Saori works on strategy and action development on sustainability at The Norinchukin Bank. The Bank has strategies and sets actions towards net-zero and nature positive, and her work currently focuses on developing risk management, engagement and sustainable finance strategies.

Before joining The Bank, she worked for Financial Services Agency of Japan, where she participated in global policy discussions and dialogues on sustainable finance. She also worked for the Japan Research Institute, a Japanese major think-tank, at which she led research and consulting projects on environmental finance.

Saori earned M.A. in Sociology at American University in Washington, D.C. and B.A. in Political Science at Keio University.