2022/10/04
Former IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa Appointed as Advisor to SBILM
Mitsuhiro Furusawa, former Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and current President of the SMBC Institute for Global Financial Affairs, has been invited as an advisor to SBILM. (Inauguration as of October 1)
Mr. Furusawa has held a number of important positions, including Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs, and after serving as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he became President of SMBC Institute for Global Financial Affairs in December 2021.
We would like Mr.Furusawa to use his insight to serve as an advisor to the Company, such as a Financial seminars through subsidiaries and affiliates, appearances on web commentary videos, etc.
(Brief Personal History)
April 1979 Joined Ministry of Finance
June 1983 Graduated from the Institut National d'Administration de France(ENA)
July 1990 Assistant to the Chief Accountant, Budget Bureau
June 1991 Assistant Director, International Bureau
December 1997 Counselor at the Embassy of Japan in France
July 2002 Director for Budget Bureau
July 2007 Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United States
July 2009 Senior Deputy Director-General of the International Bureau
August 2010 Representative Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
August 2012 Director-General of the Financial Bureau
March 2013 Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs
July 2014 Counselor to the Cabinet Secretariat and Advisor to the Ministry of Finance
March 2015 Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
December 2021 President of Institute for Global Financial Affairs, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.