Masa Hiraga

Masa joined CSI’s board of directors in 2019 and is based in St. Louis. Prior to, he was general manager of international business unit at Tokyo Century. He has also worked at Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank., Ltd., mainly in the corporate finance, institutional banking and treasury management, and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (equivalent to the State Department in the U.S.), where he was in charge of economic cooperation and Official Development Assistance.

In addition to St. Louis, he has worked in Los Angeles for six years, New York for one year, and London for three and a half years. He was licensed as a financial professional by the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority)/PRA (Prudential Regulation Authority) as a SM&CR (The Senior Managers and Certification Regime) while working in London.

Masa received a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Waseda University in Tokyo in 1989.