Mr. Harada joined our group in 2010 to advise on its fund management activity, and currently serves as an Executive Advisor. He was a Senior Advisor to the CEO of Future Corporation, where he had served as a Member of the Board and Director of Institute for Economic Research and Financial Strategy. Prior to that, he had been President and Chairman & CO-CEO at Rating and Investment Information, Inc. for 10 years. He had worked earlier with Bank of Japan for more than 30 years, where he held several senior positions, i.e. General Manager in the Americas and Director General of the Operational Dept.
Mr. Harada graduated from the University of Tokyo with an LL.B.degree.