As domestic demand grows, cloud based data solutions firm eVestment has appointed a new vice president of business development in Japan.

Demand for eVestment’s institutional investment data and analytics solutions continues to grow in Japan as investors, asset managers and other industry professionals in the country search for sources of information.

In the hope of meeting and expanding that demand, eVestment has named Kazunari Sasaki vice president of business development Japan.

In this newly created position, Sasaki will focus on working with new and existing eVestment clients in Japan, including pensions and insurance companies, asset managers and investment consultants.

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Prior to joining eVestment, he served as senior vice president with Japan Asia Asset Management Co.

He has also held business development and sales leadership positions with Brown Brothers Harriman Investment Services, BYN Mellon Securities and ABN AMRO Asset Management in Japan.

«We’ve seen a real enthusiasm for our data solutions from investment professional in Japan and are delighted that Sasaki is joining us to help investment professionals in Japan understand how eVestment can help them,” said Hans Jiang, eVestment’s head of sales and operations in the Asia Pacific region, based in Hong Kong.