Nobuyasu Sugimoto

Deputy Division Chief, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Mr. Nobuyasu Sugimoto is a Deputy Division Chief of Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, Monetary & Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund. He joined the IMF from the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) in October 2012, where his experience covers banks, insurance and securities. In the IMF, he has contributed to MCM surveillance, policy, and technical assistance work in the areas of supervision and regulation of insurance, securities, and fintech. This work has included assessments of regulatory frameworks in FSAPs; contributions to GFSR chapters including the recent chapter on private credit; Fintech Notes on regulation of BigTech, unbacked crypto, and stablecoin and arrangements; and many technical assistance missions. He is also actively contributing to standard setting bodies (including FSB, BCBS and IOSCO) and served as the vice chair of Solvency and Actuarial Issues Subcommittee of the IAIS from 2007 to 2009. He holds a Master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University (MBA).