Masafumi Yamamoto is chief currency strategist at Mizuho Securities. Using his experience at a central bank and domestic and overseas financial institutions, he analyzes and forecasts the foreign exchange market from a global perspective. After working for the Bank of Japan in foreign exchange market intervention transactions, foreign exchange market research, and European economic and financial market research, he moved to the sell-side. He worked as a chief foreign-exchange strategist for Barclays Bank and other overseas financial institutions, as representative director of an investment advisory agency that conducts foreign exchange market research, and senior strategist at Monex. He has held his current position since November 2015. He graduated from International Christian University in 1995.
