Mamoru Taniya
Chief Executive Officer, Asuka Asset Management
Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Asuka Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Mamoru Taniya is Chief Executive Officer of Asuka Asset Management Co., Ltd. He has broad range of investment experiences covering from fixed-income derivatives to private equities.
Asuka is an independent investment advisory company based in Japan that offers Asian investment businesses. Asuka was formerly the Japanese subsidiary of Tudor Investment Corporation. It changed the name to Asuka Asset Management in July 2002 as a result of a management buyout.
Prior to founding Asuka, Taniya was a director at Tudor Capital Japan（1999-2002）and previously a managing director at Salomon Smith Barney (1987-1999). At Tudor he successfully started its private equity business in Japan. At Salomon, Taniya co-managed the Japan and Asia proprietary trading department. Prior to managing proprietary trading, he was responsible for the equity and fixed income derivatives trading for Salomon’s Tokyo operation.
As venture investment, he was involved in the launch of Lifenet Insurance Company, the first online insurance company, and in the development of “studio Yoggy,” a pioneering yoga studio, which contributed to popularize Yoga widely. He also serves as Co-Chief Executive Director of International School of Asia, Karuizawa (ISAK), the first international boarding school in Japan, since its establishment.
Mamoru Taniya received his B.A. in law from the University of Tokyo in 1987.
