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.
BDTI is extremely grateful for the generous financial support which has been extended by its “Special Sponsors”, each of whom has donated ￥300,000 or more – sometimes significantly more. In this group, “Sustaining Donors” are those sponsors which have donated more than 300,000 per year on average since they first donated to BDTI, or have purchased three corporate membership units (300,000) on average since they first became a corporate member.
Sustaining Donors
| Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. | |
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| 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. | |
| Swiss Institute of Directors | |
| TANABE & PARTNERS | |
| The James Irvine Foundation | |
| Daizo Motoyoshi | |
| Hup Jin Goh | |
| Kathy Matsui | |
| Nicholas Benes | Representative Director, BDTI |
| Tsuyoshi Maruki | |
| “Purchased three corporate membership units on average) | |
| Lazard Asset Management | |
| Pension Fund Association | |
| Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. | |
| “Special Sponsors” (Donated more than 300,000 Yen at least once) |
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| abrdn | |
| Advisory Research, Inc. | |
| Asset Value Investors Ltd | |
| Cosmo Public Relations | |
| Cornwall Capital | |
| La Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) | |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) | |
| Fidelity International (フィデリティ投信株式会社) | |
| Franklin Templeton | |
| Hibiki Path Advisors Pte. Ltd. (“Hibiki”) | |
| Ichigo Asset Management, Ltd. | |
| Indus Capital Partners, LLC | |
| Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited | |
| Matthews International Capital Management, LLC | |
| Morant Wright Management | |
| Morrow Sodali | |
| New Horizon Capital Co., Ltd. | |
| QuestHub | |
| Russell Investments | |
| Shearman & Sterling LLP | |
| State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. | |
| Symphony Financial Partners | |
| Third Point LLC | |
| Donald Kanak | |
| James R. Weisser | |
| Julian Bashore | |
| Katsuya Debari | |
| Masaki Gotoh | |
| Robert F. Grondine | Former Partner Lawyer, White & Case L.L.P., Tokyo, Japan |
| Sayoko Matsumoto | Individual |
| Seishi Ikeda | Partner, Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) |
Supporters
Supporters are persons or organizations which support BDTI and its mission in a variety of non-financial ways, ranging from the exchange of research and information; provision of services, networking and introductions to find donors; training program customers and other supporters; and other forms of cooperation.
| The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) | |
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| Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) | |
| The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) | |
| CFA Society Japan | |
| Codrington Corporate Governance Japan | |
| Harmony Jinzai, Inc. | |
| METRICAL INC | |
| Rikkyo Institute for Business Law Studies | |
| Stanford Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship (STAJE) | |
| Sunrise Advisors Co., Ltd. | |
| Kenta Kumagai | Attorney |
| Kazutaka Kuroda | Executive Committee Member, Japan Sustainable Investment Forum |
| Takehiro Nakagawa | Attorney |
Corporate Participating Members
| Acropolis Advisors |
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| Advantest Corporation |
| Anritsu Corporation |
| Azbil Corporation |
| CLSA |
| Dalton Advisory KK |
| Farallon Capital Japan LLC |
| IMAGICA GROUP Inc. |
| Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. |
| Lazard Asset Management |
| Marathon Asset Management LLP |
| Misaki Capital Inc. |
| Panasonic Corporation |
| Pension Fund Association |
| Ricoh Japan |
| Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. |
| Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
| Virtuous Capital LLC |
Founding Sponsors
BDTI is also extremely grateful for the generous financial support which has been extended by the following “Founding Sponsors”. Thank you very much!
| Allen T. Atchley | Representative Director/CEO, Premier Asset Management Company |
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| Daniel Bernstein | President and CEO, Bel Fuse Inc. |
| Vicki L. Beyer | Professor of Law, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University |
| Royanne K. Doi | Outside Director, Gojo & Company, Inc. |
| Helen Dulik | Individual |
| Takaaki Eguchi | Individual |
| Takayuki Fujii | Individual, Manager of a manufacturing company in Japan |
| Kyoji Fukao | Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University; Faculty Fellow, RIETI |
| Makito Hamada | Professor, Rikkyo Univ., Business Administration; Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin; Chairman ACFE Japan |
| Koichiro Hayashi | Former President, Institute of Information Security |
| Dai Kimura | Individual |
| David A. Makman | Law Offices of David Makman |
| Hajime Matsuura | Director of Corporate Engagement Senior japan Equity Specialist |
| Koichiro Naganuma | Executive Director and Chairman of the Board, Asatsu-DK Inc. |
| Yuuichiro Nakajima | Managing Partner at Crimson Phoenix K.K. |
| Kazuo Noda | Chairman, Japan Research Institute |
| Barrett O’Neill | Individual |
| Thierry Porte | Operating Partner, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC |
| Akio Sashida | Regular member, The CFA Society of Japan Inc. |
| Takaya Seki | Managing Director, Corporate Practice Partners, Inc.; Lecturer, Meiji Univ., Graduate School of Global Business |
| Akihisa Shiozaki | Attorney, Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematau |
| Tadao Suzuki | Former Chairman of Mercian Corporation |
| Shinya Tsujimoto | Individual |
| Masataka Ueda | Individual |
| Bradford Walters | Individual |
| K.K. Curtis Herron | Corporate Training Firm |
| Glen S. Wood | Global Financial Analyst, Author, Media Contributor |
These are of course only the names of the donors which we are permitted to disclose at this time. (In fact, BDTI was supported by over 250 founding sponsors in total.) Therefore, we would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to those other parties who have made anonymous contributions not listed here.
Other Supporters
