Aoi works closely with the firm’s equity investors to ensure the integrity of the investment approaches under her coverage. She meets regularly with investment teams to assess portfolio positioning, performance, and risk exposures; contributes to the development of new products and client solutions; and manages business issues such as capacity, fees, and guidelines. She also meets with clients, prospects, and consultants to communicate the firm’s strategy and positioning.

Prior to her current role, Aoi was a relationship management analyst in the Client Group and worked in Equity Product Management. Before joining Wellington in 2012, she worked in several sales and marketing roles for Google and was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley focused on M&A financing.

Aoi holds a BSc in social anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MSc in the philosophy of social sciences from Hitotsubashi University.