#4 Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Developing Financial Inclusion and Sustainability
🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉
Welcome back to our Global Women Entrepreneur Salon series, proudly co-hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and EY!
📣Join us for our 4th Salon online or at EY The Hub (Tokyo Midtown Hibiya) where we spotlight “Financial Inclusion and Sustainability” with a truly global panel of leaders. Connect with inspiring women leaders, gain valuable knowledge on Fintech and sustainable finance, and explore opportunities to scale your business in the green economy. Whether you’re an established entrepreneur or just starting out, this salon is your gateway to fostering inclusive and sustainable growth.
🌏The Global Women Entrepreneurs Salon in Tokyo serves as a central hub for women entrepreneurs and supporters in the startup and innovation ecosystem. By emphasizing English in business communications, we aim to foster global connections and inspire collaboration among innovators worldwide.
Stay tuned for a series of monthly gatherings and exclusive networking events!
Agenda
18:00 - Reception
18:30 -18:50 Opening
Chief Market Development Officer @GSG Impact
Deputy General Manager @SMBC Group
18:50 -19:15 Keynote
Women Entrepreneurs in FinTech: Transforming the Future of Finance
Representative Director @JBond Totan Securities Co., Ltd.
19:15 -19:55 Panel Discussion
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in the Just Transition: Financing Inclusive Green Growth
Co-Founder & CEO @ORDĀ Wealth Management
CEO @Denominator Collective
Impact Investing and Accounting Lead @EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services
20:00 - Networking Event
@EY The HUB (Tokyo Midtown Hibiya)
Speakers
Chief Market Development Officer @GSG Impact
Krisztina Tora is Chief Market Development Officer at GSG Impact. She helps drive capital towards impact in 70 countries. In each country, she advises governments, financial institutions and others on how to accelerate capital flows to benefit people and planet. She supports them in leading policy change and the set-up of new financial instruments and impact funds. Her work is all about system change, with a special focus on solving the SDG financing gap in emerging markets.
Deputy General Manager @SMBC Group
In SMBC's Sustainability Solution Department, Cedric covers global sustainability issues for clients and for the bank, in charge of developing partnerships, development financial instutions and supporting the bank's various initiatives in digital inclusion and transition finance. Prior to joining SMBC, Cedric has been working for 10 years in various organisations, including Climate Bonds Initiative, for which he was responsible for the ASEAN region's green bond market development, UNESCAP, UNDP, ICMA and Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute. This followed 15 years of activity in the corporate bonds market with leading investment banks, including JP Morgan, .Citi and Credit Suisse. He holds an Executive MBA from INSEAD and Tsinghua University, a Master in Finance from London Business School and a Bachelor in Business Administration from EM Lyon Business School. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Chair from the Advisory Board Centre.
Representative Director @JBond Totan Securities Co., Ltd.
Kiyomi Saito is the CEO of JBOND Totan Securities, a company she founded 25 years ago.
A graduate of Keio University’s Faculty of Economics, Saito began her career at Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Sony before earning an MBA from Harvard Business School.
She advanced to the position of Executive Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Bank, specializing in bonds trading and then investment banking.
In 2000, Saito founded JBOND (now JBOND Totan Securities Co., Ltd.), a company specializing in an e-trading platform for Japanese Government Bonds (JGB). Under her leadership, the company grew to dominate the JGB repo market. Saito is dedicated to fostering economic resilience and promoting gender equity in finance. She has served as an external director and auditor for numerous publicly listed companies.
Her efforts bridge traditional finance with IT, driving the competitiveness of the Japanese fixed-income market to global standards.
Co-Founder & CEO @ORDĀ Wealth Management
Gerelmaa Batchuluun is the founder of ORDA Wealth Tech, a regenerative finance company that focuses on sustainable investment opportunities. She also co-founded Steppe Group, helping bridge fintech innovations between Mongolia and global markets. With a background in policy analysis and innovation, Gerelmaa is committed to driving environmental and financial impact through technology. She has collaborated with Landng, Inc. on sustainable travel initiatives and is a board member at AmCham Mongolia.
CEO @Denominator Collective
Svenja is the CEO of Denominator Collective, a data service provider in Climate Tech and industry advisor to the US Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Labs.
As former Director of Origination at Base Carbon, Svenja was responsible for advancing project opportunities from concept to execution in a cross-vertical approach. Her previous roles include Director at a Direct Air Capture startup and analyst at PitchBook, where she contributed to extensive financial research covering carbon value chains, carbon utilization, and ESG. She further holds a doctoral research fellowship at the Gund Institute for Environment and served as a climate policy advisor at the United Nations HQ where she gained deep insight into carbon markets and regulatory processes.
Impact Investing and Accounting Lead @EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services
David Freiberg is the Impact Investing and Accounting Lead for the Climate Change and Sustainability Solutions (CCaSS) division at EY. He leads EY Japan’s impact services and supports companies globally to develop and implement impact strategies and impact accounting practices. Prior to joining EY, he was one of the founding members of Harvard Business School's Impact Weighted Accounting Initiative. He has led the development of impact and ESG services at leading consulting firms and law firms.
Exciting Themes Ahead: Salon Schedule
January 22: Women in Technology
February 18: Femtech
*Please note that the details of the events are tentative and may be subject to change.
Venue Entry Instructions
１．Please visit Office EV hall (1F) from Hibiya Mitsui Tower office entrance
Please enter the building from the office entrance (Hibiya-Dori Street) on the 1st floor. Please take the elevator to the 9F and then visit EY general reception at 10F by escalator.
※Please note that the entrance from the shopping mall is unavailable.
２．To access Venue (EY The Hub) rooms from EY general reception (10F)
Please present the Luma QR code at EY general reception. After checking in, you will receive your visitor pass for the venue.
Then, please take the elevator to the 21F.