Hidekazu Ishida is EMP Special Advisor of FinCity.Tokyo
Mr. Ishida advises on FinCity.Tokyo’s Emerging Manager program which promotes new and growing investment managers in Japan. He brings his 15 years experience as investment officer of Osaka Gas Corporate Pension Fund, where he implemented endowment-style portfolio strategy, producing 4.3% per annum for the 15 years ending March 2015. He holds BA in political science from University of Tokyo, MBA from Stanford Business School and Ph.D. in Management Science from Kyoto University. After taking an early retirement from Osaka Gas in 2016, he held a number of research positions at Research Institute of Capital Formation of DBJ and at FSA institute in addition to advising on a number of asset managers including Rheos Capitalworks (TSE 7330) and Mercuria (TSE 7347).