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Osamu Abe
Chief of Staff, Asia Pacific
MUFG Bank Ltd
Mr. Osamu Abe was appointed Chief of Staff for Asia Pacific for MUFG Bank in May 2025. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for managing the safety and soundness of the bank’s branch operations — which include risk, compliance, and regulatory matters — across 17 markets in South-east Asia, East Asia (including China), South Asia (including India) and Oceania.
Prior to the current appointment, Mr. Abe was CEO and board member of Mars Equity M.C. Pte. Ltd. where he oversaw launch of investment activity at the $500-million growth equity fund based in Singapore. He also served as the board member of Mars Growth Capital, a startup debt fund with total commitment of $1 billion. Mr. Abe will continue to serve on the Boards of the two entities.
Mr. Abe has over 28 years of extensive experience in corporate & investment banking through senior postings across MUFG’s global network. When he relocated to Singapore in 2023, Mr. Abe was appointed Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking (GCIB) for Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for managing MUFG’s global corporate client portfolio and oversaw all governance and control aspects of this business across the region.
Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of the Bank’s GCIB Planning Division in Tokyo, a position he held since 2019. He was a senior member of MUFG Americas’ GCIB Planning Division in New York in 2017 where he supported the implementation of the region’s strategic plan and drove key initiatives. Mr. Abe also held roles with the Human Resources Office and Global Planning Division’s Strategic Planning department in Tokyo, and Global Credit Liaison.
He began his career in 1997 with the then Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi’s Nihonbashi Corporate Banking Office, followed by his first overseas assignment in 2001 with the European Business Division in London.
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11:05–11:35午前木 26 2月Experts DialogueMain Stage, Bellesalle B2Open
Roadmap for AI and Quantum
Agentic AI and the Future‑Ready Workforce: Empowering Talent, Inclusion, and Sustainable Growth | エージェント型AIと未来志向の人材戦略──人材育成、多様性、持続的成長をどう実現するか
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Prof. Chia Tek YewAdjunct ProfessorNUS - Asian Institute of Digital Finance
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Leiming ChenSenior Vice President & Chief Sustainability OfficerAnt International
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Osamu AbeChief of Staff, Asia PacificMUFG Bank Ltd
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Navin SuriManaging Director, Financial Services, Asia-PacificAccentureModerator
About this session
As Japan and other financial centers accelerate toward AI‑driven and digital asset‑enabled economies, the decisive factor for sustainable growth will be people. This dialogue explores how financial institutions can cultivate future‑ready, inclusive talent capable of innovating responsibly and operating across cultures and regulatory systems. Speakers will discuss approaches to developing data‑literate leaders, bridging academia and industry, and creating adaptive, diverse teams that balance automation with meaningful human contribution. The session also highlights how cross‑sector collaboration and inclusive workforce models can ensure digital transformation benefits businesses of all sizes and the wider economy.
日本および世界の主要な金融センターがAI主導型でデジタル資産を基盤とする経済の実現を目指すなかでも、持続的な成長を左右する決定的な要素が「人」であることには変わりありません。本セッションでは、金融機関がいかにして、責任あるイノベーションを推進し、異なる文化や規制環境を横断して活躍できる、未来志向で包摂的な人材を育成していけるのかを探ります。
本セッションでは、データリテラシーを備えたリーダーの育成、学術界と産業界の連携強化、そして自動化と人間の意義ある役割を両立させる、柔軟で多様性のあるチームづくりの方策について議論します。さらに、分野横断的な連携や包摂的な人材モデルが、デジタル・トランスフォーメーションの効果をあらゆる規模の企業、そして経済全体へと広げていくうえでどのような役割を果たすのかを明らかにします。 -
