Weekly roundup of people news, April 24

Apr 24, 2015

BlackRock hires Japan chief; Lim takes on fixed income head; Manulife bolsters FI team; Rothschild appoints China equity chief; TA hires China director; JP Morgan gets China research head; TH Real Estate grows SG team; and Everstone hires MDs.

BlackRock hires Japan head Asset manager BlackRock has appointed Yoshiyuki Izawa as its new chairman and country head of Japan. Izawa will join BlackRock on May 18 and replaces Masato Degawa, who is moving to the UK after four years in the role. Izawa joins BlackRock from Japan Post Bank, a government-owned financial institution, where he was president and CEO from late 2009 to March 2015. Reporting to BlackRock Asia-Pacific chairman Ryan Stork, Izawa will be responsible for th…

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