Hiroaki Misawa （三澤 宏明）, Senior Vice President, is a Portfolio Manager of the Japanese Equities team at Neuberger Berman. Before joining the firm in2022, he was a Director and CFO for a start-up company in Japan, responsible for managing corporate management affairs and general planning, while also leading the company’s preparation for an IPO. Previously, he was an investment manager focused on concentrated Japanese equity portfolios and multi-asset funds at Aberdeen Standard Investments. He started his career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Tokyo, managing Japanese private REIT funds. Hiroaki holds a BA in Economics from the University of Tokyo.