Takafumi Sudo

Fiera Capital, a Montreal-based global asset manager with over US$116 billion in assets under management, has appointed Takafumi Sudo as chief operating officer and chief compliance officer in Japan, effective immediately.

He will be responsible for all aspects of Fiera's regulatory and corporate compliance in Japan. His newly created role will support the firm's efforts to obtain regulatory approval to conduct Type II financial instruments business activities in Japan, supplementary to its existing activities.

Sudo has over three decades of experience in the asset management industry, including compliance, management, trading and risk management. He will report to Ranulph Day, head of compliance, EMEA and Asia, and CJ Morrell, head of Japan.

Prior to joining Fiera, Sudo spent nearly 30 years at Nomura Asset Management. He most recently acted as senior compliance manager with a primary focus on cross-border compliance matters relating to the firm’s international operations. He later acted as chief compliance officer at UI Japan, the Japan office of UI Group, an investment, development and asset management firm focused on industrial real estate.