Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has appointed Naoto Komoro as head of its Japan office, effective immediately.
Komoro will continue performing his current role as head of institutional client group in Japan. He also becomes representative director and chair of the board of Northern Trust Global Investments, subject to regulatory approval.
Komoro will report to John McCareins, head of international, NTAM, and Bert Rebelo, head of institutional client group, Asia-Pacific, NTAM.
Since joining Northern Trust in 2007, Komoro has worked in senior roles across portfolio management, client management and sales in the firm’s London and Tokyo offices.
Prior to NTAM, he spent six years at Mizuho Trust & Banking Co as a fund manager for the passive and quantitative investment management department.
He is a chartered member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan and Certified International Investment Analysts.
