Toru Masuda

CEO at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment Co., Ltd

Speaker

He is CEO of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment Co., LTD., and Board of Directors of SumitomoMitsui Trust (Hong Kong) Limited. He has over 20 years of experience in the private equityindustry and has been deeply involved in all phases of the firm’s business developmentregarding Private Equity since 2000. Today, He directs the group’s PE/Infrastructure strategy,investment decisions, and client relationships, in addition to overseeing the group’s continuedexpansion into new product areas in the asset management business. Before he engaged in PEBusiness, he was a professional at the merger and acquisition advisory team in Tokyo andLondon. He graduated from Osaka University, Faculty of Economics in 1988 and joined TheSumitomo Trust & Banking Co.