ATSUMASA TOCHISAKO

President and Chief Executive Officer

Prior to founding Microfinance International, Mr. Tochisako spent 27 years in various operational and representative positions with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, including 12 years as a manager and officer in Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama.

He retired from the Bank as Chief Representative of its Washington, D.C. office, having previously served the company in management roles spanning virtually every operational theater, including reorganizing and reviving major Japanese trading companies as well as overseeing international syndicated loans, foreign exchange operations, overseas offices, corporate planning, and negotiations with large corporate and governmental entities.

Mr. Tochisako has received numerous awards and recognition for his ground-breaking social entrepreneurship since launching MFIC in 2003, among them honors from the Schwab Foundation, BusinessWeek, Newsweek Japan, and Ashoka.

He received his M.B.A. from George Washington University, after earning his B.A. in International Trade and Commerce from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan and studying at the Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico.