Redesigning Finance: Monex Group’s Bold Leap into the Future

Redesigning Finance:
Monex Group’s Bold Leap into the Future

Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 12:45 – 1:45 PM (Lunch will be provided)
Room 570, Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School (map)
(645 West 130th Street, New York, NY 10027)

Notes: This event is limited to Columbia Business School community members, alums, and CJEB affiliates. The event is part of CJEB’s Japanese Management Leadership Program.

Featuring:

Yuko Seimei

Member of the Board; Representative Executive Officer; Chief Executive Officer, Monex Group, Inc.

Moderator:

David E. Weinstein

Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University

Cosponsor: Columbia Women in Business, Columbia Business School

About the event:

Monex Group has evolved by embracing technological change—from the Internet to blockchain—while continually challenging convention to stay one step ahead of the future. Now over 25 years since its founding, the company is boldly transforming its business portfolio to ensure long-term, sustainable growth. As finance moves toward a Blend-Fi model that combines traditional and decentralized elements, AI and globalization will further redefine the multi-asset landscape. In Japan, capital markets are shifting with stronger corporate governance and inflation-driven opportunities, requiring bold, risk-taking leadership. As a successor CEO with a design-thinking leadership style, Ms. Seimei is focused on driving three core transformations and building a team ready to carry Monex Group into its next generation. She will discuss Monex Group’s visionary management and bold business portfolio transformation, the future of finance, and Japan's capital markets, as well as reflecting on her career and leadership journey.

Biography:

Yuko Seimei received her BA in Economics from Kyoto University in 2001. She began her career at The Sanwa Bank, Ltd. (now MUFJ Bank, Ltd.), and joined MKS Partners Limited, a private equity fund, in December 2006. In February 2009, she joined Monex Hambrecht, Inc., where she was appointed President and Representative Director in 2011. She has been President of Monex, Inc. since April 2019 and was appointed Representative Executive Officer of Monex Group, Inc. in January 2020. She has served as a Member of the board, Representative Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Monex Group, Inc. since June 2021. Since June 2023, she has served as a Member of the Board, Representative Executive Officer, and Chief Executive Officer of Monex Group, Inc.

Admission and Contact:

You must register to attend this event in person.

Special Notes:

● This event is limited to Columbia Business School community members, alums, and CJEB affiliates.

● The event will not be livestreamed.

● Please be advised that this event may be photographed, so your image may appear on our website later. If this is an issue, please let us know.

● Please bring a government-issued ID or Columbia University ID to access Columbia Business School.

If you have questions about the event, please contact us at cjeb@gsb.columbia.edu.

When

November 13th, 2025 from 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM

Location

645 West 130th Street
Geffen Hall Room 570
New York, NY NY
United States

CENTER ON JAPANESE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS (CJEB)

Established at Columbia Business School in 1986 under the direction of its founder, Professor Hugh Patrick, and led currently by its director, Professor David E. Weinstein, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) promotes knowledge and understanding of Japanese business and economics in an international context. CJEB is a research organization widely recognized for its vigorous research activities, international symposia, conferences, and lectures, held in New York City and Tokyo, which provide prominent speakers from the public and private sectors a forum for collaboration and reflection on Japan, the United States, and the global economy. For more information, visit business.columbia.edu/cjeb.