Mr. Hidaka is Chief Fund Manager of Japanese Equity Group (Small) at Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd (MUKAM) and has more than 20 years of investment and research experience. He joined UFJ Partners Asset Management Co., Ltd. (present MUKAM) in 2005. After engaging in retail sales and risk management in 1996 for a period of five years at New Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (present Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.), he started his career in investment and research in 2001. Mr. Hidaka holds a B.S. in science from Kyushu University.