
HQ hires AB Value's Kitamura for Japan coverage

Motoya Kitamura, previously managing partner of Japanese secondaries investor AB Value Capital Partners, has joined HQ Capital as a managing director.
Based in Hong Kong and Tokyo, Kitamura will join the firm’s Asia investment team, with a special focus on Japan. Prior to joining AB Value – formerly Ant Capital Partners – in 2018, he spent more than a decade with Macquarie Group and ROC Partners, the spin-out of Macquarie’s Asia fund-of-funds team.
“We are delighted to have Motoya Kitamura join our growing team,” said David Pierce, HQ Capital’s head of Asia, in a statement. “Motoya has long experience in private equity fund investing, on both a primary and secondary basis, as well as co-investments, and he brings a deep understanding of the market in Japan, which is an increasingly important one for HQ Capital.”
HQ Capital, the global private equity business of Germany’s HQ Group, makes primary commitments to funds and pursues secondary and co-investment transactions. It was founded in 1989 and took on its current form in 2015 through the combination of Auda Private Equity, Real Estate Capital Partners and Equita. Total assets under management are $11.3 billion. HQ Capital has been investing in Asian private equity since 1997 and established a local presence in 2007.
Last year, the firm closed a dedicated Asia secondaries fund with $250 million in commitments.
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