CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Mamoru Taniya
Chairman, Asuka Asset Management
Mamoru Taniya is Chairman of Asuka Asset Management Co., Ltd. He has broad range of investment experiences covering from fixed-income derivatives to private equities.
Prior to founding Asuka, Taniya was a director at Tudor Capital Japan（1999-2002）and previously a managing director at Salomon Smith Barney (1987-1999). At Tudor he successfully started its private equity business in Japan. At Salomon, Taniya co-managed the Japan and Asia proprietary trading department. Prior to managing proprietary trading, he was responsible for the equity and fixed income derivatives trading for Salomon's Tokyo operation.
As venture investment, he initiated the launch of Lifenet Insurance Company, the first online Insurance company, and in the development of "studio Yoggy," a pioneering yoga studio, which contributed to popularize Yoga widely. He also serves as Representative founder of International School of Asia, Karuizawa (ISAK), the first international boarding school in Japan, since its establishment. In addition he is Vice chair person of Human Rights Watch which is one of the world's leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.
Mamoru Taniya received his B.A. in law from the University of Tokyo in 1987.
