Our Supporters
Our “sponsors” are persons or organizations that have donated (or pledged to donate) funds to BDTI in order to support its mission to improve corporate governance in Japan, the quality of decision-making by Japanese boards, and Japan’ economy and markets. In addition, many others have also supported BDTI in various other ways since our formation in 2009. Most of these supporters are listed here. If we have missed anyone, please let us know! All of you deserve credit and thanks.
“Sustaining Donors” are those sponsors which have donated
Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.
Independent Franchise Partners, LLP
Oasis
Strategic Capital, Inc.
FEL Corporation
Give2Asia
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
DUAL Japan Ltd.
Baillie Gifford & Co.
Morant Wright Management
Kathy Matsui
Hup Jin Goh
Daizo Motoyoshi
Nicholas Benes （BDTI Executive Director & Founder）
Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.
Baillie Gifford & Co.
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
DUAL Japan Ltd.
FEL Corporation
Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited
Give2Asia
GMO（Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo）
Independent Franchise Partners, LLP
Misaki Capital Inc.
Oasis
Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc.
Strategic Capital, Inc.
Swiss Institute of Directors
TANABE & PARTNERS
The James Irvine Foundation
Daizo Motoyoshi
Hup Jin Goh
Kathy Matsui
Nicholas Benes
Executive Director, BDTI
Tsuyoshi Maruki
Yoshiaki Yoshida
Special Sponsors
Abrdn
Asset Value Investors Ltd
Advisory Research, Inc.
Ichigo Asset Management, Ltd.
Indus Capital Partners, LLC
Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS)
GNI Group
QuestHub
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Cornwall Capital
Third Point LLC
GMO （Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo）
Swiss Institute of Directors
Swiss Re International
State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
Dalton Investments
New Horizon Capital Co., Ltd.
Hibiki Path Advisors Pte. Ltd. (“Hibiki”)
Fidelity Management and Research Japan Co., Ltd.
Fidelity International
Franklin Templeton
Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc.
Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited
Misaki Capital Inc.
Morrow Sodali
Russell Investments
Seishi Ikeda
Masaki Gotoh
James R. Weisser
Julian Bashore
Katsuya Debari
Donald Kanak
Sayoko Matsumoto
Robert F. Grondine
Supporters
Asian Corporate Governance Association
CFA Society Japan
Entrepreneurship (STAJE)
Sunrise Advisors Co., Ltd.
Harmony Jinzai, Inc.
METRICAL INC
Codrington Corporate Governance Japan
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ)
The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)
Stanford Project on Japanese
Rikkyo Institute for Business Law Studies
Kazutaka Kuroda（Executive Committee Member, Japan Sustainable Investment Forum）
Kenta Kumagai（Attorney）
Takehiro Nakagawa（Attorney）
Founding Sponsors
Allen T. Atchley Representative Director/CEO, Premier Asset Management Company
Vicki L. Beyer (Professor of Law, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University)
Masataka Ueda（Individual）
Takaaki EguchiTakaaki Eguchi（Individual）
K.K. Curtis Herron
Dai Kimura （Inividual）
Glen S. Wood (Individual)
Akio Sashida (Individual)
Akihisa Shiozaki (Attorney, Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematau)
Tadao Suzuki (Former Chairman of Mercian Corporation)
Takaya Seki (Managing Director, Corporate Practice Partners, Inc.; Lecturer, Meiji Univ., Graduate School of Global Business)
Daniel Bernstein (President and CEO, Bel Fuse Inc.)
Shinya Tsujimoto (Individual)
Thierry Porte (Individual)
The Law Offices of David A. Makman
Yuuichiro Nakajima (Managing Partner at Crimson Phoenix K.K.)
Koichiro Naganuma (Executive Director and Chairman of the Board, Asatsu-DK Inc.)
Kazuo Noda (Chairman, Japan Research Institute)
Barrett O’Neill (Individual)
Koichiro Hayashi ()
Bradford Walters (Individual)
Helen Dulik (Individual)
Makito Hamada (President and Representative Director, Harry Winston Japan K.K.)
Takayuki Fujii (Individual, Manager of a manufacturing company in Japan)
Kyoji Fukao (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University; Faculty Fellow, RIETI)
Hajime Matsuura (Director of Corporate Engagement Senior japan Equity Specialist)
Royanne K. Doi (Outside Director, Gojo & Company, Inc.)
Other Supporters
Inquiries regarding donations
Tel: 03-6432-2337
Email: info@bdti.or.jp