MSCI : Kazuya Nagasawa Promoted to Head of APAC Client Coverage

Kazuya Nagasawa Promoted to Head of APAC

Client Coverage

TOKYO - March 1, 2021 - MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, announced today that Kazuya Nagasawa, MSCI's Head of North Asia Client Coverage, has been promoted to the role of Head of APAC Client Coverage, effective March 1, 2021. Mr. Nagasawa will report directly to Alvise Munari, Global Head of Client Coverage. He will be based in Tokyo, Japan.

In this role, Mr. Nagasawa will assume the responsibility of overseeing MSCI's sales, client relationship management and client service teams in APAC as Jack Lin, current Head of APAC Client Coverage, leaves the firm to pursue new opportunities.

"In his nine years with MSCI, Kazuya has been instrumental in growing the MSCI business in North Asia.

I am confident that his breadth of experience in the investment industry and deep knowledge of our clients in the region will lend themselves well to MSCI's future growth in APAC," said Alvise Munari, Global Head of Client Coverage. "I thank Jack for his valuable service to MSCI for the past three years and for his leadership in overseeing and taking our operations in the region to great new heights. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours."

Mr. Nagasawa has served as MSCI's Head of North Asia since 2012. Prior to joining MSCI, Mr Nagasawa worked within the Quantitative Investment Strategies group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). He took on overall responsibility for that group within Japan in 2007 and sat on the Executive Committee of GSAM Japan. Before joining GSAM in 1998, Mr Nagasawa worked at Meiji Life Insurance for four years. He has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master's in Mechanical Engineering, both from Keio University.

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