Chief Executive Officer
Â鶹´«Ã½ Japan
Kazuko Sawada is the Chief Executive Officer of Â鶹´«Ã½¡¯s Japan Branch. She is responsible for leading all business operations for Â鶹´«Ã½ in the Japan market. Before assuming her current role in August 2025, Kazuko served as Chief Marketing Officer, leading Â鶹´«Ã½ business development and product development teams as they develop and provide various solutions to support clients¡¯ challenges in the dynamic environment of the life insurance industry.
Kazuko has two decades of experience in the financial industry. Before joining Â鶹´«Ã½ in June 2024, Kazuko worked for a decade with BNP Paribas, first as the head of fixed-income structuring on the bank side and eventually as the head of insurance solution sales on the securities side. In that role, Kazuko designed and executed sales strategies for a variety of products, including asset liability management (ALM), asset-intensive, and market risk products.
Prior to her time with BNP, Kazuko progressed her career with UBS Securities, where she accumulated multi-asset expertise in product development and structured interest rates, foreign exchange, credit, and quantitative investment strategies. In this role, Kazuko introduced non-flow solutions to align with clients¡¯ goals.
Kazuko earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Tokyo.
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