HarbourVest appoints pension exec to co-head of Tokyo office

Tadasu Matsuo has joined HarbourVest Partners as a managing director and co-head of the firm’s Japan office in Tokyo. He will be working alongside fellow Tokyo co-head and managing director Tatsuya Kubo, who joined the firm in 2010 from Fortress Investment Group Japan, where he served as managing director and head of business development after launching that firm’s Japan business. The $68 billion private markets firm has a well-established presence in Tokyo and Matsuo will be responsible for enhancing and building relationships with institutional investors and general partners in Japan. “HarbourVest established our office in Tokyo nearly 10 years ago and we continue to broaden our presence in Japan,” said John Toomey, managing director of HarbourVest Partners, which is headquartered in Boston. “Matsuo-san’s deep experience in the financial sector and his longstanding institutional relationships in the region made him an ideal candidate for this role.” Previously Matsuo was the head of alternative investments at Japan Post Insurance (JPI), where he oversaw their global alternatives program, which included private equity, infrastructure and real-estate funds, as well as hedge funds. Prior to working at JPI, he served as senior managing director at Alternative Investment Capital, a private equity fund of fund manager and gatekeeper in Japan. He engaged in private equity investment and led business development at the firm.

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