Yumi Baba

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Deputy Director, Office of Policy Coordination for IT Risk, Cybersecurity and Economic Security

Yumi Baba is Deputy Director of the Office of Policy Coordination for IT Risk, Cybersecurity, and Economic Security at the Financial Services Agency (FSA), Government of Japan. She leads work on cybersecurity risks in the financial sector, including the FSA's frontier AI initiatives and efforts to strengthen the resilience of Japanese financial institutions against AI-enabled threats. She also engages in international policy discussions through the G7 and other multilateral fora. Previously, she served in a range of financial supervisory and policymaking roles, including at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., and Japan's Ministry of Finance.