Yu Shimizu

Mr. Yu Shimizu is a Director, Chief Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager at Cadira Capital Management Co Ltd.
He has over 21 years of experience in portfolio management and financial analysis, and over 11 years of experience in managing his Japanese Sustainable Equity Investment Strategy, with a strong track record of outperforming the broad Japanese equity market while achieving advanced integration of sustainability considerations.
Mr. began his career in 1998 at Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.
He then worked at two Japanese asset management firms as an analyst until he joined SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd.
in 2005 as an analyst and gained experience under a variety of Japanese listed equity strategies including small & mid cap strategy and quality growth strategy.
He graduated from Keio University with a B.A.
in Law.