Hiromi Yamaoka


Special Advisor for International Finance

 

Special Advisor for International Finance, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Chairperson, Digital Currency Forum

Member of the Board, Future Corporation

Hiromi Yamaoka assumed variouspositions in the Bank of Japan, including the Director-General of Markets Department and the Director-General of Payment and Settlement Systems Department. He also served as the Alternate Executive Director for Japan in the International Monetary Fund, the Member of the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, the Member of the Markets Committee the Member of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI) ofthe Bank for International Settlements (BIS).He obtained LL.B. from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law and LL.M. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law. He is the attorney of law in New York State. He is now serving as the chairperson of the Digital Currency Forum, which consists of leading companies and mega-banks in Japan. He published many books and articles, including “Digital Innovation, Data Revolution and Central Bank Digital Currency” (BOJ working paper co-authored with Noriyuki Yanagawa, 2019) and “The Future of Central Banking” (2019).

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.


UBC Crest The official logo of the University of British Columbia. Urgent Message An exclamation mark in a speech bubble. Caret An arrowhead indicating direction. Arrow An arrow indicating direction. Arrow in Circle An arrow indicating direction. Arrow in Circle An arrow indicating direction. Chats Two speech clouds. Facebook The logo for the Facebook social media service. Information The letter 'i' in a circle. Instagram The logo for the Instagram social media service. External Link An arrow entering a square. Linkedin The logo for the LinkedIn social media service. Location Pin A map location pin. Mail An envelope. Menu Three horizontal lines indicating a menu. Minus A minus sign. Telephone An antique telephone. Plus A plus symbol indicating more or the ability to add. Search A magnifying glass. Twitter The logo for the Twitter social media service. Youtube The logo for the YouTube video sharing service.