Takeshi Fukushima, former Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd., was appointed as the first CIO (Chief Investment Officer) at the University of Tokyo. CIO refers to an executive officer (fund management).In order to expand fund management in the future, investment professionals are invited to the university, and they are responsible for securing the budget that is essential for establishing the management foundation of the University of Tokyo.
According to the University of Tokyo, after graduating from Sophia University's Faculty of Letters, Mr. Fukushima studied at Columbia Business School in New York, USA, and obtained an MBA (Master of Business Administration).He has been involved in investment work at Nikko Securities Investment Trust Management, Deutsche Trust Bank, Parkwest Investment, GI Capital Management, etc., and has been Director and Chief Investment Officer at BlackRock Japan since 2016.
The University of Tokyo has been focusing on fund management using donations as a source of funds in order to secure stable management funds as the government's operating expenses subsidies are tapering off, and since 2018 has been working to improve its management. .In the future, we plan to expand operations, but what is necessary for that is the establishment of a risk governance system that can respond to environmental changes in the global market.For this reason, we invited Mr. Fukushima, an operation professional.
