Yoh Kuwabara is Director of ChuoAoyama Audit Corporation, a Japanese member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.  He is responsible for performance measurement services, providing investment management companies operating in Japan with consultation and verification with regard to SAAJ-IPS, GIPS, and AIMR-PPS.  His clients include trust banks, life insurers, and investment advisors, both domestic and foreign.

Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers in August 1999, Mr. Kuwabara spent almost 14 years working for J.P. Morgan Trust Bank Ltd. in such business areas as institutional marketing, client adminstration, performance measurement, project management, internal audit, and risk control, and he held a senior position in performance measurement, project management, and internal audit.  He also has over nine years experience as an actuary for Taiyo Mutual Life.

Mr. Kuwabara is also a member of SAAJ Investment Performance Standards Committee, was the primary gate for Japon on the IPC (Investment Performance Council) from March 2000 through March 2004, is an affiliate delegate for Japan, and has been a member of the IPC Country Standards Subcommittee since June 2000.

The Journal Interview- Yoh Kuwabara