Mr. Wahba is the President and Representative Director in American International Group K.K. He is in addition the Regional Vice President in charge of Systems and Operations for the AIG Companies in Japan and Korea. He took up his post with AIG in 1998, based in Japan. Prior to joining AIG, Mr. Wahba spent his whole career with Citibank in New York, where he held various positions including Operations, Technology, Marketing, Sales and Customer Service for the International Correspondent Banking Division. In 1986 he was appointed head of Citibank’s Securities business, where he was in charge of their Domestic and Global Custody Operations. He held this position until resigning from Citibank in 1995, to accept a position with the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as the Service Director for the Bank. Mr. Wahba is a graduate of St. John’s University, in New York, holding a BA degree in Economics.

William Wahba

Mr. Fink has been resident in Tokyo for 16 years and has represented/represents over 200 Fortune 1000 firms in Japan as a principal in his 12 years with Colliers Halifax. He holds an MBA in Finance and Japanese language from Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, and a BA in International Studies from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining Colliers, he held positions at the Louis Dreyfus Corporation and IBM World Trade Asia. He is one of the most knowledgeable native English speakers regarding Japanese commercial leasing and real estate customs and practices, and has advised numerous firms on data center and Business Continuity Planning projects.

William Wahba

Mr. Smith manages the sales function at KVH, which includes both domestic and multinational sales, as well as functional areas centring on network consulting, managed services, and pan-Asian virtual network services. Prior to joining KVH, Mr. Smith held a number of senior positions in global consulting firms, including as Partner, Strategy & Operations and International Client Services at Abeam Consulting Japan (formerly Deloitte Consulting) and as Country Manager of Telecommunications, Media & Network practice at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Japan. He has provided management consulting services to the communications, energy, manufacturing and high technology industries, and to governmental agencies in implementing IT systems, integrating business strategy, and managing business processes. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Hawaii in chemistry, and he also received an MBA from the University of Michigan in Finance.

Ken Smith

After graduating with a BA in Finance and Economics from Keio University in 1981, Mr. Hiraga entered Daiichi Kangyo Bank. In 1990, he obtained an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona, and joined Johnson and Higgins, stationed in Dusseldorf and then New York, to service Japanese clients, becoming the practice leader of the firm’s Risk Consulting Team. In July 2001, he joined Marsh Broker Japan as Representative Director. Since April 2005, he has served as a Vice President of the Insurance Brokers Association of Japan.

Satoru Hiraga

Mr. Khosrowshahi is the first and only foreign CEO of a publicly held insurance company in Japan, a post he assumed in June 2004. He has held various underwriting and management positions with increasing responsibilities since joining AIG in 1986. Previously, from 2001 until 2004, he was the President of AIG’s General Insurance operations in Seoul, Korea. In addition to his responsibilities at AIG, he was from 1990 through 1995, an adjunct assistant professor teaching operations planning and production management at Drexel University in Philadelphia where he had obtained an MBA in international finance and operations management with a full scholarship in 1986 and an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1983. Mr. Khosrowshahi had served in a public service capacity on several boards, including the Korea American Business Institute and Foreign Affairs Council. While in Korea, he was a regular lecturer at the FKIGlobal Business School. Mr. Khosrowshahi enjoys karate (having obtained his 3rd degree black belt in Japan).

Bijan Khosrowshahi

Besides head of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Asia, Mr. Kalsi is Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Stanley’s Asian real estate private equity funds and a member of Morgan Stanley’s Asia Operating Committee and the Global Real Estate Investment Committee. In Asia, he oversees over 200 real estate professionals in Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong and Australia. Mr. Kalsi joined Morgan Stanley in 1991 and has been based in Asia since 1997. Mr. Kalsi is the Vice Chair- At-Large and a Council member of the Urban Land Institute in Japan. He is an active member of the expatriate community in Tokyo, including the American Chamber of Commerce and the Montessori School of Tokyo. He is also an active participant in Morgan Stanley Inspire, the Firm’s philanthropic organization. He received a degree in Finance from Georgetown University’s School of Business Administration.

Sonny Kalsi

Managing Director of ProLogis since January 2005, Mr. Yamada is responsible for development and leasing activities in Japan. Previously, as Senior Vice President, Mr. Yamada was charged with further developing the company's Japanese operations and was actively involved in the development of distribution facilities throughout Japan for ProLogis. Prior to joining ProLogis in April 2002, Mr. Yamada was a Senior Officer at Fujita Corporation, one of the major construction companies in Japan, where he was responsible for all international construction and development projects. Joining Fujita Corporation in 1976, Mr. Yamada held several key management positions and was based in the U.S. and the U.K. for more than 10 years, where he held responsibility for the development of office, commercial and residential real estate projects, real estate securitization, and fund operation and management. Mr. Yamada received his B.A. from Waseda University in 1976.

Mike Yamada

Ms. Kobayashi became the President of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities in December 2001. She started her career at Merrill Lynch Futures Japan in 1985 having graduated with a degree from Seikei University, Tokyo. In 1998, she was appointed Director of Operations, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities, and in November 2000, was promoted to a First Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer. In addition, Ms. Kobayashi serves on the Board of Directors of the Osaka Stock Exchange, the Strategy Committee of the Japan Securities Dealers' Association, and on the Board of Trustees of the National Science Museum.

Izumi Kobayashi