Akinari Horii

Special advisor and a member of the board, the Canon Institute for Global Studies, a research think tank in Tokyo. Joined the Bank of Japan in 1974 after graduating from the University of Tokyo. During his three-decade career at the BOJ, also worked at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, Japan’s Ministry of Finance, and the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo. In 2006 he was appointed assistant governor of the BOJ, stepping down in June 2010. Since July 2010, he has been at his current position.