Kuniyuki Shudo

Executive Chairman

Kuniyuki Shudo

Executive Chairman

Overview

Kuniyuki Shudo was appointed Executive Chairman of Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nikko AM) effective April 2025.

Prior to joining Nikko AM, Shudo built an extensive career in global business at The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd.) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.) since joining the former in 1984.

He has over 30 years of experience in the global banking as well as asset management and services business, giving him outstanding knowledge of global management standards. He has served as President and Chairman of the Board of Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. (U.S.A.) (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (U.S.A.)), and later General Manager of Global Business Planning and Coordination Department at the global head office in Tokyo. He then became Executive Officer responsible for the Bank’s overall business in the U.S. in the capacity of Regional Executive for the Americas and General Manager of New York Branch. Shudo then went on to become Managing Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and had overall responsibility for the Bank’s global business activities. He also held global business management positions at the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group as Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. In June 2019, he became a member of the Board of Directors of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. and a member of its Audit Committee. He provides insight into supervising the status of business execution from a fair and objective standpoint.

Shudo graduated from Hitotsubashi University in March 1984, majoring in Law and International Relations, and holds a Master in Law Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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