Cody Keane is a Principal in the Private Wealth Solutions Group involved in raising capital for Blackstone’s private and public funds across the Midwest region. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2018, Mr. Keane advised corporate executives on capital market transactions and financial planning, as a member of a private wealth management team overseeing $5 billion in AUM. 

Vincenzo Saccente started his career in 2001 within the Unicredit Group, covering trading positions first and structured products sales later. He joined Société Générale in 2006 as a Structured Product Sales and became Head of Distribution Business in 2012, then in 2016 he was appointed Managing Director and Co-Head Cross Asset Distribution Sales for Italy & Ticino and finally in 2019 Head of Sales for Lyxor ETF in Italy, which involves continuing and supporting the development and marketing of these products throughout the Italian region.

Tomoaki Minagawa, CFA, CAIA, is a vice president and account manager in the Tokyo office, covering pension client servicing. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2025, he was a hedge fund investment specialist with UBS Hedge Fund Solutions (HFS), primarily responsible for Multi-Manager Hedge Funds and Private Credit. Prior to that, he managed consultant relationships and institutional client services at UBS Asset Management and Fidelity International in Japan. He began his career as a senior financial adviser at Shinsei Bank.

Takuya is a Vice President and a member of Corporate Development team in Tokyo at Athene Life Re, which is part of Apollo, a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. He focuses on Athene’s corporate development strategies and reinsurance businesses in Japan.  

Keisuke Ikeuchi is a Vice President at Capital Dynamics, where he is working on the business development team.

Prior to joining to Capital Dynamics in 2020, he was an analyst at Eight Roads Ventures Japan.

He started his career at J.P. Morgan as an equity analyst, where he experienced electronic components sector and retail sector.

In addition to his CAIA designation, he is a Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (CMA).

Asuka Maeda is Head of Portfolio Solutions, Investments, at Willis Towers Watson. Previously she was Associate Director at the Specialist Portfolio Solutions team at WTW (formally known as Willis Towers Watson). She helps Japanese institutional investors build portfolios that seek to deliver differentiated investment outcomes, both from a return and risk perspective.