Hideto YAMADA is the CEO for CapitaLand Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (CJKK) and a member of Senior Leadership Council of CapitaLand Investment (CLI). Hideto has more than 40 years of experience in real estate, covering investment, consultancy, corporate management, and cross-border business. Before joining CJKK, Hideto was the Head of Global Real Estate and C-head of Private Investment Markets in Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) for six years from 2017 and spearheaded to acquire about 900 billion yen of AUM. Prior to joining GPIF, Hideto was with Mitsui Fudosan Group for 35 years where he made several achievements and took on several leadership roles and in various geographies, including Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (USA).
Hideto holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Economics from the Yokohama National University in Japan. He is a Certified Public Accountant (USA), a Fellow Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK) and a former member of the Advisory Committee of Land Economy of University of Cambridge, CLEAB.