Chief Executive Officer
RGA Japan
Kazuko Sawada is the Chief Executive Officer of RGA Reinsurance Company’s Japan Branch. She is responsible for leading all business operations for RGA in the Japan market. Before assuming her current role in August 2025, Kazuko served as Chief Marketing Officer, leading RGA business development and product development teams as they develop and provide various solutions to support clients’ challenges in the dynamic environment of the life insurance industry.
Kazuko has two decades of experience in the financial industry. Before joining RGA in June 2024, Kazuko worked for a decade with BNP Paribas, first as the head of fixed-income structuring on the bank side and eventually as the head of insurance solution sales on the securities side. In that role, Kazuko designed and executed sales strategies for a variety of products, including asset liability management (ALM), asset-intensive, and market risk products.
Prior to her time with BNP, Kazuko progressed her career with UBS Securities, where she accumulated multi-asset expertise in product development and structured interest rates, foreign exchange, credit, and quantitative investment strategies. In this role, Kazuko introduced non-flow solutions to align with clients’ goals.
Kazuko earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Tokyo.
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