Asami Oikawa

Asami Oikawa, CFA, currently serves as Vice President of Asia Pacific Relationship Management (Japan) at Ares Management Corporation, following a progression from Senior Associate in the same department since September 2022. Prior experience includes serving as Associate in US Equity Sales (Japan Desk) at Mizuho and Research Assistant at JETRO USA. As Senior Sales Manager at TPO Inc., client development was a focus, particularly with corporate concierge services. Additionally, experience as a Relationship Manager at Schroders involved marketing diverse investment strategies to corporate pension clients, securing discretionary investment contracts. Earlier in the career, Oikawa worked in Institutional Equity Sales at Nomura, where communication with fund managers and analysts ensured responsiveness to trading needs. Oikawa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Keio University.