Hitoshi Asano

Background

About Hitoshi Asano

Asano is a seasoned IT executive with both global and domestic experience in Japan. Asano has brought repeated success in building and delivering DX/IT strategies and solutions aligned with business goals during his career at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and ABeam Consulting Ltd. Further, he has demonstrated distinguished leadership in all aspects of IT management and execution from system planning, risk management, development to operations. a. DX and IT Vision/Strategy Creation based upon Industry Agenda Ability to draw vison and To-Be model by leading discussion with CxOs, business and IT stakeholders and create DX/IT strategy for the realization-Global IT Vision/Strategy for Asia, EMEA and US to support global business growth-DX initiative assessment and creation of Strategy using technology such as voice recognition, data analysis and etc. b. Vision/Strategy Realization including Project Initiation and Management Ability to initiate and accomplish projects to realize the vision and strategy -Based upon the Global IT Strategy, established IT RHQ in Singapore and executed regional IT strategy from DC/Infrastructure to standardized application to drive business growth-Launched banking software licensing business at MUFG by establishing the common platform for regional banks, which generated JPY2B annual profit for MUFG. c. Execution Leadership for System Planning, Risk Management, Development and Operation Ability to lead all aspects of Banking IT including hands-on leadership based upon actual on-site experiences of PM, BA and systems engineer as well as understandings of IT trends -Managed USD500M level annual budget IT project portfolio as the head of Global IT-Led interaction with the Regulators such as FSA/BOJ/MAS/FED for on-site inspection, incident reporting and any regulatory related matters. d. DX/IT Organization Management and Leadership Ability to manage IT large organization consists of multiple nationalities. Proactive leadership to lead the organization to realize the vision and achieve the goals -Established and managed Asian Regional Headquarter IT organization as the Regional CIO supervising 200 staff, overseeing all aspects of IT organization from visioning to execution-Created new Management Framework for the merged division with 7,500 staff between Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank, and served as the head of CIO Office.