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Chie Ito

Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Ito manages FINOLAB, Japan’s first Fintech hub in Tokyo, building a Fintech business ecosystem with global networks and is responsible for FinTech related business development and partner alliance at ISI-Dentsu. Before her involvement in FinTech, she was engaged with developing a foreign exchange trading system and an overseas accounting system.

Makoto Shibata

Head of FINOLAB, Chief Community Officer

Mr. Shibata is currently in charge of FINOLAB community operation. In his former position at The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, he was leading R&D initiatives in emerging technology and online/mobile financial service. He also held positions in corporate planning, accounting, corporate finance and retail customer services at the bank. He is one of the founders of FINOVATORS and Executive Fellow at Japan Digital Design. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from University of Tokyo and a Master of Science in Development Economics from University of Oxford.

Junji Hara

Chief Administration Officer

Mr. Hara joined Mitsubishi Estate in 1992, initially in Architectural Design & Engineering Business Department. Since 1997, he was engaged in product and sales planning of housing at Osaka and Yokohama Branch. From 2004, he moved to Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei, in charge of mainly HR in General Affairs Division. He returned to Airport Business Department of Mitsubishi Estate in 2018, to manage relationship and business support for airports, which the company was operating. Joining FINOLAB in 2020, he became fully responsible for back office operation.

Tsunehito Sato

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Sato joined Mitsubishi Estate in 1990. He was engaged in the development and operational management of the Yokohama Landmark Tower and other skyscraper complexes. After being transferred to a foundation (under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism), he was engaged in site acquisition and development of condominiums from 2000. He was assigned to the Sapporo Branch in 2008, where he was mainly in charge of building sales in addition to development of condominiums and commercial facilities. From 2014, he participated in multiple projects in Marunouchi, aiming at enhancing the attractiveness and value of the area. He has been in his current position at FINOLAB since April 2022.

Toshiki Tanaka

Chief Digital Officer

Mr. Tanaka started his career at ISID as an engineer and engaged in various projects, including back-office of international bank branches, cross border payments, trade finance, JPY clearing system, AML/CFT solutions, supply chain infrastructure, IT governance. For FINOLAB, he has designed and deployed integral part of applications for its operation, since his participation in Sep. 2016.

Masatoshi Kaneko

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Masatoshi Kaneko was appointed as CFO in 2020. Prior to this, he found his company, Kanekyo Cooperation, serving business advisory services and supporting the investment of ESG factors as one of the signatory companies of PRI before part of its business was assigned by FINOLAB. He has continued concurrently serving as its CEO. He started his career at the airlines industry. After that, he served as CFO at Diamond Media Co., Ltd. He was educated at Waseda University, gaining a MBA in Finance.