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FundForum Asia
29-30 September, 2026
Marina Bay Sands Convention Center, Singapore

David Semaya
Executive Chairman at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management
Speaker

Profile

David Semaya first visited Japan in 1978 as a student.

Currently he is executive chairman of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management, a role he took up in May 2018.

Previously, he was executive chairman of Nikko Asset Management, a role he took up in 2014. Earlier roles included head of Wealth Management UK & Ireland at Barclays, CEO of Europe and Asia (Ex-Japan) at BGI (now BlackRock), president and CEO at BGI Japan, and president at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in Japan.