IBA Japan is pleased to welcome Mr. Kiyotaka Sasaki from the Japanese Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) to give an overview of the current priorities of SESC.   At this event Mr Sasaki will discuss:  

• SESC’s newly released strategy and policies for market oversight for the next three years.
• Issues particularly relevant to financial instruments business operators, including international securities firms operating in Japan.

Kyotaka Sasaki is the Secretary General of SESC, he is responsible for managing the Commission which conducts oversight of capital market and takes enforcement actions against market misconducts such as insider dealings and financial fraud.  He joined the Japanese Ministry of Finance in 1983 and later the Financial Services Agency (FSA) in 1998. He was responsible for addressing non-performing loans problem of Japanese banks through developing riskbased approach of on-site examination as well as enhancing cooperation with supervisory bodies overseas.  Since 2005, he worked at the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) as Director of Enforcement Division, addressing high profile cases of market misconducts, and as Director for Strategy and Policy Coordination Division.  He also worked as Deputy Director-General at the Inspection Department as well as Secretary General of Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board (CPAAOB) of FSA. In addition to his career at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he has actively engaged in international fora including the Financial Stability Board (FSB), Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS), International Organization for Securities Commission (IOSCO), International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR), and Financial Action Task Force (FATF).