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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).
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Mr Koshi graduated with BA in Faculty of Engineering from the University of Tokyo and joined The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.) as a graduate in 1985 and graduated with MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1990. He has accrued 20+ years of work experience in the U.S. since 1995, assigned to managerial positions on the West and East Coasts, on both the business and support sides.
From May 2017 to May 2020, he was Deputy Regional Executive for the Americas, the second most senior executive of the Americas operations for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) and MUFG Bank. From July 2019 to May 2020, he was Executive in Charge of Latin America and Canadian Regions, MUFG Bank Ltd. He served as Deputy Chief Operating Officer – International (Deputy COO-I), and Deputy Chief Executive of Global Commercial Banking Business Group (GCB) for MUFG and MUFG Bank, roles he took on in April 2020. He also was Deputy Executive Officer in charge of financial crimes compliance, overseeing the Global Financial Crime Division. He was Chairman of the Boards of MUFG Americas Holding Corporation and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., positions he assumed in April 2020. He also served as Managing Executive Officer of MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Since June 2022 he has been Managing Director of the IIMA.
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