Profile of President

Profile of President

Kuni Umi Asset Managemant Co. Ltd.
President & CEO
Yasuyo Yamazaki

Profile
President of enterprise and consulting firm of Kuni Umi Group and NPO.
Direct infrastructure whose main business is renewable energy development Research of finance, global economic issues and integrated policies for sustainable societies Advocate and realize Sun-Based Economy

Published books
1982 B.A. degree in economics, University of Tokyo
1988 M.B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Apr. 1989 Joined Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.
Responsible for marketing various products including swaps, derivatives, securitized products,
mutual funds, mortgage-backed securities, pension fund management.
1989 Launched the first Japanese mutual fund invested in mortgage-backed securities, Asset Backed Securities
1991 Won the Nikkei Finance Daily’s Best Commodity Prize for the fund.
Jan. 1994 Joined Goldman Sachs & Co.. Launched Goldman’s asset management business in Japan.
Held General Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co. and President & CEO, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Japan (until Mar. 2002)
・Raised $30billion within two years after establishment to make GS as the number one foreign-based asset management company in Japan.
・Obtained consecutive No.1 on ranking global investment section of Nikkei Financial Newspaper
・Launched the first consumer marketing in Goldman Sachs and developed PR: advertisements, publications, seminars and TV program and won Nikkei Advertisement Grand Prix (1999)
・Organized opinions and inclusive requests for pension reform in Japan acting as representative of committee for investment issues of the US Chamber of Commerce at Japan-U.S. Framework Talks(1994-1995)
・ Appointed as one of the leading fund managers of Government Pension Investment Fund, GPIF which is the one of the world’s biggest pension funds and was entrusted by eight companies out of Japanese top 10 corporate pension in only one year after launching investment advisory business.
May. 2002 Representative, Yamazaki Associates.
Established the office and engaged in research, surveys and proposing activities on finance and international economic issues
May. 2008 President, Japan Core Partner Inc.
Feb. 2009 President, Sun-Based Economy Association
Oct. 2009 Appointed as an advisor of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Resigned in Sep.2010)
Dec. 2009 President, Research Institute for Growth Strategy Inc.
Feb. 2012 President & CEO, Kuni Umi Asset Management
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