Futures Industry Association Japan (FIA Japan), the leading financial industry association in Japan with a focus on derivatives, held its 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 24, and elected 16 Board Members for fiscal year 2023. Following the AGM, the board members elected their new Officers for FY2023.
Officers / Board Members
Chairman and Representative Director, Executive Committee Member
Richard Clairmont - Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director, ABN AMRO Clearing Tokyo Co., Ltd.
President and Representative Director, Executive Committee Member
Koichiro Ohashi - Partner, Greenberg Traurig Tokyo Law Offices
Vice President, Executive Committee Member
Naoaki Kishida - Executive Director, Head of F&O Execution Sales Asia Pacific, Head of F&O and OTC Clearing Japan, JP Morgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Vice President, Executive Committee Member
Shun Yanagisawa - Director, Head of Futures, Clearing and FX Prime Brokerage, Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc.
Treasurer (Provisional Appointment), Executive Committee Member
Koichiro Ohashi - Partner, Greenberg Traurig Tokyo Law Offices
Other Board Members
Ramir Cimafranca - Executive Officer, FX CFD Division, Rakuten Securities, Inc.
Bill Herder (Executive Committee Member) - Head of Asia Pacific, Futures Industry Association
Jonathan Finney (New director) - Managing Director, APAC Business Development, CITADEL Securities (Hong Kong) Limited.
Kazuhisa Kakizaki (New director) - Executive Officer of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Osaka Exchange, Inc. Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc.
Izumi Kazuhara - Executive Director, Head of Japan, CME Group
Walter Lukken - President and CEO, Futures Industry Association
Kaori Nakajo - Vice President, Prime Services, Futures Sales, Equities, Global Markets Division, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
Mitsuhiro Onosato (New director) - Outside Director, Nissan Securities Co., Ltd.
Minbong Ryu (New director) - Managing Director, Head of Equity Sales & Execution Department, Société Générale Securities Japan Limited.
Mikio Sugihara (New director) – Head of Japan, Nasdaq Technology
Hiroki Tomiyasu -Managing Director, Head of FID Risk Asia, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.
Gerben van Veldhuijsen - Head of Corporate Strategy, Optiver Australia Pty Ltd.
Auditor
Nagayoshi Miyata
Advisors to the Board
Yasuo Mogi - FIA Senior Advisor and coordinator-Japan
Hiroyuki Bob Takai - Executive Advisor, Japan Market, EEX Group
Russell Beattie - Managing Director, Head of APAC, CME Group
Chika Nakamura - Executive Director, Head of Commercial, ABN AMRO Clearing Tokyo Co., Ltd.
Advisors to Executive Committee
Mitch R. Fulscher - FIA Japan Chairman Emeritus
Yasuo Mogi - FIA Senior Advisor and Coordinator-Japan
Russell Beattie - Managing Director, Head of APAC, CME Group