Daisuke Nomoto, born in 1966, is a senior portfolio manager. He is also the head of Japanese equities for the international equity strategies.

He joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments legacy firms 2005 as a senior analyst and was promoted to a portfolio manager in 2006. Mr. Nomoto has been a member of the investment community since 1993.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Nomoto worked as an equity analyst at Putnam Investments. Previously, he held a variety of positions for Nippon Life Insurance, including four years as a senior portfolio manager and equity analyst at Nissay Asset Management, Tokyo and five years as an equity analyst with NLI International.

Mr. Nomoto received a B.A. from Shiga University, Japan. He is a chartered member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan.