Our People
Board of Directors
Thierry Porté
Representative Director
Vice Chairman & Managing Director, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
James Kondo
Representative Director
Chairman, International House of Japan
Tsutomu Horiuchi
Professor & Director, Center for Sustainability Management, Tama University
Executive Chairman, Vortex Co., Ltd.
Daisuke Kan
President, Cheerio Corporation Co., LTD.
Jesper Koll
Expert Director for the Monex Group and the Japan Catalyst Fund
Christopher P. Wells
Principal, Acadae Services LLC
Statutory Auditor
Rika Beppu
Counsel, Squire Patton Boggs
Founding Members
Rika Beppu
Counsel, Squire Patton Boggs
Alan G. Cannon
Of Counsel, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Ronald W. Y. Chan
President & CEO, Chartwell Capital Japan KK
Jim C. W. Chang
Chairman & CEO, The Croesus | Everglory Group
Mitsuru Claire Chino
Managing Executive Officer, Itochu Corporation
JD Chiou
CEO, Intumit Inc.
Duncan L.J. Clark
Chairman, BDA
Global Trustee, Asia Society
Frederick Demopoulos
CEO, Queen's Road Capital
Global Trustee, Asia Society
Royanne Doi
Non-executive, Independent Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Alexandre Emery
Head of Asia, Permira
Robert A. Feldman
Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities
Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Daniel Fujii
President & CEO, Trust Capital Co., Ltd.
Glen S. Fukushima
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Hendrik Gordenker
Principal, HG Energy Strategy
Kenji M. Govaers
Advisory Partner, Bain & Company Japan
Jon Gray
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Todd Guild
Director Emeritus, Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Harry A. Hill
Chairman, Japan-United States Friendship Commission
Tsutomu Horiuchi
Professor & Deputy Director, Center for Social Investment, Tama University
Executive Chairman, Vortex Co., Ltd.
Mitsuru Igarashi
Founder, Senior Advisor, Simplex, Inc.
Tomoharu Inoue
President, Inoue Business Consultants Co., Ltd.
Peter M. Jennings
Former President, Dow Japan, Associate General Counsel, Dow Chemical Japan Limited
Tad Johnson
President & Representative Director, Pratt & Whitney Aftermarket Japan KK
Daisuke Kan
President, Cheerio Corporation Co., LTD.
Momo Kanayama
President & Representative Director, LVMH Fragrance Brands
Yoshihisa Kawamura
Director, Member of the Board, DIC Corporation
Tatsuo Kawasaki
Partner, Unison Capital Inc.
Kosei Kobayashi
President and CEO, KK Holdings, Inc.
Jun Kigoshi
Branch Manager, Bank of America, National Association, Tokyo Branch
Jesper Koll
Expert Director for the Monex Group and the Japan Catalyst Fund
James Kondo
Chairman, International House of Japan
Masahiro Koshiba
President and CEO, United Managers Japan Inc.
Yoichiro Kurata
Managing Director, X Labs Co., Ltd.
Jacques Magnan
Advisor, TPO Inc.
Yasukane Matsumoto
Director & Chairman, RAKSUL INC.
Founder & CEO, JOSYS INC.
Kyoko Matsushita
CEO, WPP Japan
Joseph Meyer
CFO, GNI Group Ltd.
Anthony Miller
CEO & Representative Director, PAG Japan Limited
Satoru Murase
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Yuki Niinami
Sophia Noel
Contemporary Dancer
Robert L. Noddin
Owner, The Crocker House Country Inn
Katsuaki Ogata
Managing Director, International House of Japan
Chairman, CapitaLink Investment Inc.
Merle Okawara
Advisor, Del Sole Corporation
Shinya Ozawa
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sogo Development Co., Ltd.
Thierry Porté
Vice Chairman & Managing Director, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
Richard Reitknecht
Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific Land Ltd
Robert W. Roche
Executive Chairman and President, Oak Lawn Marketing Inc.
Edward J. Rogers
CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Rogers Investment Advisors K.K.
Jenifer Rogers
General Counsel of Asia, Asurion Japan Holdings
Taisuke Sasanuma
Representative Partner, Advantage Partners, Inc.
David Semaya
Executive Chairman and Representative Director,
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Sanjeev Sinha
Member of the Board of Executive Officers, SBI Securities Co. Ltd.
Clement Song
CEO, Moon G.K.
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
Chairman, MUUS & Company
Minako Suematsu
Chairman, The Japan Times, Ltd.
Shoji Tsuboyama
President, CapitaLink Inc.
John S. Wadsworth, Jr.
Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
Asia Society Trustee Emeritus
Max Weber
CEO, LGT Wealth Management Trust, Inc.
Christopher P. Wells
Principal, Acadae Services LLC
David Wilkie
Partner, Clayton Utz
Akiko Yamahara
General Counsel, Citi Global Wealth, Citigroup
Seiichiro Yamamoto
CEO, Y-Labs Co.,Ltd.
Distinguished Professor, Sophia University
Jiro Yoshino
Head for Tokyo Office, Center for Asia Leadership
Asia Society Japan Center Management
Sawako Hidaka
Executive Director
Asia Society Policy Institute
Takako Hikotani
Japan ASPI Fellow