General Manager, Alternative Investment Department, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company
Masashi Kataoka is General Manager of Alternative Investment Department at Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company with 17-year-experience in alternative investments. Prior to his current role, he had led various teams; hedge fund investment, PE fund investment, infrastructure fund investment and venture fund & direct investment team. He worked 4 years until 2014 at Dai-ichi Life’s NY office and led the manager selection / due diligence as well as strategic activities with US asset managers. He also has an experience working at an US based hedge fund as a trainee in 2007. Dai-ichi Life also focuses on venture investments, and he serves as METI’s J-Startup recommender. He earned Bachelor of Economics in Keio University.