## Naoyuki Yoshino

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### Current and Former Positions
- Professor Emeritus, Keio University (Dept. of Economics)
- Former Dean/CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) from 2014 until 2020
- Director of Financial Research Center, FSA (Financial Services Agency), Government of Japan (appointed in 2020)
- Chair of the Financial Planning Standards Board (appointed in 2007)
- Former Board Member, Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan
- Former President, Financial System Council of the Government of Japan
- Chairperson, Japanese Ministry of Finance's Council on Foreign Exchange
- Chairperson, Japanese Ministry of Finance's Fiscal System Council (Fiscal Investment and Loan Program Section)

### Concurrent and Other Academic Positions
- Adjunct Professor, GRIPS
- Visiting Lecturer, University of Toyo (Graduate School)
- Visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
- Visiting professor at:
  - University of New South Wales (Australia)
  - Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (France)
  - University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
- Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo (1979-1981)
- Associate Professor, GRIPS (1982-1990)
- Economics Professor, Keio University (1991-2014)

### Education and Early Career
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (United States), 1979
  - Thesis supervisor: Sir Alan Walters, economic adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

### Professional Contributions and Roles
- Dean & CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), 2014 until 2020
- Named Director of the Japan Financial Services Agency's (FSA) Financial Research Center in 2020
- Served on numerous government committees in Japan, including roles at the Ministry of Finance and financial regulatory institutions
- Served as the T20 Japan Lead-chair during Japan's Presidency of the G20-2019 meetings
- Lead Co-chair of the T20 Infrastructure and Financing Task Force; advised on the handover to Saudi Arabia's presidency in 2020 and Italy’s Presidency in 2021

### Honors, Awards, and Recognitions
- Nominated for inclusion in Who's Who in the World for 2009, 2013, and 2020
- Honorary doctorate, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), 2004
- Honorary doctorate, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), 2013
- Fukuzawa Award for contribution to research on economic policy, 2013
- Nominated as a Top 10 scholar in green finance based on recent publications by Energy Policy in 2021
- Nominated as a Top 2 scholar in green finance by Renewable Energy (journal) in 2022
- Recipient, International Green Finance Lifetime Achievement Scientific Award from the Central Bank of Hungary at the Planet Budapest 2021 sustainability EXPO summit

### Contact
- Email: yoshino@econ.keio.ac.jp

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