Nikko Asset Management has appointedsix senior corporate managing directors who will join Junichi Sayato, chairman and co-CEO, and Hideo Abe, president and co-CEO, in supporting the management of the company, effective as of 1May. The new members of the asset manager’s global executive committee are: Yuji Ooyagi, Hiroki Tsujimura, Osamu Morita (also named executive vice presidents), Kunihiro Asai, Stefanie Drews and Maho Nakada. In addition, Yuji Ooyagi will be in charge of Japan sales, and will oversee both the Japan retail businessand Japan institutional business divisions. Stefanie Drews will be appointed as the global head of the newly created international sales & strategy division. This will combine international sales, international planning, global ETF sales (excluding Nippon Institutional Securities), and international consultants. Stefanie Drews will also be appointed as the global head of two newly formed divisions: the products & solutions division and the sales support division. Hiroki Tsujimura and Yu-Ming Wang will be appointed as the co-CIOs, responsible for domestic and international investment management.