Canada-based investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has appointed Hideaki Kiyomori as managing director ( MD ) for business development in Japan, a role in which he will support the firm’s existing Japanese business development and investor relations activities and report directly to Jeff Pentland, the firm’s co-founder and head of Asia-Pacific.

Kiyomori is a seasoned institutional sales leader with over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry. Most recently, he served as director of private alternatives at AllianceBernstein, where he raised capital across private equity, private credit and infrastructure. He began his career in an investment role at Nippon Life Insurance, later overseeing private asset managers in the alternative fund selection departments at Nippon Life and MassMutual.

Northleaf established its office in Japan in 2022. Over the past three years, the firm has built a meaningful local presence, serving leading institutional investors and providing access to its differentiated mid-market strategies across private equity, private credit and infrastructure.

“Kiyomori’s entrepreneurial mindset, local market familiarity and broad product knowledge will be invaluable as we strengthen our relationships across Japan,” Pentland states. “Looking ahead, his proven expertise in capital raising across multiple asset classes will further position us to deliver compelling private markets solutions to investors in Japan.”