## Masato Kanda

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Masato Kanda](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/oap/oap-home/2022/bio-masato-kanda.pdf)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/-/media/files/oap/oap-home/2022/bio-masato-kanda.pdf.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/oap/oap-home/2022/bio-masato-kanda.pdf.json)

---

### Current position
- Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japanese Ministry of Finance.

### Career history and senior roles
- Joined the ministry in 1987.
- Deputy Director General of the Budget Bureau (2017-2018).
- Deputy Vice-Minister for Policy Planning and Coordination (2019).
- Director-General of the International Bureau (2020).
- Previously held senior roles at the World Bank and OECD.
- Serves as Chairman for the Corporate Governance Committee, OECD (2016- ).

### Education
- M.Phil in Economics from Oxford University in 1991.
- B.A in Law and Politics from the University of Tokyo in 1987.

---


_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/oap/oap-home/2022/bio-masato-kanda.pdf_