in Asia Pacific Region and Japan at Deloitte Japan.

Yoshio is engaged in the innovation strategy and innovation management. He developed incubation center strategy and business plan for a major Japanese real estate company. He also developed a proposal for Special Economic Zone Strategy to Tokyo Metropolitan Government with major Japanese companies (FSI, MFG, Startups). Moreover, he developed and shared Digital Transformation practices in Consumer Products and Retail sectors to deliver innovations to clients.

On the other hand, Yoshio led and coordinated Deloitte internal Innovations in Japan by leveraging Deloitte Global Innovation strategy and assets (Analytics, Startups network, Fintech, Digital Marketing, RPA). Besides, he is the alliance partner for MIT Media Lab and Singularity University.

Vito is a core leader of McKinsey’s Global Banking Practice and chairs the Asia Banking Knowledge Committee. Before transferring to Tokyo, he led the Retail & Private Banking Practice in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He helped banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions enhance their operations, bringing key insights on topics ranging from growth strategy and service model to sales performance and cultural/behavioral transformation.

During his time at McKinsey, Vito has been involved in an array of transformational programs in which he guided the design and launch of successful banking and insurance businesses. He has also driven implementation of large-scale commercial and operational enhancement programs.

Recent projects that he has worked include designing and implementing an innovative multichannel business model for a large international retail bank and counseling on merger management between two of Europe’s largest multinational banks. Vito was also instrumental in conducting a major transformation program to improve branch network sales performance, which involved changing front-line mindsets and behaviors at a multinational financial institution.

Vito is well regarded by the banking community for his knowledge and his publications on retail banking topics, including retail distribution, digital banking, and consumer finance.

Ageing population and low birth rate lead to a lack of successors for family businesses, and owners sell their businesses to large corporates or funds; what are the implications to the Japan’s economy as a whole? A sharing by Mr. Yasuhiro Wakebayashi, Chairman and Founder of Nihon M&A Center Inc.

Nihon M&A Center is the largest independent M&A advisory firm in Japan that specializes in supporting friendly M&A among small and medium enterprises. In the past 26 years, the company has completed approximately 3,500 M&A deals.

There are increasing demand in medical and elderly care services. How non-healthcare companies capture business opportunities raised from the ageing phenomenon? A sharing by Mr. Norihiro Takehara, President and CEO of Infocom Corporation.

For over 30 years, Infocom has led the Information and Communication fields in Japan by providing a wide range of specialties and products, including offering mobile first e-commerce experiences and digital contents for consumers; and developing IT systems and operation management services for enterprises. Infocom also offers IT consulting to mobile phone providers, hospitals, public offices, schools, research organizations, and other businesses.