Mr. Dai Ikeda is Head of Credit Group Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment Co., Ltd. (an affiliate of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (“SuMiTB”).. He is mainly responsible for credit product investment, including private debt funds for both SuMiTB’s proprietary and third-party client accounts since 2017. Before joining SuMiTB, he was working in Japanese non-bank with several experiences including an origination and underwriting of cross-border project financings, SME loans in Hong Kong, and corporate fundings of that non-bank company.

He has a bachelor of economics from Hokkaido University.