Ken Hokugo is the Senior Advisor at Pension Fund Association (“PFA”) overseeing USD9bn+ hedge fund portfolio which is approximately 9% of PFA’s total AUM and its corporate governance advocacy. 

Prior to joining PFA, he worked at the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s (“SMBC” or “Sumitomo”), responsible for designing and implementing the strategy for its global asset management business.  Until 2010, he was at Sumitomo’s New York Office for 15 years from 1995.  

From 2005 to 2010, he was CFO of the Americas Division overseeing all investment – PE, HF, Structured Credit, ILS, etc. – and asset/ liability portfolio management as well as more than 2000 head counts in the Division.  Prior to that, as the Head of Financial Products Group, he was responsible for structuring and selling/ investing credit products.  He was also tasked to negotiate, structure and close the special projects by the top managements in Tokyo. 

Mr. Hokugo received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Keio University and MBA from Columbia Business School.