PROFILE

Kathy is vice chair of Goldman Sachs Japan, co-head of Macro Research in Asia and chief Japan
equity strategist. She is a member of the Asia Pacific Management Committee and Goldman Sachs
Japan Co., Ltd. Executive Committee. Kathy joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 and was named
managing director in 1998 and partner in 2000.
Kathy was ranked No. 1 in Japan Equity Strategy by Institutional Investor magazine multiple
times, she was chosen by The Wall Street Journal newspaper as one of the "10 Women to Watch in
Asia" in 2007 for her work on the "Womenomics" theme, and she was also named to Bloomberg
Markets magazine’s “50 Most Influential” list in 2014.
Kathy has served on numerous government committees aimed at promoting gender diversity in
Japan. She is a board member of the Asian University for Women (AUW) Support Foundation, chair
of the Board of Councilors (Japan) of the US-Japan Council, director of the Fast Retailing
Foundation, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Nature Conservancy-Asia Pacific
Council, and Keizai Doyukai. She also serves on the Advisory Council for the Japan Society Fund
Against Breast Cancer.
Kathy earned an AB, magna cum laude, in Social Studies from Harvard University and an MA
from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.