Thank you so much for joining WFF Japan 2021

World FinTech Festival is back!

World FinTech Festival (WFF) is the world's largest fintech event held together with the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF). Last year, the event attracted over 60,000 participants, co-hosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) with partners from the G20 countries, including Japan. More than 560 prominent speakers such as Bill Gates, Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft), CEOs of Citigroup, VISA, PayPal, and Nasdaq. This year, WFF is back on a new platform to bring a new level of experience to you.

2021 Speakers

Hiroshi Nakaso

Chairman of the Institute, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.
Chairman, FinCity.Tokyo

Sopnendu Mohanty

Chief Fintech Officer
Monetary Authority of Singapore

Jouk Pleiter

CEO and Founder
Backbase

Katsunori Tanizaki

Senior Managing Executive Officer, Group CDIO
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Kathy Matsui

General Partner
MPower Partners

Yumiko Murakami

General Partner
MPower Partners

Yuko Kawai

CEO
Japan Digital Design,Inc.

Masayori Shoji

Partner, Fintech Innovation
KPMG Consulting Co,ltd.

Keiko Tashiro

Member of the Board, Deputy President
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Justin Waldron

Co-founder & President
Playco

Sota Watanabe

Founder of Stake Technologies / Astar Network
Japan Blockchain Association Director / Trusted Web Council

Yoshinori Fukushima

CEO
LayerX Inc.

Hironao Kunimitsu

CEO
Thirdverse, Co., Ltd.

Jason Lee

Country Director / Regional VP Japan and Korea
Backbase Japan株式会社

Takehito Kaneko

Chairman Representative Director
GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd

Yutaka Soejima

DG of the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies
Bank of Japan

Tatsuji Narita

Councillor
Secretariat of the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition, Cabinet Secretariat, Japan

Tomohiro Miura

Head of Fintech Innovation Office, Strategy Development and Management Bureau
Financial Services Agency of Japan

Koichi Narasaki

CEO of Digital Business, Group CDO, Senior Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
Sompo Holdings, Inc.

Hirokuni Onozawa

Executive Officer Group Head Strategy and Development Group
GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd

Makoto Shibata

Head of FINOLAB, CCO
FINOLAB Inc.

Nao Kitazawa

General Manager
Coinbase K.K.

Ryushiro Kodaira

Editorial Writer / Senior Staff Writer
Nikkei Inc.

Eiichiro Kodama

Director General for Global Financial City Strategy Office of the Governor for Policy Planning
Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Jumpei Miwa

Senior Expert, Product Management Div.
Recruit Co. Ltd,

Naoko Nemoto

Professor
Waseda Business School

Shiho Watabe

Advisor to the Shibuya city government
SWAR Inc.

Takayuki Watanabe

Senior Manager
KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.

Mitsunobu Okubo

Solution Architect
Digital Agency

Gabriel Yang

Deputy Director
Monetary Authority of Singapore

Keith B. Carter

Associate Professor, Director NUS FinTech Lab
National University of Singapore

Hiroshi Kawagoe

CEO
Cotra Ltd.

Masaaki Miyamoto

Executive Officer（CIO）Minna Bank, Ltd.
Director（CIO）Zerobank Design Factory Co.,Ltd

Hitoshi Okabe

Editor-in-Chief Nikkei FinTech
Nikkei Business publications,inc.

Reiko Sadamoto

Finance Attache
Embassy of Japan in Singapore

Taejun Shin

Founder & CEO
Gojo & Company

Daichi Iwata

Head of Digital Integration Division
NEC

Takashi Ueda

Commentary Center, Editor
NIKKEI INC.

Pieter Franken

Special Advisor to the Board
ASEAN Financial Network (AFIN) / APIX Platform

Kiewai Khoo

Business Dev & PR
JETRO Singapore

Oki Matsumoto

Chairman & CEO
Monex Group, Inc.

Shota Matsuzawa

Fintech and Innovation Office
Japan Financial Services Agency

Takahiro Ogawa

General Manager of Next Generation Banking System with Personnel Finance Group
Shimane Bank

Eric Anziani

Chief Operating Officer
Crypto.com

Akira Takayama

Technology Sales Manager
Uppsala Security Pte. Ltd.

Trista Bridges

Cofounder and Principal
Read the Air

Ashok Venkateswaran

VP - Blockchain and Digital Assets - APAC Head
Mastercard

Mayoran Rajendra

Senior Vice President , Head of Digital Solutions
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Tomoya Asai

CTO
WebDINO Japan

Mark Bivens

Managing Partner
Shizen Capital

Bill Deng

Founder & CEO
XTransfer

Tatsuto Fujii

Director, Industry Advisor(FSI)
Microsoft Japan

Ryota Hayashi

CEO
Finatext Holdings Ltd.

Mark Makdad

Director, Co-Founder
Moneytree KK

Hiroki Maruyama

CEO & Founder
Infcurion, Inc.

Takashi Okita

Founder, CEO
Nudge Inc.

Edward Senju

Regional CEO
Sansan

Rajesh Sreenivasan

Equity Partner
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Swee En Tan

Regional Manager
KrASIA

Dirk Van Quaquebeke

Managing Partner
BEENEXT Capital Management Pte Ltd

Christopher Yeo

Founder and CEO
Sentient.io Pte Ltd, Singapore

Alex Zhao

Head of Research
36Kr Global

Stephen Fitzgerald AO

Chairman & Founding Partner
Affirmative Investment Management

Naohiro Fujie

Chair
OpenID Foundation Japan

Ken Kawai

Partner
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Yuki Kishi

Managing Director
Fintech Association of Japan

Ken Kitahara

Vice President
B Cryptos Inc.

Tatsuya Kurosaka

President and CEO
Kuwadate Incorporated.

Yo Nakagawa

GMC
Monex Group, Inc.

Takayuki Nakajima

Country Leader and Head of Expansion Japan
Deel, Inc.

Itsuki Nomura

Representative Director & Country Manager
nCino KK

Satoshi Okada

Vice President, Alibaba Group,
Representative Corporate Officer, Ant Group Japanese Subsidiary

Waki Yoneoka

Managing Director, Japan
Moneythor

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