Tadasu Matsuo is the Head of Alternative Investment, Alternative Investment Office at Japan Post Insurance. He oversees Japan Post Insurance’s alternative investment, ranging from private equity and infrastructure funds to real estate and hedge funds. Before joining JP Insurance, he headed Daido Life’s alternative investment. Serving as Senior Managing Director, he also engaged in private equity fund investment and headed a business development of Alternative Investment Capital (AIC), a leading private equity FOF manager and gatekeeper in Japan. Mr. Matsuo has also held positions of Director and Managing Director, and served as an M&A advisor to various insurers' at PwC Financial Advisory Services Japan from 1999 to 2002. Earlier in his career, he worked for Nippon Life Insurance Company for 13 years, where he managed overseas sovereign credit loans and investments. Mr. Matsuo received his MBA from Duke University and BA in Economics from The University of Tokyo. He is a licensed US Certified Public Accountant (CPA).