New York based KKR announced the appointment of a new Head of Capital Markets in its Japanese unit.
In his new role, Go Yamashita (pictured left) will oversee a team of professionals who support KKR, the Firm's portfolio companies and other clients by providing tailored capital markets advice.
Yamashita will also manage relationships and push business development with institutional investors in Japan the firm said on their website. Prior to joining KKR, he was with The Blackstone Group in Japan for nine years and before that worked in the investment banking division at Goldman Sachs' Tokyo office
Worldwide, the capital markets team develops and implements traditional and nontraditional capital solutions for investments and companies seeking financing.
Largest Fund
Earlier this month the firm announced the final closing of its KKR Asian Fund III a $9.3 billion fund focused on investments in private equity transactions across the Asia Pacific region.
The latest fund surpasses KKR’s US$6 billion Asian Fund II to become the largest private equity fund dedicated to investing in the region, according to date and intelligence firm Preqin.
