Ayako Horiuchi is a Director of Real Asset Product, Product Management team at Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited. In her current role, she serves as product specialist for real estate open-end / closed-end funds and separate accounts managed globally by Invesco Real Estate. Ayako began her real estate investment career in 2006 at Invesco Real Estate (Japan) as a member of the acquisition group, focusing on investment valuation and internal investment committee process. She was also responsible of new product development including the IPO of Invesco Office J-REIT. Ayako earned a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and International Relations degree from International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. She is a Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan, and an ARES Certified Master.