Naomi Takegoshi joined JIAM in May 2019 and FinCity.Tokyo in October 2019 after a 25 year long career
at the British Embassy in Tokyo in supporting UK companies develop their business in Japan in a wide
range of industries (consumer goods, financial services, business services, tech etc) with an aspiration to
bring her experiences to contribute to the internationalisation of Tokyo. In her work to promote UK
financial services and fintech in Japan, she built an extensive network of contacts both in Japan and in the
UK. She also works for SUM series events organised by Nikkei to develop overseas contents for their
events. Prior to her career at the UK Embassy, she worked as Researcher for the think tank division of
MKI (Mitsui Knowledge Industry), BA Economics, Keio University