Masakazu Takeda gained a bachelor’s degree from International Christian University (Tokyo) in 1996. He is currently the lead portfolio manager of the Japan Focus All Cap strategy at SPARX Asset Management in Tokyo, a role he has held since 2006. Before joining SPARX in 1999, he held different roles at Long Term Credit Bank (currently Shinsei Bank). He has 20 years of investment and financial market experience and is a CFA Charterholder.

Angus Lee, CFA, has served as a Portfolio Manager of the Hennessy Japan Fund since July 2023. He joined SPARX in 2017 as an analyst and became a fund manager in 2019.