Akihiko Ohwa

Manager of Pension Fund, Treasury, IBM Japan Ltd.

 

Joined IBM Japan in 1975 and experienced positions in Treasury, Planning and Customer Financing divisions.

Serving on pension committees etc. for “Corporate Finance and Treasury Association of Japan”, “Nippon Keidanren”, “Corporate Pension Network” (The president of Defined Contribution Plan section) and the investment advisory panel for “National Pension Fund Association”.  A member of “Nippon Finance Association”.  Also acted as a supervisor and/or a translator of their Japanese translations of "Pioneering Portfolio Management " by Mr. David F. Swensen, CIO of Yale University Endowment Fund and "Fiduciary Management" by Mr. Anton van Nunen, Head of Van Nunen & Partners.(As of writing) Also, wrote the chapter 10 “ How to cope with volatility in foreign exchange : a pension fund officer’s perspective” by Corporate Pension Network. Contributed papers to “Aging and Pension Investment” and “Securities Analysts Journal” etc.