Kenichi Tanaka

The Aomori Bank, Ltd. engages in the provision of commercial banking services. It operates through the following business segments: Banking, Leasing, and Others. The Banking segment deals with deposits, financial lending, securities trading, securities investment, domestic and foreign exchange, bonds, and investment trust. The Leasing segment leases machinery and equipment. The Others segment consists of installment sales, credit card, and credit guarantee businesses. The company was founded on January 20, 1879 and is headquartered in Aomori, Japan.

Lazard Japan Asset Management KK (LJAM) is the wholly-owned Japanese asset management subsidiary of Lazard Asset Management LLC, ultimately owned by Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) in the US. Headquartered in Tokyo, LJAM was founded in 1987to manage portfolios and provide investment advisory services to Japanese financial institutions and pension funds, in particular corporate pension schemes.