Ken Hokugo

Bio

Ken Hokugo
Director, Head of Hedge Fund Investments
Director, Head of Corporate Governance
Pension Investment Department
Pension Fund Association (PFA)

Ken Hokugo is the Co-Head of Hedge Fund Investments at Pension Fund Association (“PFA”) overseeing USD7bn hedge fund portfolio which is approximately 8% of PFA’s total AUM of approximately USD90bn equivalent. Prior to joining PFA, he worked at the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s (“SMBC” or “Sumitomo”) Tokyo Head Office, being responsible for designing and implementing the strategy for its global asset management business. Until 2010, he was at Sumitomo’s New York Office for 15 years from 1995. From 2005 to 2010, he was the CFO of the Americas Division overseeing all investment – PE, HF, Structured Credit, ILS, etc. - and portfolio management as well as ALM among many responsibilities. The Americas Division had more than 2,000 head counts. From 1998 to 2005, as the Head of Financial Products and Special Projects Group of the Division, he was responsible for prop investment portfolio as well as assigned to negotiate and close the special projects ordered by the Head Office Management including the ones directly from its CEO. He is also the head of Corporate Governance at PFA and speaks at various conferences and seminars domestic and abroad on Japan’s corporate governance current status.
Mr. Hokugo received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Keio University and MBA from Columbia Business School.


Member – METI “Fair M&A Guideline Study Group” 2018-2019
Observer – METI “Empowering the Engagements between Companies and Investors Study Group” 2019-2020
Member – FSA “Stewardship Code Revision 2020 Council of Experts” 2019-2020
Member – FSA “Stewardship Code Revision 2025 Council of Experts” 2024-2025
Director, Board of Directors Training Institute (BDTI (NPO))