Tokyo-London Green Finance Seminar 2025

JST (BST)

Topic/Title

Speakers

5:30 pm
(9:30 am)

Opening Remarks

KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo

5:33 pm
(9:33 am)

Keynote Speech

The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Alastair KING

5:42 pm
(9:42 am)

Discussion:

“Standards and Frameworks in transition finance”

(Speakers)
UK:
Anastasia NISHNIANIDZE, Trade and Investment Director, the City of London Corporation
Japan:
KONNO Osamu, Director for Strategy Development Division, Financial Services Agency, Japan

(Moderator) 
YAMAOKA Hiromi, Special Advisor for International Finance, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Board Member and Chief Sustainability Officer, Future Corporation)

6:10 pm
(10:10 am)

Panel Discussion

“Industry perspectives on scaling transition finance”

(Panelists)
UK:
- Alexis R. ROCAMORA, Sustainable Finance & Investment Lead, APAC, London Stock Exchange Group
- Yingying CHEN, Director, Transition Finance, Standard Chartered Singapore *
Japan:
- TAKANASHI Masayuki, Executive Officer, Group CSuO, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
- WATABE Yasuko, General Manager and Head of Sustainable Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

(Moderator)
Jack KNIGHT, Deputy Chief Executive, The Investment Association

6:57 pm
(10:57 am)

Presentation

- Elysse MORGAN, Head of Client Solutions, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, Stafford Capital Partners
- Alexander ROBINS, Senior Investment Director, J. Stern & Co.
- YAMASAKI Toma, CEO, e-dash Co., Ltd.

7:13 pm
(11:13 am)

Speech

MURAMOTO Kazuhiro, Senior Director, Comprehensive Global Financial City Strategy Assigned Operations for Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

7:18 pm
(11:18 am)

Closing Remarks

Julia LONGBOTTOM, British Ambassador to Japan