Shizuka Pohl is a Senior Fund Oversight Officer at Danske Invest Management, Luxembourg Branch,
where she manages a wide range of activities within an investment funds’ life cycle. Danske Invest
belongs to Danske Bank, the biggest bank in Denmark. Activities include the onboarding of funds,
oversight of delegated day-to-day activities, dissolution of funds and the implementation of new
products and regulatory requirements.
Shizuka has an unconventional background as a finance person; starting her career as a hotelier upon
graduating from ICU, she married her Swedish husband and moved to Stockholm where she worked at
the local Japanese bookstore/ courier service agent. Due to her husband’s studies, she moved to
Massachusetts, U.S.A. where she was an intern at The Japan Society of Boston. In 2007, she was invited
to join The Japan ICU Foundation (JICUF) in New York City as the Director of Student Recruitment and
Alumni Affairs which gave her the opportunity to interact with ICU alumni and US students interested in
ICU. Life took another turn when her husband’s work brought them and their newly born daughter to
Luxembourg where she has lived since 2011. Luxembourg being the investment fund hub in Europe, she
geared up for another career change to work in the finance industry in 2013.
Shizuka’s experience as a hotelier and direct client facing roles earned her a strong reputation in her
client representative roles within custody business at Mitsubishi UFJ Investor Services and SEB. After
gaining substantial knowledge in the Luxembourg investment fund business, she decided to move ahead
into the fund management field where she is now a Senior member of her team and an Employee Board
member of her larger organization across the Nordics, Lithuania, Ireland and Luxembourg. Away from
work, she is a mother of two, her daughter, now aged 10, and a 4-year-old son, which adds an extra layer
to her time management skills.
You can connect with Shizuka Pohl via LinkedIn and by emailing her at shizuka.pohl@danskeinvest.com