Keiko began her career with the Daiwa Securities Group in April 1986, following her graduation fromWaseda University with a BA in Political Science. She received an MBA from Stanford University in 1991 and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2011. She has held various positions at Daiwa, including overseas assignments in Singapore, London and New York. In Japan, in addition to her role as Head of Investor Relations between 1999 and 2005, she spent six years (2005-2011) in the retail division of the Group, expanding the non-branch channel (online and call center) and defining a business model for the Group’s retail operations. She held the position of Senior Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities for two years (2011-2013) before serving as Executive Managing Director and Chairwoman of Daiwa Capital Markets America from 2013-16. Ms. Tashiro was appointed Senior Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Group, Head of Overseas Operations in April 2016 and Deputy President in April 2019. She is also a member of the “Council for Promoting the SDGs in the Securities Industry” at The Japan Securities Dealers Association.She currently serves as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Financial and Monetary Systems.