Our Team – KENSHO Investment Corporation
Dr. Leonard Meyer zu Brickwedde
President & CEO KENSHO Investment CorporationThe founder, president and CEO of KENSHO Investment Corporation has been at home in Japan for three decades. As head of the Japan branch of Hypovereinsbank, he got into real estate finance when the market for institutional investors was developing from 2000 onwards. From 2004, Dr. Leonard Meyer zu Brickwedde opened the Japan branch of Hypo Real Estate, turning the company into the largest non-Japanese real estate lender in the country. In 2008, Dr. Meyer founded the Kenzo Capital Corporation and made a name for himself as a consultant and fund and asset manager for Japanese real estate. Kenzo launched the first German fund for Japanese residential real estate. After selling the Kenzo fund business, Dr. Meyer started KENSHO. The name signals how its business model evolved: the consultant, fund and asset manager Kenzo – the Japanese syllables mean building and creating – is followed by KENSHO (building and flying). Under Dr. Meyer’s leadership, KENSHO invests in Japanese real estate and accompanies Japanese investors to Germany and Europe.
Ken Nagao
CIO, Member of the Board of Directors KENSHO Investment CorporationThe Chief Investment Officer of KENSHO Investment Corporation has been committed to developing the Japanese real estate market since 2008. Ken Nagao acquired his expertise in real estate development, as well as asset and property management, as a partner in an urban developer in Seattle (USA). After that he was responsible for the growth of a family office for seven years. He then built up a team of advisors for Asian family offices and institutional investors looking to enter the Japanese market. His team convinced clients with their deep understanding of real estate and market analyses from both the macro and micro perspectives, and of the homogeneous integration of real estate in their environment. Within the KENSHO Group, Mr. Nagao develops optimal investment strategies alongside investors, and implements those strategies transparently.
Hitomi Meyer zu Brickwedde
Member of the Board of Directors, KENSHO Capital ManagementDirector of KENSHO Capital Management, Hitomi Meyer zu Brickwedde has more than 20 years of experience in finance, corporate governance, and risk management.She served as Financial Controller and Head of Internal Audit at MAHLE Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of the German MAHLE Group with over 67,000 employees worldwide. In this role, she not only managed domestic operations but also represented Asia on the Transfer Pricing Committee at headquarters, leading international tax and legal compliance as well as internal controls. In 2019, she joined Kenzo Capital Corporation as Chief Financial Officer and also served as statutory auditor for several group companies. She contributed to strengthening corporate governance, ensuring compliance with evolving tax and regulatory requirements, and supporting cross-border business development. At KENSHO, Ms. Meyer zu Brickwedde leverages her international expertise to further enhance governance structures and support the company’s sustainable growth.