Junko Kubokawa
BCCJ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion at Croda Japan K.KJunko Kubokawa is a Representative Director & President of Croda Japan K.K. headquartered in Tokyo with production & R&D site in Shiga. Croda Japan, established in 1966, is a Japanese subsidiary of Croda International Plc.
Junko is a member of Executive Committee of British Chamber of Commerce in Japan focusing on DEI; a Vice Chairman of Japan Cosmetic Suppliers Association, and a Vice President of INSEAD Alumni Association Japan and co-lead for its Women in Business Club.
Junko joined Croda Japan in 2014 as Sales & Marketing Director, before assuming the current role in 2017.
Annie Ma
Head of Structuring at BarclaysAnnie Ma is a board member and the Head of Structuring of Barclays Funds and Advisory Japan Limited, which is the asset management business of Barclays Bank in Japan. As the Head of Structuring, Annie is responsible for fund product development and product origination since relocating to Tokyo from London in 2014. Annie joined Barclays in 2007, and since then she was responsible for development of multi-asset class absolute return-seeking strategies and management of multiple European UCITS funds, working in the London, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. As a co-chair of Barclays Japan’s Women’s network, Annie is passionate about building an inclusive culture for women in the financial industry. Annie graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Mathematics and she is also a CFA Charterholder.
Yuki Miura
Head of Partners, APAC at LSEGYuki Miura is the Partnerships Director of the Tokyo office of LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, headquartered in London. She has been developing new business opportunities by working with partner companies to enhance solutions and provide better customer experiences.
Yuki has a strong passion to be an agent for change as a female leader. This is based on her experience of inequity whilst seeking job opportunities as a new female graduate, and also her experiences working in an androcentric business society. The trilingual MBA graduate always tries to inspire and encourage juniors to speak up and seek equity in career progression.
Networking and bringing people together comes naturally to Yuki and she firmly believes that the women's network is a driving force in order to change Japanese society and culture. When she worked as an ex-pat in China in 2013, she started a monthly professional community because there was a limited number of Japanese women ex-pats. The connections made through the community supported the members' work and life overseas, and her successors still run the monthly event today. Last year, Yuki created a new network with D&I leaders group alongside many major Japanese financial organisations and hosted a global networking event that helped many female leaders connect with each other and strengthen their unity for progress.