Nikko AM appoints Chief Risk Management Officer
Nikko Asset Management has appointed a new Chief Risk Management Officer.
The company announced this week it had appointed Mark de Vries to the key role with responsibility for the governance of risk and related opportunities, encompassing Investment Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management.
The Tokyo-headquartered asset manager said de Vries would report directly to Nikko Asset Management Director, Executive Deputy President, Junichi Sayato.
De Vries has more than 20 years of professional experience world-wide with organisations such as ABN AMRO Bank, Shinsei Bank, and Nomura International. He was most recently Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Analytics and Risk at Dymon Asia Capital in Singapore.
De Vries will be based in the Tokyo office of Nikko Asset Management.
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