Chris Pickles

Head of Industry Initiative, Global Banking & Financial Markets
BT

Chris Pickles is responsible for interpreting the impact of industry and technology changes and new regulations on BT's customers across the financial services sector globally. Chris has over 35 years' experience in this sector and has previously worked as secretary-general of the European Association of Securities Dealers in Brussels, as Head of Exchange Products for Deutsche Boerse in Frankfurt, and is a member of the Global Steering Committee of FIX Protocol Ltd.

David Wilkinson

Senior Director, Business Development
Equinix Asia Pacific

David joined Equinix in July 2002 and is currently responsible for the Financial Services’ vertical for Equinix across the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to his current role at Equinix, David was the Managing Director of Equinix Japan for a period of seven years.

David has spent 20 years living and working in Asia and has focused his career on the development of businesses in the region.

Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Wilkinson served as President of CCC Network Systems K.K. for four and half years, where he led CCC's entry into both the Japanese and Korean markets, providing infrastructure services and server farm management solutions primarily to data center operators, financial institutions, and large corporate institutions. Prior to CCC, Mr. Wilkinson worked for the Fujitsu Group for more than ten years, both inside and outside of Japan including his role as Vice President of Business Development for ICL Japan (a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu), which specialized in the introduction and promotion of European technologies into the Japanese market.

Mr. Wilkinson graduated from Glasgow University, United Kingdom, with a First Class Honours Degree in Computing Science, Physics and Mathematics.

Hidenori Hirabayashi

Vice President
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Hirabayashi is a Vice President of Global Execution Services Asia at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He is based in Tokyo.
He is responsible for marketing and implementing optimal trading products/strategies to help clients achieve best execution across each of the markets in the Asia Pacific region

Hironobu Nagaoka

Equity Trading department, Managing Director
Nomura Asset Management

2007
now, Managing Director at the Equity Trading department.

2006 - 2007
In charge of planning of Pilot Fund and developing the Investment Decision Support System at the Business Planning department.

1990 - 2006
Managed some Japanese equity active funds as fund manager at the Equity Investment department.

1987
Joined the Nomura Securities Investment Trust Management.
Before joining the investment management industry, Joined a precision machinery maker. Graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Sophia University.

Hiroshi Matsubara

Co-Chair, Japan FIX Committee /
Marketing Director, Fidessa kk

Joined Fidessa in September 2005. In charge of the overall marketing functions of Fidessa and LatentZero product suites (solutions for multi-asset trading, portfolio analysis, decision support, investment compliance, market data and global connectivity for both the buy-side and the sell-side) and the marketing communications activities for the Japanese market.
More than 20 years industry experience with financial information and electronic transactional products. Engaged in the electronic securities trading business for the last 10 years and proactively participated in the Japan FIX committee activities as a governance board member since 2006. Elected as Co-Chair of the FPL Japan regional committee in 2007.
Before joining Fidessa, held the position of VP, Head of Sales and Marketing for Japan with TradingScreen, and worked for Reuters for 17 years holding various product marketing positions both in Tokyo and overseas (UK and US). Joined Reuters London as a graduate management trainee from Reuters Asia in 1987.

Hiroshi Yamaguchi

Sales Manager
Liquidnet Japan Inc.

Yamaguchi joined Liquidnet in Aug 2006 as IT/Security manager and currently is responsible for sales manager to provide sole block trade service for Japan buy-sides firm to achieve best execution. Prior to working at Liquidnet, Yamaguchi was a President, Global Alliance Partners Japan Inc, where he offered strategic advice to U.S. venture companies looking to commence operations in Japan. Yamaguchi started carrier at AT&T/Lucent Technologies. Yamaguchi holds B.A. in Economics from Meiji University.

Isao Hasegawa

Director of Equities Department
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Mr. Hasegawa leads the Equities Department, whose operations include drafting rules for the Tokyo Stock Exchange stock market and operating and supervising the market.
He joined Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1987. In June 2001, he became a head of Strategic Planning Group in the Equities Department, after which he served as a manager in the Corporate Strategy Department before assuming his current position as Director of the Equities Department in 2010.

Jiro Inoue

Director
Sales Trading Dept.
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.

Jiro Inoue is Director, Electronic Trading Sales in Equity Group at Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. He is responsible for all duties associated with the new sales and marketing on all Mizuho’s electronic trading services, such as DMA, algorithmic trading, dark pool and SOR. Prior to joining Mizuho in March 2012, he worked at Credit Suisse for 5 years as a sales and marketing of AES (Advanced Execution Services) for Japan market. Prior to Credit Suisse, he was a Executive of Bloomberg EMSX as well as Sales Manager of Omgeo OASYS Global, ALERT and CTM. He graduated from Ritsumeikan University in 1993.

Jun Uno

Professor
Waseda Univerity

Professor, Graduate School of Finance, Waseda University.
In 1975 he obtained a BA from the School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University. During 2002-04 he was Professor, School of Commerce, Chuo University, and during 2006-09 held the post of Dean, Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law, Waseda University. He was awarded a Graham & Dodd Scroll 1 in 1991 from the Financial Analysts Journal, and won the 42nd Nikkei Economic Book Award from Japan Center for Economic Research. His publications include “Number of shareholders and stock price: evidence from Japan” Journal of Finance 1998, “Speed of trade and liquidity” 2012 Gendai Finance.

Junya Umeno

CO-Chair, Japan FIX Committee /
Director, Head of Trading
BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

Junya Umeno, Director, Head of Trading, BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd., is responsible for trading equity, currency and other derivatives to provide best execution service for clients. He is also responsible for various trading related researches like post trade analysis, and customized algorithmic trading implementation.

Mr. Umeno's service with BlackRock dates back to 2006, including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. At BGI he was a trader, responsible for multi asset class trading. Prior to joining BGI, Mr. Umeno was a senior trader at Franklin Templeton Investments in Japan from 2002 to 2006. He began his career at Kosei Securities in 1996 in the proprietary trading desk of equity trading department.

Mr. Umeno earned a BA degree from Kobe University in 1996, and a MBA degree in finance from Waseda University in 2006.

Kosuke Yokoo

Director
Financial Services Agency

Kosuke YOKOO is a director for market operations and CIS. After he joined in FSA in 2007, he was engaged in the supervision for banks, regulatory reform about investment trust fund, and regulations over PTSs.

Makoto Nagahori

Head of Instinet Group
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Makoto Nagahori is currently the head of the Instinet Group in Nomura Securities. He joined Nomura in 1999 after graduating from Tokyo University.
From 2006 to 2009, he worked for the US equity trading business for Nomura Securities International
and Instinet LLC in New York. In 2009, he moved to Instinet Japan Limited (in Tokyo) and was in charge of Equity Trading.
Since August 2012, he is in charge of electronic trading sales at Nomura Securities in Tokyo.

Masami Hatakeyama

Representative Director and CEO
SBI Japannext

Masami Hatakeyama is Representative Director and Co-CEO of SBIJapannext.
Prior to joining the company in April 2008, he was with Rakuten Securities as Director and executive officer for over 8 years, responsible for ensuring the maintenance of compliance. Before that, he worked at JSDA for 15 years. He was engaged in self-regulatory rulemaking activities through establishing closer relationships with the government and the industry, and participated in its NY office to research US securities markets.

Masasuke Ide

Principal
MDI

Born in Tokyo, 1942.
1965 BC, Hitotsubashi Univ. 1969 MBA Wharton School, U of Penn.
Analyst, Research Inst. and Nomura School of Adv. Management. Professor of Finance, Graduate School, Aoyama Gakuin Univ. Principal Management Development Inc., CFA, CMA.

Nick Carrigan

Managing Director, Head of Client Trading & Execution
UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.

Nick Carrigan runs all client-facing trading businesses for Japanese equities and is manages the APAC region’s technology development program at UBS. He has been with UBS for 17 years in a variety of trading and technology roles, and in the current role in Japan since the start of 2010.

Ross Whittaker

AES Manager
Credit Suisse Securities

Ross Whittaker is the manager of Advanced Execution Services (AES) at Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited. Before joining Credit Suisse in 2010, Mr. Whittaker worked in various electronic trading roles at Nomura Securities Japan and Lehman Brothers. Prior to coming to Japan in 2005, Mr. Whittaker was a strategy and management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in the United States.

Ryusuke Yokoyama

Executive Officer of Marketing and Promotion Unit, Market Business Development
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Mr. Yokoyama joined Tokyo Stock Exchange in April 1986, graduating from Waseda University's School of Political Science and Economics. After serving as IT business department director, he assumed his current position of executive officer for market business development in April 2011 when the Marketing and Promotion Unit was established. He leads the overall planning and execution of marketing strategy for the secondary market with a view to providing all investors with diverse trading opportunities.

Shunsuke Nishino

General Manager, Head of Trading
Daiwa SB Investments Ltd

Joined Daiwa Securities in 1987. Engaged in foreign equity sales trading for Japanese institutions at Tokyo and Hong Kong offices, and assumed General Manager at Equity department. Joined Daiwa SB Investments in 2002 as Managing Director at UK subsidiary office, and assumed present post in 2006.
Before joining the Daiwa Group, he worked for Japanese manufactures mainly engaged in export sales.
Bachelor of Commerce from Doshisha University.

Simmy Grewal

Senior Analyst
Aite Group

Simmy Grewal is a senior analyst at Aite Group, specializing in the European equity trading markets. She covers equity market structure, including primary exchanges, multilateral trading facilities and dark pools, electronic trading, and high frequency trading, and focuses on the impact of European regulation on each of these areas. Prior to joining Aite Group, Ms. Grewal was with Morgan Stanley. Ms. Grewal holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Imperial College, London.

Ms. Grewal has been widely quoted in the press, in publications including Bloomberg, The Financial Times, Financial News, FTSE Global Markets, Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE), The Trade, and Advanced Trading. She has spoken at key industry events across Europe and Asia, including TradeTech Europe, TradeTech Japan, The International Trader Forum, High Frequency Trading World Europe, and FPL EMEA. She was honored as one of Financial News' “40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Trading and Technology” in 2011.

Takashi Nagai

Product Manager
NYSE Technologies

Takashi Nagai joined the financial systems division of Fujitsu Limited and was in charge of exchange platform covering system design, application/infrastructure implementation and maintenance. Nagai joined NYSE Technologies in 2008 as support analyst to work on exchange platform projects. Nagai is currently in charge of the Tokyo Liquidity Center service as a product manager.

Takayuki Saito

Executive Director
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.

Takayuki Saito joined Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. in August 2010. He runs Electronic Trading there. Upon graduating from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, he started his career at Bloomberg L.P. as a sales person and then moved to Merrill Lynch Japan Securities as a project manager. He was also engaged in marketing and coordinating FIX connectivity, DMA, and algorithmic trading services at UBS Securities Japan.

Takeya Kamei

Director
Deutsche Securities Inc.

Takeya Kamei joined Deutsche Securities in 2005 where he is responsible for equity electronic trading working closely with buyside clients including HFT clients trading into Japan or other Asian markets, Japanese exchanges, PTSs and vendors. He is one of the most experienced figures in the industry having previously worked for 6 years in FIX connectivity business development.

Tetsuya Wakabayashi

Head of Trading
Invesco Asset Management(Japan)Limited

Tetsuya joined Morgan Stanley in 2000 and is a trader for MSIM’s Japanese equity strategies. He has 10 years experience as a trader. Prior to joining the firm, he was a trader, an analyst and a fund manager at SB Investment Management Co., Ltd., which was merged with Daiwa International Capital Management Co., Ltd. Previously, he spent two years in Sumitomo Bank Co., Ltd. In 2010, he joined Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited due to the business transfer of Morgan Stanley.

Tetsuya received a B.S. in Physics from Sophia University. He is a Certified Financial Technician of the Nippon Technical Analysts Association (CFTe).

Tetsuya Watanabe

Vice President
Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd

Tetsuya Watanabe is a Vice President at Goldman Sachs and is responsible for sales and marketing of the Electronic Trading services and products in Asia. Tetsuya is also responsible for the service and product management around the alternative liquidity access in Japan. Tetsuya joined Goldman Sachs in 2001 and assumed current role in Electronic Trading business since 2005.

Yasuo Hamakake

Representative Director and CEO
Chi-X Japan Limited

Yasuo Hamakake is Representative Director and CEO at Chi-X Japan Limited. In this role, Yasuo is responsible for the trading venue’s strategy and oversight of its business and operational functions. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer and has been with the company since inception.

Prior to joining Chi-X in 2009, he served as Head of Information Technology Division at Deutsche Securities to oversee information technology services across Deutsche Bank Japan Group. Before joining Deutsche, he held several positions with NatWest and Morgan Stanley in Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York.

Yoko Shimizu

Associate Professor
Fukui Prefectural University

1991　Dep. of Economics, Kyoto Univ.
1991-2000 Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto Univ.
1995 Researcher, Japan Securities Research Institute
2000 Senior Researcher, Japan Securities Research Institute
2001 Lecturer, Fukui Prefectural Univ.
2006 Associate Professor, Fukui Prefectural Univ.

research fields: securities market structure and market dispersion, securities market and technology

Yusuke Sakai

General Mgr. Trading Dept.
T&D Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Yusuke Sakai is the head of trading department in T&D Asset Management from 2008.
He adopted new order management system in 2010, and proactively has utilized PTS and darkpool for electronic trading.
Yusuke Sakai was a fund manager of Japanese equity in a Japanese life insurance company. Then, He joined Fuji Security (currently, Mizuho Security) in 2000 and worked as a Japanese equity trader. In 2005, he became a head of Sales Trading Department. He launched electronic trading team in 2006 and was in charge of Enhanced Equity Trading Department.