Keiko Tashiro
Keiko Tashiro
Keiko began her career with the Daiwa Securities Group in April 1986, following her graduation from Waseda University with a BA in Political Science. She received an MBA from Stanford University in 1991 and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2011. She has held various positions at Daiwa, including overseas assignments in Singapore, London and New York. In Japan, in addition to her role as Head of Investor Relations between 1999 and 2005, she spent six years (2005-2011) in the retail division of the Group, expanding the non-branch channel (online and call center) and defining a business model for the Group’s retail operations. She held the position of Senior Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities for two years (2011-2013) before serving as Executive Managing Director and Chairperson of Daiwa Capital Markets America from 2013-16. She was appointed Senior Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Group, Head of Overseas Operations in April 2016 and Deputy President in April 2019, and from April 2020, she takes office as Deputy President, Head of Overseas Operations and Head of SDGs. She serves as a member of the Harvard Business School Japan Advisory Board, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Responsive Financial Systems, Vice Chairman at The Japan Association of Corporate Executive and a member of the Council for Promoting the SDGs in the Securities Industry at the Japan Securities Dealers Association.