Beginning in August 2022, Fukuoka Prefecture Gov. has commissioned six individuals who are at the forefront of the international financial community to serve as “International Advisors of Fukuoka Prefecture Government” to provide advice on prefecture’s efforts to attract international financial functions to Fukuoka and to conduct promotional activities for financial institutions around the world

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Alison Birch, Director and COO, Head of Fukuoka Office of State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd., one of the world’s leading financial institutions, as our seventh new advisor, effective February 19th, 2025.

(From left to right) Katsuji Kohara, Chairman of Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly（Advisor for TEAM FUKUOKA）、Alison Birch, New Advisor、Seitaro Hattori, Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture、Kazuyuki Miyuki, Director General of Department of Commerce and Industry