Hiroyuki Shoji

Nippon Life Global Investors Americas, Inc. (NLGIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as NLI International, Inc. in 1987 and they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nippon Life Insurance Co. (NLI), a Tokyo-based insurance conglomerate. NLGIA provides investment management services to NLI and its affiliates through investment funds and sub-funds and special purpose investment vehicles (SPVs).

Deutsche Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. (DeAM-JP) is the Japanese fund management branch of Deutsche Asia Pacific Holdings Pte Ltd., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) in Germany. Established in 1985, the firm is located in Tokyo and provides a full range of asset management products and fund management services for individual and institutional investors including public and private pension funds. The Tokyo team manages domestic and overseas public and private pension funds for institutional clients, outsources the management of other funds and distributes a range of mutual funds for retail investors. They are a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code) which seeks to promote sustainable growth of companies through investment and dialogue.