State Street has appointed Taro Kuryuzawa as country head for Japan, a newly created role. Based in Tokyo, Kuryuzawa will report to Mostapha Tahiri, chief executive officer for Asia Pacific. Kuryuzawa joined State Street earlier this year, from Deloitte Tohmatsu, where he was most recently head of institutional investor coverage in Japan and global lead client service partner, overseeing large insurers and global institutional investor accounts in Japan. State Street has been in Japan for 35 years. With offices in Tokyo and Fukuoka, State Street offers trustee, middle office outsourcing, global custody, offshore fund services, the Alpha front-to-back asset servicing platform, data management, FX trading and research, securities finance, currency management and online trading platforms to institutional investors.
