Satoshi Izumihara is Deputy Director for International Capital Markets Regulation, Office of International Affairs of the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA).

Following a number of years practicing as a financial litigator in Tokyo, he worked in an investment firm in London to oversee the implementation process of MiFID 2/R and related regulatory requirements in the firm; he also examined the extraterritorial effect of these regulations on Japanese industry. He is now in charge of IOSCO matters and cross-border regulatory issues between Japan and the EU.