Mr. Masanao is a managing director in the Tokyo office and head of portfolio management Japan. He is also a chairman of PIMCO's Asia-Pacific Portfolio Committee, responsible for the region's macroeconomic and investment analysis. Mr. Masanao joined PIMCO in 2001 as a global portfolio manager and has been based in Tokyo since 2002, managing global and Japanese portfolios. Prior to joining PIMCO, he was an executive director and senior portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London. He was also associated with Sumitomo Bank as a proprietary trader in London and a credit analyst in Osaka. He has 20 years of investment experience and holds an MBA from Boston University. He also holds a master's degree and an undergraduate degree, both in engineering, from Osaka University.