Saori Takada is a Director at SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., based in the United States. She assumed this role in January 2024. Prior to this, she served as Vice President - Securitized Products Origination at Mizuho from April 2017 to January 2024.

Saori's career in finance began at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, where she worked as an Analyst from April 2007 to April 2011. She then joined SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. as an Assistant Vice President - Securitization, a position she held from May 2011 to June 2016.

Saori also gained experience early in her career as an Intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 2005. She is currently based in New York, New York.