24th Astoria Investor Forum 2017 | Astoria Investor Forum | 7 December 2017 | Gakushi Kaikan, 3-28 Kanda Nishikicho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8459, Japan

We are delighted to announce this year's Astoria Investor Forum 2017 will take place on December 7th & 8th.
Now on its 16th year, the Astoria Investor Forum is the most well recognized LP conference on Private Equity and Private Capital Investing by institutional Japan. The conference was rebranded in 2011 to include such asset classes as infrastructure, private real estate and private debt.

• As always we strive to introduce new ideas and new format into the programing. We hope you will like what you see this year.
• Video Interviews with Influential Speakers from overseas with a use of video conference technology: We will organize video interviews with LPs and GPs on both days at AIF 2017.
• REAL-TIME POLLING AND Q&A FROM YOUR SMARTPHONE IN 2017:
We will be coducting polling, audince survey and handling Q&A from your smartphones, tablets or PCs this year. We will still have microphones at thr venue if you prefer to speak up. We expect a lot more audience paticipation this year.
• Online conference Book: The conference book will be made downloadable to your personal electronic device. Printed program leaflet will still be distributed at the registration desk.

2017 Speakers

Dan Quayle
Chairman, Cerberus

Yoichi Takita
Senior Staff Writer, Editorial Bureau, Nikkei Inc.

Tadasu Matsuo
Head of Alternative Investment, Japan Post Insurance

Hirofumi Hirano
Member & CEO, KKR Japan

David Snow
CEO & Co-Founder, Privcap

Hidekazu Ishida
Governance Advisor, System 2

Tadashi Nishizawa
Director, PE Investment, Japan Post Bank

Kazushige Kobayashi
Managing Director, CapitalDynamics

Thomas Meyer
Conducting Officer Portfolio Management, MJ Hudson

Robert Ross
Portfolio Manager, PE, Investment Management, CalSTRS

Phillip Titolo
Director/Portfolio Manager, Investments, MassMutual

Bruno Candès
Partner, Infravia

Gregory Smith
President & CEO, Instar AGF

Martin Lennon
Founder & CEO, Infracapital

Michael Allen
Partner, ARCUS Infrastructure Partners

Jeremy Golding
Managing Partner, Golding Capital Partners

Tom Danis
Managing Partner/Co-Founder, RCP Advisors

Megumi Kiyozuka
Managing Director (Head of Japan), CLSA Capital Partners Japan

Niklas Amundsson
Managing Director, Monument Group

Jun Tsusaka
Managing Partner & Founding Member, NSSK

Tamaki Matsumoto
Tokyo Branch Manager, Managing Director, Mie Bank

Satoru Nakamura
CEO, M&A Capital Partners

Hiroko Oda, Assistant GM,
Corp. Finance Sec., Financial Solutions Dept., Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

Togo Okonogi
General Manager, Nissey Asset Management

Lee S. Millstein, Head of European and
Asian Distressed/Real Estate and Senior, Managing Director, Cerberus

Charles Gottdiener
COO and Head of Portfolio Operations, Providence Equity

Frankie Chan
Managing Director, L Catterton

Soichi Sam Takata
Head of Private Equity, Tokio Marine Asset Management

Tomoko Kitao
Managing Director, Hamilton Lane

Tadasu Matsuo
Head of Alternative Investment, Credit and Alternative Investment Dept. Japan Post Insurance

Ee Fai Kam
Head of Asian Operations, Preqin

Ian Harding
Co-Managing Partner, ARCUS Infrastructure Partners

Bernd Schumacher
Director of Infrastructure, Golding Capital Partners

Shigefumi Kuroki,
GM, Head of Global Infrastructure Inv., Structured Finance Dept., Development Bank of Japan

Toru Masuda
Officer, Alternative Investment, SuMi Trust

Hiroyuki Otsuka
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Atsushi Akaike
Partner, CVC Asia Pacific Japan

Michiaki Maebori
Executive Director, Investment Banking, JP Morgan Securities

Reijiro Samura
CEO & Chief Investment Officer, AI Capital

Keisuke Seki
Managing Director, DBJ Asset Management

Thomas Meyer
Conducting Officer, Portfolio Management, MJ Hudson

Benny Hu
Chairman & Founding Partner, Strait Capital

Rick Lu
Managing Partner & CEO, Strait Capital

Hidekazu Ishida
Pension Governance Advisor, System 2 (Former Osaka Gas PF)

Nobuyuki Akimoto
Managing Partner, Trans Link Capital

Hiroshi Menjo
Managing Partner, Net Service Ventures

Yasuhiko Yurimoto
CEO, GlobalBrain

Soichi Kariyazono
Managing Partner, Globis Capital Partners

Weichou Sue
Partner, Stepstone

Kimihiro Fukuyama
Deputy Director General, Development Bank of Japan

Kazushige Kobayashi
Managing Director, CapitalDynamics

Hirofumi Hirano
Member & CEO, KKR Japan

2017 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Cerberus Capital Management L.p

GOLD:
• Golding Capital Partners
• Monument Group
• Arcus
• L Catterton

SiILVER:
• Hastings

MEDIA:
• Prequin
• Privcap

Infrastructure Partners:
• Nssk
• Provide Equity
• Strait Capital

Supporting Orgs.:
• Diamond Dragon
• Goldman Sachs
• Hamilton Lane
• Nissay
• Step Stone