Goldman appoints native Hidehiro Imatsu as president of Japanese subsidiary – June 3 – Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs Securities, the Japanese subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, announced on the 25th that Hidehiro Imatsu (52) will be appointed as its new president. Mr. Imatsu will also be a member of the U.S. headquarters’ management committee.

He will assume office on June 3rd. Mr. Imatsu is currently Co-Head of Global Interest Rates Trading and Co-Head of Fixed Income Exchange Commodities in Asia Pacific in Goldman’s Hong Kong office. Even after becoming president, he will continue to hold the same position and work in Tokyo.

After graduating from Kyoto University’s graduate school in 1996, he joined Goldman Securities in the same year. He has been consistently involved in macro trading operations. He was promoted to managing director in 2005, partner in 2008, and has been in his current position since 2019.

With Japanese stocks hitting a new all-time high and the Bank of Japan’s cancellation of its negative interest rate policy returning to a world with interest rates, foreign investors are becoming more interested in the Japanese market. Mr. Imatsu, who is well versed in the market sector, The company will aim to further improve customer service by appointing the company’s top executive.

Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon said in a written statement that Mr. Imatsu has a deep understanding of business and Japanese customers, adding, “I will bring that knowledge to my new role as president.” I hope that he will fully demonstrate his leadership.”

Goldman Securities’ former president Masanori Mochida, who had been in charge of management for more than 20 years, retired at the end of 2023. After that, there was no president, and five selected members, including Shinichi Yokote, worked together with the top management committee for the Asia-Pacific region.

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(Updated with the addition of Mr. Imatsu’s biography etc.)