IDFI 5th Anniversary Conference 2026 The Journey of Impact-Driven Finance —
The Next Five Years and Beyond

Joined the Ministry of Finance in 1979. After serving as Director-General of the Budget Bureau and other senior roles, he became Administrative Vice Minister of Finance in June 2013. In 2015, he joined Development Bank of Japan as Deputy President, and became Chairman in 2018. Has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Japan Exchange Group since June 2023.

Born in Tokyo in 1968. Joined Sanwa Bank (now MUFG Bank), where he spent three years. He then worked as a consultant at Bain & Company, earned an MBA from Columbia University, and held roles at Recruit including General Manager of the New Business Division and Head of Sales in housing-related businesses. In 2012, he joined Katitas and became President & CEO. He transformed the company's business model and corporate culture, leading a dramatic V-shaped recovery. In 2016, he integrated Reprice into the group, building the overwhelming No. 1 group in the single-family home buy-and-resell market in Japan.

Born in 1966 in Aichi Prefecture. Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Commerce in 1989, and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1996. He joined Nomura Investment Management (now Nomura Asset Management) in 1989, building his career as an equity portfolio manager. He served as Executive Officer and Deputy Head of Investment Research & CIO in 2018, and as Managing Executive Officer and Head of Global Business Unit in 2022. He joined Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management in 2023 as Deputy President and Executive Officer, heading the Investment Division, and has served as President & CEO since April 2025. He brings extensive experience in equity management and global investment business.

Joined Mitsubishi Bank (now MUFG Bank) in 1986. After serving as president of Japan GE and other foreign-affiliated manufacturers' Japanese operations, he joined Showa Denko (now Resonac Holdings) in 2015. He served as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and led the acquisition of the former Hitachi Chemical. Became President & CEO in January 2022. From January 2023, he has served as President & CEO of the integrated and renamed Resonac Holdings Corporation, driving a portfolio transformation toward a functional chemicals company with "semiconductor materials" as its core business.

After working at a trading company and an audit firm, he joined Takasaki City University of Economics as a lecturer in 1997, became a professor in 2008, and has served as President since 2021. Advisor to the Japan Impact-Driven Financing Initiative. Specializes in responsible investment (ESG investing) and non-financial disclosure. Has served as Chair of the Ministry of the Environment's "Study Group on Green Finance," Chair of the FSA/GSG Domestic Advisory Committee co-hosted "Study Group on Impact Investment," Chair of the Financial Services Agency's "Sustainable Finance Expert Panel," and President of the "Impact Consortium," among other roles.

With over 25 years of experience across government, private sector, and non-profit organizations — including the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Bain & Company, JICA, and SIIF — she has dedicated her career to creating social impact alongside financial returns. She was involved in launching and operating the "Impact Investment Study Group" and the "Japan Impact-Driven Financing Initiative," and currently serves as Deputy Director General of the Secretariat. She has also served as an outside director of Nissin Foods Holdings and other listed companies, and as an expert advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After joining Higo Bank, he served as Head of the Next-Generation Systems Development Office, General Manager of Corporate Planning, and Executive Officer & General Manager of Digital Marketing, before assuming his current role in April 2025. He has led the overhaul of core banking systems and regional DX initiatives, spearheaded the development of the CO2 emissions calculation system "Tansaku-kun," and contributed broadly to the realization of a sustainable regional society.

Joined Norinchukin Bank in 1991. From 2005, held positions at Japan Alternative Securities including Head of Strategy Development, Head of Investment Advisory, and Executive Director. Joined Japan Post Insurance in 2016, serving as Head of Investment Development, Head of Investment Planning, and Managing Executive Officer before assuming his current role in June 2024. Also serves as Director of the Tokyo International Financial Alliance, Visiting Professor at Osaka University, and Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University.

Joined Nippon Life Insurance in 1993. After roles at the Japan Center for Economic Research and Nippon Life's U.S. investment subsidiary (Head of U.S. Equity), he served as Head of Equity, Head of Fixed Income, and Head of ESG Promotion at Nissay Asset Management. Assumed current role in March 2025. Director of the Japan Sustainable Investment Forum (JSIF) and member of the Japan Investor Relations Association.

After working at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (now Japan Exchange Group) in corporate planning, new business development, and listing management, she joined Impact Frontiers, a U.S.-based impact investing industry association, where she led training development for institutional investors and various capacity-building projects. In April 2026, she became Representative Director of AIIM, Impact Frontiers' Asian entity. She also serves as Senior Advisor (Japan) at GIIN. Author of Introduction to Impact Investing (Nikkei Publishing).

Director and Head of Secretariat of the Impact Principles (Operating Principles for Impact Management). She oversees the operation and promotion of the Principles, which now count more than 180 signatories in over 40 countries. Working in partnership with GIIN, she leads efforts to raise the quality of global impact investing practice and strengthen accountability frameworks.

Founder and Executive Director of Impact Frontiers, established as the successor organization to the Impact Management Project (IMP). He leads the development and global dissemination of practical impact measurement and management (IMM) frameworks, including the "5 Dimensions of Impact." He supports investors across diverse asset classes — including PE funds, VC, and social impact bonds — in deepening their impact integration practices.

After retiring as a Managing Director of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), he worked at securities and consulting firms. Since 2017, he has been engaged in promoting impact investment at the Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF), and in 2021 he co-founded the Japan Impact-Driven Financing Initiative (IDFI), becoming its Director General. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo. He currently serves as a professor at Hitotsubashi University, Fukui Prefectural University, and Tokyo Metropolitan University, and as a part-time advisor to consulting firms, venture companies, and venture capital firms.

After working at Abeam Consulting, she gained experience in project evaluation, planning, and management at JICA. She then joined PwC's Sustainability team, where she provided advisory services to private companies and worked on social impact businesses in developing countries. After going independent, she became involved in launching and operating the "Impact Investment Study Group" and the "Japan Impact-Driven Financing Initiative" as a founding secretariat member. She has also served as an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of corporations.

She has been a leader in impact investing since the term was coined, with a track record of senior management roles on Wall Street, where she pioneered a first-of-its-kind impact investment business at J.P. Morgan that helped place impact investing on the map for institutional investors. In January 2020, Christina co-founded and became CEO of BlueMark, a first mover and now leading provider of independent impact verification and market intelligence. BlueMark spun out of Tideline, an influential impact investment consulting firm that she co-founded in 2014. Christina is an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, serves on Duke University's CASE i3 Advisory Board and the ImpactAssets 50 Review Committee, and has served on several other non-profit boards such as BRAC USA. She consulted for Ashoka during 2006–07, which solidified her determination to leverage mainstream finance for positive social impact. She earned a MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, a MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, and a BA in Sociology from University of California, Los Angeles.

Leads sustainable finance at R&I since April 2022. Member of ICMA's External Reviewers Forum. Provides GX policy input to the EBPM Advisory Board. Member of the IDFI Lending & Bonds Subcommittee. R&I launched Japan's first green bond evaluation in 2016; since joining, he has focused on expanding capabilities, public-private partnerships, and international collaboration, including Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) certification. Has lectured on financial law at the University of Tokyo, Gakushuin, Keio, and Chuo Universities.

25 years of NPO/NGO management experience in civil society strengthening, including 6 years in the U.S. and 5.5 years in South Africa. Since returning to Japan in 2013, he has worked across sectors to promote impact management. Chair of the Impact Consortium Data & Metrics Subcommittee, Vice President of the Japan Evaluation Society, UNDP-certified SDG Impact Standards Trainer, JICA evaluation committee member, and TISFD Regional Council member (Asia-Pacific).

Chief Investor Relations Officer at GIIN. He leads relationship-building with impact investors worldwide — including asset owners, asset managers, and financial institutions — contributing to the expansion of the global impact investing ecosystem. He is also deeply involved in the strategic rollout of GIIN's Impact Investing Market Research.

She joined KKR in April 2024 and assumed her current position in July 2026. She joined the Industrial Bank of Japan in 1990. After working in consulting roles at Mizuho Research Institute, she joined Sony Corporation, where she served as Manager of the Finance Division, overseeing the management of global pension assets and liabilities. She also served as Chief Investment Officer of the Sony Corporate Pension Fund and General Manager of the Subsidiary Management Division. She subsequently served as Manager of the Investment Planning Division and Head of Alternative Investments at the National Pension Fund Association.

She is a Certified Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (CMA), a Certified Master of the Association for Real Estate Securitization, and a member of both the Pension Academy of Japan and the Nippon Finance Association. She graduated from Tokyo Woman's Christian University and received an MBA in Finance from Hitotsubashi University.

Tadashi was appointed as Director of IFC Tokyo Office on November 6, 2023. He has held several positions, including Executive Vice President of Policy Research Institute and Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Senior Vice President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Head of Asia External Representation Office of the African Development Bank, Directors in charge of MDBs related issues, regional cooperation and international tax policy at the Japanese Ministry of Finance and Director in charge of bilateral official development assistance (ODA) to the East and Southeast Asia Pacific region within the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tadashi holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Sydney, Australia, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Tokyo, Japan.

Matt Lawton is head of Impact Fixed Income and a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division. He manages the Global Impact Credit Strategy, the Global Impact Short Duration Bond Strategy and co-manages the Emerging Markets Blue Economy Bond Strategy. He also is a member of the ESG Committee. Matt is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Matt's investment experience began in 2005, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2011, beginning as an investment-grade corporate credit analyst in the Fixed Income Division. Prior to joining the firm, he was an M.B.A. intern with T. Rowe Price and an associate at The Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C. He also worked as an associate in the investment banking division of Barclays Capital in New York.

Matt earned a B.S. in finance from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Joined Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. in 1982, focusing on product development and overseas management in the semiconductor and power electronics fields. After Sanken's acquisition of U.S.-based Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM) in 1990, he became a director of ALGM in 2001, subsequently serving as President and Chairman. He led the company through a PE fund investment in 2017 and its NASDAQ IPO in 2020 (market cap exceeding approximately $11 billion as of June this year). He continues to serve as Honorary Chairman of the Board and Director of ALGM. Retired as Managing Director of Sanken Electric in June 2022.

Eliza joined Temasek in Singapore in 2018 and is currently serving as Director, Impact Investing. She believes in channeling capital to uplift communities and protect the environment so that every generation prospers. Eliza has also worked as a private equity, impact investor in renewable energy/sustainability and investment banking professional with firms including Carlyle Asia Partners, Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs with a focus on Asia. She is passionate about supporting funds and entrepreneurs in achieving their vision to make the world a better place and doing her part to build the impact ecosystem in Asia and globally. Eliza has been involved in various impact and sustainability working groups including the G7 Impact Taskforce Working Group, MAS Green Finance Working Group, BlueMark Allocator Working Group, AVPN's Expert Collective, and GIIN's Impact Lab Advisory Board. She is also currently part of Convergence's AFFM Investment Committee.

Director and Member of the Management Committee of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, overseeing sustainability management and carbon neutrality initiatives, and driving sustainability business across the Group. Previously held approximately 20 years of experience in international development finance and sustainability at the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, contributing to the development of the World Bank's first green bond and climate finance instruments. Served as a member of the World Bank's Diversity Board. At a Big 4 accounting firm, led advisory services related to sustainability and climate change.

Joined Norinchukin Bank in April 1998. After serving as Senior Manager of the Singapore Branch, he held positions including Deputy General Manager, Food & Agri Business Planning Div.; General Manager, Food & Agri Business Planning Div.; and Global Head of Credit and Alternative Investments, before assuming his current role as Managing Executive Officer in April 2025.

Impact Capital Managers (ICM) is a network of private capital fund managers investing for superior financial returns and meaningful impact, with a mission to accelerate the performance of its members and to scale the private capital impact investing market with integrity and authenticity. At ICM, Andrew leads events (100+ annually) and member (140+ global firms) recruitment, onboarding, and engagement. Before ICM, Andrew worked on the impact strategy team at the Sorenson Impact Institute, a multi-sector social impact consultancy and producer of SOCAP Global. While at Sorenson, he worked with government agencies to drive change in early childhood systems and arts-integrated learning. He also served as an impact measurement graduate consultant for Cause Strategy Partners.

Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures, focused on high-growth, positive-impact companies. Dave helped lead SJF's capitalization of five funds totaling $435 million starting in 1999. Portfolio engagements include Terabase Energy, Voltaiq, and NewEdge Power, as well as exited companies including Nextracker, TransLoc, groSolar, and Waycare. His industry focus areas include climate tech, solar energy, energy efficiency, and recycling & reuse. Dave was the founding co-chair and serves on the board of Impact Capital Managers, a network of 150+ private capital fund managers in the U.S. and Canada investing for financial returns and impact. Prior to SJF, he founded KirkWorks and SunShares. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia Business School, co-teaching a climate tech course.

After experience in corporate restructuring and a Brazil posting at Mitsubishi Corporation, Masahiro developed an interest in sustainable finance and pursued an MBA at Harvard Business School, where he deepened his expertise in impact/ESG investing. He also gained startup and growth investment experience at Anzu Partners (a U.S.-based VC) and JAFCO. He founded GLIN in 2020. He serves as a member of the Ministry of the Environment's Study Group on Climate Tech Impact Assessment and Management, and as Chair of the VC Working Group of the Japan Impact-Driven Financing Initiative.

After working in trading and based in Indonesia at Mitsubishi Corporation, Masato led AI/IoT new business development and startup partnerships. He pursued impact investing at Harvard Business School, where he served as president of the student impact investing club and gained hands-on experience at Acumen Fund. He founded GLIN in 2020. He serves on the IDFI Steering Committee (International Partnerships), the GSG Japan Advisory Board Impact IPO Working Group, as Chair of the Global Advisory Panel Planning for the FSA Impact Consortium, on GIIN's VC Knowledge Hub Advisory Committee, and on the MBA Impact Investing Network & Training Alumni Council Subcommittee.

Joined Juroku Bank in 1999. After serving in branch offices and headquarters roles, he was appointed Senior Researcher at Juroku Research Institute in 2017, working on regional economic revitalization in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture. He became Representative Director and President of Kanda Machiokoshi Co., Ltd. upon its establishment in 2022. The company's core business is fundraising through collaboration with local governments, leveraging corporate-version hometown tax donations and crowdfunding-type hometown tax schemes. Within four years of founding, the company has raised over 1.2 billion yen. He has also served as Public-Private Partnership Advisor for Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture and as an expert member of the Cabinet Office Council for Gender Equality, among other roles.

After joining Mizuho Bank in 2006, he spent 17 years as a corporate research analyst in the Corporate Research Division and as a credit officer in the International Credit Division (based in Hong Kong). In 2023, he joined Rating and Investment Information (R&I) as a sustainable finance external evaluation analyst. In 2024, he joined Shizuoka Bank, where he serves as Manager of the Corporate Finance Group within the Corporate Support Division, driving sustainable finance business development and supporting clients' sustainability management and regional revitalization efforts. Through the Ministry of the Environment's ESG Regional Finance Promotion Project, he has led initiatives including "Revitalization of the Shizuoka Tea Industry" (FY2024) and "Regional Revitalization in Nishiizu Town" (FY2025). He also serves as Leader of the Tourism Working Group of AIST's "AI Technology Consortium," working to promote tourism activation in Nishiizu Town.

Joined Sumitomo Trust and Banking (now Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank) in 1983. Led the establishment of the sustainability division in 2003, became Fellow Executive in 2018, and has served as Senior Advisor since 2026. Over this period, he spearheaded the development of SRI/ESG funds, launched an environmental real estate business, developed Positive Impact Finance, and formed a Technology-Based Finance team. He currently serves as Executive Advisor at Think Nature, Inc. and Amita Holdings Co., Ltd., as a Director of the Ecosystem Society Organization, and as a committee member of the Ministry of the Environment's "Study Group on ESG Regional Finance for a Sustainable Society," among other roles.

After leading growth strategies and new business initiatives for major corporations at Accenture and A.T. Kearney, she joined Interbrand as a brand strategy consultant, directing brand value enhancement projects for leading companies. At Mercari, she worked in the President's Office before driving brand reinforcement and ESG project launch and organization. Leveraging over 10 years of experience in management consulting, brand strategy, and sustainability across diverse industries, she founded her own company in 2023. She supports MVV development, sustainability/brand strategy, impact reporting, and secretariat operations for impact investing initiatives. She also serves as a Director of the Resource Circulation Promotion Council and Chief Sustainability Officer (part-time) of Bioworks Co., Ltd.

Albert Alsina has more than three decades of international experience in multinational settings where he held several General Management executive positions at global and European levels in the USA, UK, Brazil, Germany, Zimbabwe, Spain and Malta. He has also held Board positions in many African, Asian and South American companies. In 2013, Albert founded Mediterrania Capital Partners Ltd, which today manages MC II, MC III and MC IV funds. Albert is Chairman of all Mediterrania's Investment Committees and a Board member of several portfolio companies of the three funds. Albert is an Associate Professor at the EADA Business School in Barcelona and currently sits on the Board of Directors of AVCA (African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association). Albert is the author of the book “Value Creation in Private Equity” published in 2020 as well as several white papers and press articles. Albert is fluent in English, French, German and Portuguese, as well as in Catalan and Spanish.

Reihem Roy is a Partner at Omnivore and manages the fund's offices in Bengaluru. Reihem's interests include dairy, aquaculture, fintech, and sustainable materials. In addition to investing, Reihem oversees Omnivore's impact management systems. He has served as the fund's ESG and Business Integrity officer, and is a fellow of the International Association for Impact Assessment. His previous roles include building an agri-rural investment portfolio with Villgro in India and managing project finance in West and Central Africa with the UN's International Fund for Agriculture Development in Italy. In 2019, Reihem was listed among India's Top 40 Investment Professionals under 40 by Equalify.

Nakul Zaveri is a Partner at LeapFrog Investments and co-head of the firm's climate investment strategy. He has over 20 years of experience spanning entrepreneurial, operational, and investing activities, with relevant experience across Climate and Responsible Investment strategies including renewables, climate tech, industrial/enterprise efficiency, evolving consumer priorities, and related value chains. Nakul joined LeapFrog in 2022 and guides LeapFrog's climate strategy, focused on supporting pathways out of poverty for emerging consumers that also deliver rapid decarbonisation of all sectors of industry. Previously, he was Managing Partner at Relativity Investment Management, a sustainability-focused investment manager, where he made investments in high-growth companies addressing risks and opportunities created by the megatrends of climate change, demographic shift, and increasing use of technology.