EQT has appointed Michio Matsumoto as managing director and head of real estate, Japan. Based in Tokyo, Matsumoto will be responsible for leading EQT’s real estate investment strategy and operations in Japan, a key market for the firm’s Asia Pacific platform.
Matsumoto is an industry veteran who brings more than 30 years of experience across multiple asset classes within the Japanese real estate market.
Before joining EQT, Matsumoto served as executive officer and head of investments at KKR affiliate KJR Management in Tokyo, where he led the real estate investment team that acquired properties in the logistics, residential, office, and hotel sectors. He also previously spent more than 17 years with CBRE Investment Management, and Deutsche Bank’s real estate arm, where he focused on acquiring individual assets as well as large portfolios throughout Japan. At CBRE Investment Management, Michio served as head of commercial-residential and head of acquisitions, where
