Masanori Yoshida

Senior Executive Officer, Global Chief, Japan Exchange Group

Mr. Yoshida started his career at the Japanese Ministry of Finance (MOF) in 1984. After serving in the Minister's Secretariat and the Budget, Tax, Financial and International Bureaus, mostly dealing with international affairs, he was appointed Senior Deputy Director-General of the International Bureau. He was then appointed Deputy Vice-Minister for International Tax Policy in 2016.

Mr. Yoshida worked in the Asian Development Bank in 1992-94, and in the World Bank in 2000-2003. From 2011 to 2014, he worked in the International Monetary Fund, dealing with the Euro Area Crisis as Mission Chief of the European Department. He also served as Executive Director for Japan at the World Bank Group before retiring from public service in 2021. He has been serving as Global Chief at Japan Exchange Group, Inc. since April 2022, and Senior Executive Officer since 2026 April.

Mr. Yoshida graduated from Waseda University and holds M.Phil in Economics from Oxford University. He also worked as Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.