ProsPectus - Nikko AM Asia Limited

New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Mauritius. He joined Nikko AM group in London in 2006 as
President of Nikko Asset Management Europe Limited, responsible for the Nikko AM group’s international business. He
then moved to Japan in 2010 where he also oversaw the domestic Japanese institutional business. He was appointed
Chairman and CEO in 2012, and President in 2013.
Prior to joining Nikko AM group, Charles was a Board Director of Gartmore PLC London, Head of its Global Institutional
and Alternative Investments and Chairman of Gartmore Japan Ltd. He also spent 13 years at Merrill Lynch in both Debt
and Equity Capital Markets and Asset Management as a Managing Director, based in the United Kingdom, France and
the United States, where he spent seven years. Prior to that, he was at the Orion Royal Bank. Charles began his career
at Lazard Brothers in 1984 in fixed income portfolio management.
Charles graduated from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London with a Bachelor
of Arts and subsequently a Masters.
Frederick Reidenbach
Frederick is the Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)
of Nikko AM.
Frederick joined Nikko AM in December 2004 as its CFO and was promoted to COO in 2010, managing the administration,
operations and information systems of the company in addition to its finances. He was also appointed Executive Vice
President in 2012, and Director in 2013.
Most recently he has been working on Nikko AM’s business expansion strategy for the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to joining Nikko AM, Frederick served as CFO and COO of Aon Risk Service Japan KK, where he oversaw the
general and financial affairs of the company. Prior to Aon Risk Service Japan KK, Frederick served as chief administrative
officer at Fidelity Investments Japan Limited as well as CEO of KVH Telecom Co., Ltd (“KVH”), a Fidelity Investments
subsidiary. At KVH, he was responsible for the construction, technology, and systems of the company and was
instrumental in constructing one of the largest data centres in Japan. Prior to Fidelity, Frederick was at Smith Barney
Inc. in Japan for eight years where he served as Chief Administrative Officer of Asia Pacific for the last two of those
years. Frederick started his career in 1983 with Coopers and Lybrand (now Price Waterhouse Coopers). He spent five
years with Coopers and Lybrand in New York and then moved to Tokyo where he specialized in brokerage and asset
management.
Frederick is a graduate of University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.
Blair Chilton Pickerell
Blair is the Head of Asia and Global Chief Marketing Officer of Nikko AM. Blair is also the Chairman of the Managers.
Based in Hong Kong, Blair is responsible for developing and overseeing Nikko AM’s businesses in the Asian region and
for implementing its branding strategy worldwide.
With decades of experience within the Asian investment management industry, Blair is widely recognised for his
pioneering role in developing the Asian mutual funds business.
Prior to joining the Nikko AM group, he served for three years as CEO (Asia) for Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Limited (“MSIM”), overseeing MSIM’s investment management offices in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, China, India,
Australia and Korea. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive (Asia Pacific) for HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong
Kong) Limited and as Chairman of Jardine Fleming Unit Trusts. He also served for four years as the Managing Director
of Jardine Pacific Ltd. and for two years as Development Director of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. Blair received a
Bachelor of Arts (with honors and with distinction) and a Masters from Stanford University and a Master of Business
Administration from Harvard Business School.
Lim Say Boon
Say Boon is a non-executive director of the Managers.
Say Boon is the Chief Investment Officer for DBS Bank Ltd, Group Wealth Management and Private Banking. In a career
spanning 32 years, Say Boon has held senior positions in both banking/finance and the financial media internationally.
Prior to joining DBS Bank Ltd, Say Boon was the Chief Investment Strategist for Standard Chartered Bank, Group
Wealth Management and Private Banking. He was also the Joint Head of Standard Chartered Bank Group Wealth
Management’s Investment and Advisory Office and Chairman of Standard Chartered Private Bank’s Global Investment
Council. Over the years, Say Boon has also worked as Director of Research for PT Standard Chartered Bank Indonesia,
Research Manager for Standard Chartered Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Regional Research Manager for Societe
Generale-Crosby Securities, Head of Investment Research for the Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation and as
Director, Portfolio Counselling for Citigroup Private Bank.
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