Press Release - Mr. Thierry Porté
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Thierry
Porté joins the Japan-US Friendship Commission and US-Japan Conference on
Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) as Chairman.
Thierry Porté is the President
and CEO of Shinsei Bank, Limited. He joined Shinsei Bank in November 2003 as
Vice Chairman and became Vice Chairman and Director in June 2004. Prior to
joining Shinsei Bank in November 2003, he was a Managing Director of Morgan
Stanley and served as President, Representative Director and Branch Manager of
Morgan Stanley Japan. Over the course of a 22 year career at Morgan Stanley,
Mr. Porté held various positions in capital markets, corporate finance and
management in New York, London and Tokyo.
In 2002-2003, Mr. Porté served as a member of the Invest Japan Forum, a private sector committee which
provided recommendations to Prime Minister Koizumi for the promotion of foreign
direct investment in Japan. He served as Vice President and Governor of the
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan from 2000 through 2003. He is a member of
the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the American
School in Japan. Mr. Porté currently serves as President of the Harvard Club of
Japan. He is currently a member of the Harvard Business School Visiting
Committee and participates on a number of Harvard boards and advisory
committees.
Mr. Porté received a BA (
magna
cum laude) in Economics from Harvard College in 1978 and is a Baker Scholar
graduate of the Harvard Business School, class of 1982.
