PATRIZIA has appointed Takehiko Uehara as PATRIZIA Japan country manager, effective immediately. His formal job title in the Japanese business is representative director & president of PATRIZIA Japan K.K.
Previously, he was the CIO of PATRIZIA Japan K.K. and prior to that the CIO of KENZO Capital Corp. Before joining KENZO, Uehara was deputy president & COO of Genkai Capital Management, a real estate asset management company. From 2008 to 2016, he headed the Japanese subsidiary of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank.
With the appointment of Uehara, the company has now completed the integration of its Japan businesses with all investment, asset and fund management activities previously managed by KENZO, now assumed by PATRIZIA in Japan. PATRIZIA Japan K.K. was established in 2019 in order to acquire the fund business of KENZO Capital Corp.
PATRIZIA has raised more than €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in equity over the past few years from Asian investors.
