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 who have donated more than 300,000 per year on average since they first donated to BDTI.
Sustaining Donors
| Aberdeen Standard Investments (Japan) Limited | |
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| Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. | |
| Asset Value Investors Ltd | |
| Baillie Gifford & Co. | |
| CLSA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. | |
| Cornwall Capital | |
| Cosmo Public Relations | |
| Dalton Advisory K.K. | |
| Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited | |
| Franklin Templeton | |
| Give2Asia | |
| Hibiki Path Advisors Pte. Ltd. (“Hibiki”) | |
| Hup Jin Goh | |
| Independent Franchise Partners, LLP | |
| Kathy Matsui | |
| Katsuya Debari | |
| Masaki Gotoh | Misaki Capital Inc. Partner |
| Misaki Capital Inc. | |
| New Horizon Capital Co., Ltd. | |
| Oasis | |
| Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc. | |
| TANABE & PARTNERS | |
| Third Point LLC | |
| Tsuyoshi Maruki | |
| Usonian Investments LLC | |
| Major Public Pension Fund | |
| Institutional Investor (US$6 Bln AUM) | |
| Anonymous | Fund Manager |
| Anonymous | Board Member |
| Nicholas Benes | Representative Director, BDTI |
| Other Special Sponsors (Donated more than 300,000 Yen at least once) |
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| Advisory Research, Inc. | |
| CCCJ | The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan |
| La Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) | |
| Chubb Group (Federal Insurance) | |
| Donald Kanak | |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) | |
| Fidelity International (フィデリティ投信株式会社) | |
| Ichigo Asset Management, Ltd. | |
| Indus Capital Partners, LLC | |
| James R. Weisser | |
| Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited | |
| Matthews International Capital Management, LLC | |
| Robert F. Grondine | Former Partner Lawyer, White & Case L.L.P., Tokyo, Japan |
| Russell Investments | |
| Sayoko Matsumoto | Individual |
| Seishi Ikeda | Partner, Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) |
| Shearman & Sterling LLP | |
| State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. | |
| Symphony Financial Partners | |
| Anonymous | Chairman, Asian Operations (Financial Institution) |
| Anonymous | Fund Manager (Individual) |
| Anonymous | Partner, Japanese Law Firm |
| Anonymous | Teacher (Individual) |
| Anonymous | Investment Advisory Firm |
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) | |
| 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
| Advantest Corporation |
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| Anritsu Corporation |
| Azbil Corporation |
| Brain Center Inc. |
| Dalton Advisory KK |
| Farallon Capital Japan LLC |
| Lone Alpha Capital Management Pte. Ltd. |
| Marathon London Tokyo Office |
| Natixis Japan Securities Co., Ltd |
| Orbis Investments K.K. |
| Pelargos Capital B.V. |
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 | Global Legal, Ethics & Compliance Adviser, Yamaha Corporation |
| 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.
