KKR Taps Goldman’s Murata as First Japan Hire for Private Credit

KKR & Co. has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Ken Murata as a managing director for its credit business in Japan, as the country becomes a key market for the private credit boom in Asia.

Murata will start in September and report to Diane Raposio, head of Asia credit and markets, according to New York-based KKR. Murata is the alternative asset manager’s first hire in Tokyo to focus on the private credit business.

The hiring reflects KKR’s “ambition to provide Japanese corporates with a broader range of capital solutions,” Raposio said in a statement to Bloomberg News. The ...