Dohei Echizenya

State Street Global Advisors ( SSGA ), the asset management business of State Street Corporation, has appointed Dohei Echizenya as head of Japan for SSGA, effective immediately. Echizenya will also serve as president and representative director of State Street Global Advisors ( Japan ) Co., Ltd., effective December 11.

Based in Tokyo, Echizenya will report to Kevin Anderson, head of Asia Pacific for SSGA. He will oversee the firm’s Japanese business, refining and implementing strategic growth plans to enhance SSGA's presence in Japan.

“Japan is an important market for State Street Global Advisors, and we see tremendous opportunities as the government implements various measures to promote Japan as leading asset management center. We are confident that Dohei’s leadership will help propel us to new heights in Japan, reinforcing our commitment to excellence and innovation in the Japanese market,” says Kevin Anderson, head of Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisors.

“Dohei’s extensive experience in developing strategy as an enterprise manager, adept at running complex, scalable, and growth-oriented businesses, will be instrumental in leading our team in Japan to enhance our offerings to Japanese investors.”

Echizenya has three decades of experience in the financial services industry. He joins SSGA from BlackRock, where he spent six years leading various teams. Most recently, he was a director of the client business division in Japan. Before that, he was the head of ETF department in Japan, leading BlackRock’s ETF business in Japan. Echizenya also spent a decade in the US working at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

SSGA has participated in Japan’s investment management industry for more than 25 years, offering institutional and intermediary clients active and index strategies.

This year, SSGA expanded its ETF offering in Japan by registering 11 US-listed ETFs in the country, bringing the total number of ETFs managed or distributed by State Street Global Advisors available to Japanese investors to 62. It also launched seven low-cost index funds in Japan in January this year.