Mr. Sasaki joined the Ministry of Finance, Japan in 1983 and then spent more than 20 years at Financial Services Agency (FSA) Japan as Director General of Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC), Director General of Certified Public Accountants and Audit Oversight Board (CPAAOB) as well as Director General of Department of Strategy Development and Management. His professional experiences and expertise cover prudential risk management, compliance/conduct risk management, oversight of misconducts in financial markets, internal and external audit functions, corporate governance, digital transformation (DX)　and sustainability. He also has lots of experience on the international front, including working experiences at OECD and IMF. After leaving FSA in July 2019, he is currently working as Visiting Professor at National Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Business Administration in charge of programs for global financial regulation and oversight. Graduated from University of Tokyo （Law Degress）in 1983.