Zui Shiromoto （城源 子翼）, Vice President, joined Neuberger Berman in 2022. He is an Investment Manager on the Japanese Equities team. Before joining the firm, he was an investment manager at abrdn, taking active roles in the management of Japanese equity portfolios and in the engagement activities with corporates. He also covered a wide range of companies across the Japanese equity market. Prior to that, he worked at the technology, media and telecom investment banking division of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, and was involved in a number of mergers & acquisitions and capital market transactions. Zui began his career at the real estate finance team in MUFG Bank’s corporate banking division. He has a BA in Economics from Hitotsubashi University