Social Investment Forum Japan (SIF Japan) - Chair
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Masaru Arai is the Chairman of Social Investment Forum Japan (SIF Japan) - a non-profit organization for promoting sustainable and responsible investment in Japan.
He previously served as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. for seven years since 2003, subsequently assuming the offices of director (2006) and advisor (2011). He joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. in 1972 where he was in charge of overseas international institutional investors.
He has been a member of the Policy Committee at FTSE4Good since 2005, the Advisory Group at Carbon Disclosure Project Japan (CDP Japan) since 2009, and the third-party committee at Eco Stage since 2010.
He holds a B.A. in Commerce from Keio University and studied at Center for Arabic Studies, American University in Cairo.