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Matthews Japan Fund
Managers
Lead Portfolio Manager:Taizo Ishida Taizo Ishida is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Prior to joining Matthews in 2006, Taizo spent six years on the global and international teams at Wellington Management Company as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. From 1997 to 2000, he was a Senior Securities Analyst and a member of the international investment team at USAA Investment Management Company. From 1990 to 1997, he was a Principal and Senior Research Analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co. Prior to beginning his investment career at Yamaichi International (America), Inc. as a Research Analyst in 1987, Taizo spent three years in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a Program Officer with the United Nations Development Program. Taizo received a B.A. in Social Science from International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan and an M.A. in International Relations from The City College of New York. He is fluent in Japanese. Taizo has been a Portfolio Manager of the Asia Pacific Fund since 2007, and of the Japan Fund since 2006.
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Co-Portfolio Manager:Virgil Adams Virgil Adams is Co-Manager of the Matthews Japan Fund. Prior to joining Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2008, Virgil was Co-Founder and Managing Partner of New Frontiers Investments in Shanghai, starting in 2002. He was also President of Amida Capital in Tokyo. Before that, Virgil served as a Founding Partner and Portfolio Manager for Hachibushu Capital, a multi-strategy hedge fund based in Tokyo. Previously, Virgil worked for six years at Fidelity Investments as an Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager. He received a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Oregon and an M.B.A from the University of Michigan. He is fluent in Japanese. Virgil has been a Portfolio Manager of the Japan Fund since 2009.
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