Hidenori Suezawa graduated from the School of Law at Osaka University in 1984 and joined Mitsui Bank where he worked as a bond dealer and bond seller from 1986. After working as a senior strategist at Sakura Securities, head of financial market research at Daiwa Securities SMBC, and head of financial market research at SMBC Nikko Securities, he became a financial and fiscal analyst in 2013. He currently serves as a member of the Fiscal System Council, the Study Group on Government Debt Management, and the Municipal Debt Research Committee.