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Registration & Networking Lunch
Welcome Remarks
Moody’s views
PRESENTATION
Explore Moody’s assessment of Japan’s macroeconomic outlook against a backdrop of global geopolitical headwinds.
※Speakers will be announced shortly.
CRO priorities in a shifting market
PANEL DISCUSSION
- How are rising rates and yield curve volatility reshaping banks' risk management?
- Resilience of deposit funding in a rising rate environment
- How are banks managing geopolitical shocks and a changing macro envir[AA3.1][TY3.2]onment?
- How should CROs rethink resilience against cyber and operational risks?
- What new risks are emerging from banks’ growing private credit exposures?
*Guest speakers will be announced shortly.
Networking Break
Closing Remarks
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Registration & Networking Lunch
Welcome Remarks
Moody’s Macro View: Global and Japan Economic Outlook: Fault Lines
PRESENTATION
- How will geopolitical upheaval and trade frictions affect the global and Japanese economies?
- Will the artificial intelligence boom keep lifting corporate profits, financial markets, and the real economy?
- As global growth and inflation dynamics shift, can governments and central banks avoid policy mistakes?
- What will a tougher global backdrop and policy changes mean for exchange rates?
- How will shifts in bond yields affect capital flows?
Insurance strategy amid market uncertainty
PANEL DISCUSSION
- How are rising JGB yields reshaping insurers’ asset allocation choices?
- How can insurers manage investment risk amid geopolitical and market volatility?
- Where do credit, private assets and alternatives fit in a higher-rate environment?
*Guest speakers will be announced shortly.
Networking Break
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Makoto Samejima has served as Group Chief Financial Officer of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. since April 2026. Prior to his current role, he was Chief Audit Executive of Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (2024-2026) and Deputy Head of the Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company (2022-2024). His other senior leadership roles include Head of the Global Corporate Coordination Department and Head of its Strategy Planning.
From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Samejima served as Co-COO of Banking Americas, where he led the acquisition of North American business from The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and oversaw its seamless post-merger integration. He also served as Executive Assistant to the Group CEO from 2012 to 2014.
His earlier career was focused on M&A advisory and corporate strategy. He spent nearly a decade in M&A advisory (2002-2010), including a secondment to Evercore Partners in New York (2006-2008), where he specialized in cross-border transactions between the US and Japan.
Mr. Samejima began his career at Mizuho in 1994. He holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, an LL.M. from Northwestern University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Laws from The University of Tokyo.
Tetsuya Yamamoto is a VP-Ratings with the Financial Institutions Group of Moody’s Japan. He covers ratings across a portfolio of Japanese megabanks, major banks, regional banks, securities firms, government related financial institutions, and finance companies.
Prior to Moody’s, Tetsuya worked as a senior portfolio manager for Tokyo Star Bank. Prior to Tokyo Star Bank, Tetsuya worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (formerly Sumitomo Bank) as a senior analyst at Corporate Research Department in Tokyo and Hong Kong, covering a wide range of sectors including food & beverage, retail & wholesale, telecommunications, steel, chemical and financial institutions.
Tetsuya holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Kyoto University.
Tomoya Suzuki is a VP - Ratings with the Financial Institutions Group.
Based in Tokyo, he covers a portfolio of Japanese issuers comprising megabanks, major banks, securities firms, finance companies, and life insurers. Prior to this, he covered Japanese property and casualty insurers.
Before joining Moody’s Ratings, Tomoya worked in credit risk management at Credit Suisse in Tokyo, and in credit investment at a Japanese bank.
Tomoya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and International Business from the University of South Carolina.
Tetsuya Yamamoto is a VP-Ratings with the Financial Institutions Group of Moody’s Japan. He covers ratings across a portfolio of Japanese megabanks, major banks, regional banks, securities firms, government related financial institutions, and finance companies.
Prior to Moody’s, Tetsuya worked as a senior portfolio manager for Tokyo Star Bank. Prior to Tokyo Star Bank, Tetsuya worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (formerly Sumitomo Bank) as a senior analyst at Corporate Research Department in Tokyo and Hong Kong, covering a wide range of sectors including food & beverage, retail & wholesale, telecommunications, steel, chemical and financial institutions.
Tetsuya holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Kyoto University.
Tomoya Suzuki is a VP - Ratings with the Financial Institutions Group.
Based in Tokyo, he covers a portfolio of Japanese issuers comprising megabanks, major banks, securities firms, finance companies, and life insurers. Prior to this, he covered Japanese property and casualty insurers.
Before joining Moody’s Ratings, Tomoya worked in credit risk management at Credit Suisse in Tokyo, and in credit investment at a Japanese bank.
Tomoya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and International Business from the University of South Carolina.
Kensuke Ogawa is an AVP - Ratings with the Financial Institutions Group at Moody’s Ratings. Based in Tokyo, he covers a portfolio of major Japanese banks and insurers.
Kensuke first worked for Moody’s in January 2020 as an Associate Analyst, joining the company after working for a Japanese life insurer in Tokyo and London, and a foreign asset management company as a credit analyst. He left Moody’s for a Japanese asset manager in 2021, and rejoined Moody’s in 2023.
Kensuke holds a Master of Business Administration from Hitotsubashi University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Osaka University. He is a CFA Charterholder.
Stefan Angrick is the Head of Japan and Frontier Market Economics at Moody's in Tokyo. He holds a master's degree from Leipzig University and a PhD from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. He has previously held positions with Oxford Economics, the Asian Development Bank Institute, the Bank of Finland, and Keio University.
ムーディーズ・ジャパン株式会社において、ヴァイス・プレジデント - シニア・アナリストとして、日本の銀行・保険会社の格付を担当。 2026年6月再入社
ムーディーズ再入社前は、三菱UFJモルガン・スタンレー証券にて格付け・財務戦略助言、S&P Global Ratingsではディレクターとして金融機関の信用分析業務に従事。それ以前はムーディーズや監査法人等にて金融機関の信用分析や監査業務を担当。
慶應義塾大学経済学部卒、CFA協会認定証券アナリスト。
Tomoya Suzuki is a VP - Ratings with the Financial Institutions Group.
Based in Tokyo, he covers a portfolio of Japanese issuers comprising megabanks, major banks, securities firms, finance companies, and life insurers. Prior to this, he covered Japanese property and casualty insurers.
Before joining Moody’s Ratings, Tomoya worked in credit risk management at Credit Suisse in Tokyo, and in credit investment at a Japanese bank.
Tomoya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and International Business from the University of South Carolina.
Alka Anbarasu is an Executive Director - Ratings in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, Alka is responsible for Moody's analytical teams covering ratings and research on banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions in Japan, ASEAN and Indian Sub-continent. Alka also coordinates the Global Financial Institution Group's efforts on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring and research. Alka is a regular speaker at Moody's market briefings, external conferences podcasts and broadcast media. She is very active in promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives and is a passionate impact leader for Moody's Community Impact initiatives in Asia.
Alka joined Moody's in 2013 and over the years has led the ratings of several high profile Asian financial institutions. Prior to joining Moody's, she worked in the investment banking division of J.P. Morgan in London and Mumbai and ING Vysya Bank in India. She has close to 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Alka holds an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management in India.
Kensuke Ogawa is an AVP - Ratings with the Financial Institutions Group at Moody’s Ratings. Based in Tokyo, he covers a portfolio of major Japanese banks and insurers.
Kensuke first worked for Moody’s in January 2020 as an Associate Analyst, joining the company after working for a Japanese life insurer in Tokyo and London, and a foreign asset management company as a credit analyst. He left Moody’s for a Japanese asset manager in 2021, and rejoined Moody’s in 2023.
Kensuke holds a Master of Business Administration from Hitotsubashi University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Osaka University. He is a CFA Charterholder.