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SAAJ Annual Conference
Japan’s Future beyond Tokyo Olympics:Aiming at Sustainable Growth
34th
Time and Date
Venue
13:00-18:10 Friday,11th October 2019
Golden Room, 2F Keidanren Kaikan
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Opening Remarks Hiroyuki Shinshiba ( CMA ), Chairman of SAAJ
Japan’s Future beyond Tokyo Olympics: Aiming at Sustainable Growth
-Conference Program-
13:00~13:10 Opening Remarks
“Jumping over hurdles”
Dai Tamesue CEO, Deportare Partners.
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“Social Responsibility for Airline Company”
Yoshiharu Ueki Representative Director, Chairman, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
13:15~14:25 Keynote Speech 1
“Value Creation via ROESG mandated by the New Era after Tokyo Olympics”
Seiichiro Uchi Managing Director, Head of Japan Index & ESG Coverage, MSCI
Scott Callon CEO, Ichigo Asset Management
Shoei Yamana President and CEO, Konica Minolta, Inc.
Ryohei Yanagi, Ph. D. Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Eisai Co., Ltd.
Visiting Professor, Waseda University
Presentation of the Securities Analysts Journal Prize
18:15~19:30 Reception
18:10 Closing Remarks
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Closing Remarks Junya Naruse ( CMA ), Chairman of Conference Committee, SAAJ
Buffet style
Party participants are requested to wear a name tag during the party.
Venue: Golden Room, 2F Keidanren Kaikan
14:30~15:30 Keynote Speech 2
15:30~15:45 Coffee Break
Venue: 2F Keidanren Hall
17:30~18:10 Award Ceremony
15:45~17:25 Panel Discussion
Presentation of the 2018 Awards for Excellence in Corporate Disclosure
Dai Tamesue
CEO, Deportare Partners
He was born in Hiroshima in 1978.First Japanese sprinter to win a medal in a track event at a World Competition. Current
Japanese record holder for Men’s 400 meter hurdle (as of July 2019).Currently focusing on collaboration between sports
and technology as Representative Director of Deportare Partners (Founded 2018). Director of Shin-Toyosu Brillia Running
Stadium. Author of “Hashiru Tetsugaku (Philosophy for Running)“, “Akirameru Chikara (Power to Give Up).
Yoshiharu Ueki
Representative Director, Chairman, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
He was born in Kyoto in 1952. He has graduated Civil Aviation College in 1975 and joined JAL as a Pilot. He has spent
most of his carrier in cockpit of DC-10 and B747-400. He has experienced Executive Vice President in J-Air Co. Ltd,
General Manager in Flight Operation Division, Senior Managing Executive Officer in Managing Division Route
Marketing and then appointed to Representative Director, President in 2012 and Representative Director, Chairman in
2018. As the first CEO appointed from Pilot, he has shown strong leadership to inspire employees and it leads to a
success of the JAL’s recovery from bankruptcy.
Commemorative Speech
Scott Callon CEO, Ichigo Asset Management
He is CEO of Ichigo Asset Management, a Japanese engagement investor. He is also the Chairman of Ichigo (2337),
a Japanese sustainable infrastructure company that is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section and is a
member of the JPX-Nikkei 400. Ichigo is the sponsor of Ichigo Office REIT (8975), Ichigo Hotel REIT (3463), and
Ichigo Green (9282), and the operator of forty-one solar power plants across Japan. He has served on a number of
Japanese government bodies, including the Financial Services Agency (FSA) Council of Experts that drafted Japan’s
Corporate Governance Code and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Competitiveness and
Incentive Structures for Sustainable Growth Project (“Ito Review”). He is one of three judges for the Tokyo Stock
Exchange’s annual Corporate Value Improvement Award, awarded to Japan’s top company in corporate value
creation. Previously, he was Head of Equities, Morgan Stanley Japan; Chairman of the Foreign Securities Council of
the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA); and CEO of PCA Asset Management of the UK Prudential
Group.He graduated in 1986 from the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University (summa cum laude) and has a
Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University. He is the author of Divided Sun: MITI and the Breakdown of
Japanese High-Tech Industrial Policy, 1975-1993, winner of the Arisawa Prize.
Panelists
Seiichiro Uchi
Managing Director, Head of Japan Index & ESG Coverage, MSCI INC.
He is Managing Director of MSCI based in Japan, leading MSCI’s index and ESG business. He joined MSCI in 2010.
Prior to joining MSCI, he worked for S&P Index Services as a head of index marketing for Asia Pacific. He is a
frequent speaker at pension/investment conferences. He contributed various articles regarding benchmarks and asset
management to the industry publications. He is also an advisor to WE EMPOWER JAPAN organized by European
Union and UN Women. He received BA in Law from Waseda University, and received Masters Degree in Finance
from Waseda Graduate School of Finance.
Hideo Takasaki
Board Member
President, CEO & COO
Nitto Denko Corporation
Mr. Takasaki joined Nitto Denko Corporation
in 1978. In 2008 he was appointed Board
Member, Vice President, General Manager,
and was promoted to the position of
Management Oversight. In 2013, he became
Senior Executive Vice President, Director,
Corporate Sector and was then appointed
President and CEO & COO.
Moderator
Ryohei Yanagi, Ph. D.
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Eisai Co., Ltd.
Visiting Professor, Waseda University
He is Visiting Professor with Waseda University Graduate School of Accountancy, thereby teaching and making
research on Corporate Governance, Financial Strategy and Investor Relations. As for academic career, he was
granted Ph.D. in economics from Kyoto University, Japan. He also obtained MBA with distinction from
Thunderbird Graduate School of Global Management, Arizona, USA. In connection with corporate value
enhancement activities in Japan, he has been acting as one of the drafting members of METI’s “Ito Review”
(Japanese version of Kay Review), writing himself about the famous “ROE 8% guideline” with evidence and
advising TSE on corporate disclosure and governance whereby involved in improvement of earnings guidance
system and IFRS adoption and disclosure. In addition, he has been conducting circa 200 meeting per annum with
global investors for the last 15 years (About 3,000 meetings in the aggregate) throughout his career with UBS as
Executive Director (a specialist in corporate governance in Japan) and Eisai as CFO (current full-time
occupation). According to Institutional Investor, he was selected as the BEST CFO in Japan’s healthcare sector by
buy-side voting 2016, 2017, and 2019. He has authored and published many books and theses on Corporate
Governance, Corporate Finance, and Investor Relations in Japan as well. His major published books are below;
"Corporate Governance and Value Creation in Japan", Springer 2018. "ROE management and Intangibles (ESG)
", Chuo Keizai March 2017. "ROE Revolution and Financial Strategies in Japan", Chuo-Keizai 2015. "Japanese-
Style Beyond Budgeting Management", Doyukan 2011. "Management Accounting to enhance Corporate Value",
Chuo-Keizai 2010.
Shoei Yamana President and CEO, Konica Minolta, Inc.
He started his career at Minolta Camera Co. in 1977. After being involved in developing markets in emerging
countries, overseas sales in the United Kingdom, and corporate strategy, he served as CEO of the acquired printer
company in the U.S. After returning from the U.S., he promoted the integration of Konica and Minolta as Executive
Officer, in charge of corporate strategy and business technologies business. Since the merger in 2003, he served as
Senior Executive Officer (in charge of corporate strategy), President of Konica Minolta Business Technologies,
Inc, and Senior Managing Executive Officer (in charge of business technologies business) and has served as current
position since April 2014. Since his appointment as President of Konica Minolta Inc., he has been playing a strong
leadership role to transform Konica Minolta to become a "Digital company with insight into implicit challenges"
that supports the evolution of business and human societies.