U.S. index provider MSCI has named a new head of Asia Pacific client coverage based in Japan.
MSCI has promoted Kazuya Nagasawa as head of APAC client coverage, according to a statement, succeeding former regional head Jack Lin who will leave the firm to pursue other opportunities.
In his new Tokyo-based role, Nagasawa reports to Alvise Munari, global head of client coverage.
Nagasawa was most recently MSCI's head of North Asia client coverage, a role he held since 2012. Prior to joining MSCI, he worked in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (GSAM) quantitative investment strategies division and took overall responsibility of the unit in 2007. Before joining GSAM in 1998, Nagasaki worked at Meijin Life Insurance for four years.
