TIFFE's New Chairman and Chief Executive

The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (TIFFE) announces that Jiro Saito is inaugurated today as Chairman and Chief Executive of TIFFE at the 11th general meeting. Saito, 64, a former Administrative Vice Minister of Ministry of Finance, is succeeding Hiroshi Yoshimoto, who is stepping down today.

The new TIFFE management is as follows:

Chairman and Chief Executive	Jiro Saito
Senior Managing Director	Takao Hotta
Managing Director	Takashi Murakami
Executive Auditor	Noriyasu Kagomiya

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