Fiera Capital appoints Takafumi Sudo as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for Japan

Fiera Capital seeks to accelerate regulated services offering in Japan with appointment of Takafumi Sudo as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Japan

LONDON & TOKYO, 15 May 2025 – Fiera Capital Corporation (“Fiera” or “the Company”), a leading independent asset manager with over US$116 billion AUM as at 31 March 2025, has announced the appointment of Takafumi Sudo as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”), Japan, Fiera Capital (Asia), effective immediately.

Drawing on over three decades of experience in the asset management industry-including compliance, management, trading and risk management at Nomura AM, Sudo will be responsible for all aspects of Fiera’s regulatory and corporate compliance in Japan. Reporting to Ranulph Day, Head of Compliance EMEA and Asia, and CJ Morrell, Head of Japan, Sudo’s newly created role supports Fiera’s efforts to obtain regulatory approval to conduct Type II Financial Instruments Business activities in Japan, supplementary to its existing activities currently conducted under a limited regulatory framework.

Prior to joining Fiera, Sudo spent nearly 30 years at Nomura Asset Management, one of Japan’s largest asset management companies. There, Sudo most recently acted as Senior Compliance Manager with a primary focus on cross-border compliance matters relating to the firm’s international operations. He later acted as Chief Compliance Officer at UI Japan, the Japan office of UI Group, an investment, development and asset management firm focused on industrial real estate.

CJ Morrell, Head of Japan, Fiera Capital (Asia), said: “One of Japan’s most seasoned operators when it comes to compliance management and corporate function, Sudo joins Fiera with decades of experience navigating complex and sophisticated regulatory structures on behalf of some of the country’s leading asset management companies. His appointment represents a significant step in expanding our offering to institutional, wholesale and financial intermediary clients in Japan, meeting a growing demand for specialist, highly customisable solutions across both public and private markets.”

Building on a nearly 25-year history of operation in Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea, the expansion of Fiera’s Japanese offering across its public and private markets strategies allows the Company to increase its strategic focus on the country amid a period of comprehensive economic reform. It follows the appointment of John Cappetta as Head of Asia exc Japan and Korea in October 2024 and CJ Morrell as Head of Japan in April 2024, supporting the wider rollout of the Company’s regionalised distribution model.

Takafumi Sudo, CCO and COO, Japan, Fiera Capital (Asia), commented: “Aligned with Fiera’s philosophy of staying close to its clients with boots on the ground, building out a compliance function marks a key step in the Company obtaining a Japanese license. Fiera’s nearly 25-year track record of operation across Asian markets, as well as its capabilities across the full suite of private and public markets, means it is well placed to capture growing appetite among Japanese clients for diversified investments.”

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About Fiera Capital Corporation

Fiera Capital Corporation (“Fiera Capital”) is a leading independent asset management firm with a growing global presence. Fiera Capital delivers customized and multi-asset solutions across public and private market asset classes to institutional, financial intermediary and private wealth clients across North America, Europe and key markets in Asia and the Middle East. Fiera Capital’s depth of expertise, diversified investment platform and commitment to delivering outstanding service are core to our mission of being at the forefront of investment management science to create sustainable wealth for clients. Fiera Capital trades under the ticker FSZ on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Headquartered in Montreal, Fiera Capital, with its affiliates in various jurisdictions, has offices in over a dozen cities around the world, including New York (U.S.), London (UK), Hong Kong (SAR) and Abu Dhabi (ADGM).

Each affiliated entity (each an “Affiliate”) of Fiera Capital only provides investment advisory or investment management services or offers investment funds in the jurisdictions where the Affiliate is authorized to provide services pursuant to an exemption from registration and/or the relevant product is registered.

Fiera Capital does not provide investment advice to U.S. clients or offer investment advisory services in the U.S. In the U.S., asset management services are provided by Fiera Capital’s affiliates who are investment advisers that are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or exempt from registration. Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training. For details on the particular registration of, or exemptions therefrom relied upon by, any Fiera Capital entity, please consult https://www.fieracapital.com/en/registrations-and-exemptions.

Additional information about Fiera Capital, including Fiera Capital’s annual information form, is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca

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