Meet Our Team

Raymond Kinjo, MBA, CFP®

Lead Financial Advisor (CA Insurance Lic 0D40783)

rkinjo@ft.newyorklife.com

Raymond has been in the financial services industry since graduating from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Having grown up watching his father help hundreds of families for a very long time, Raymond has a strong vision to continue his father’s legacy and service his clients for many decades as well. His main passion is to learn a lot about friends and client's background, needs and vision. Since partnering with his father in 2014, he has mainly worked with the Japanese community. As a bilingual speaker with experience working in Japan after his MBA, he understands the unique needs of the Japanese community.

Raymond received a BS from USC and and MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He holds a FINRA Series 7, 6, 63 and 66 Registrations. He is also a proud Certified Financial Planner PractitionerTM.

He likes to spend his free time with his daughter Mackenzie and wife Megumi. Raymond also is an avid golfer.

Kozue Matsumoto

Office Manager

kmatsumoto@ft.newyorklife.com

Born and raised in Japan, Kozue is a native speaker of Japanese. Kozue is committed to client services for our Japanese-speaking clients. Kozue also assists the marketing efforts and office management to connect with clients as well as his community. In her spare time, she is a concert performer for Koto. She has been playing since 3 years old and also teaches Koto.

Lena Kelly

Client Relations Manager

lkelly02@ft.newyorklife.com

Born in Japan and raised in Los Angeles, Lena is the newest member of our office. She speaks Japanese and is committed to providing a smooth onboarding process for our clients. Lena also works with Kozue on the marketing process of the office and looking forward to further connecting with our clients. Her hobbies are watching Japanese dramas and exploring food options.

**Our consultants are employees of New York Life Insurance Company and are not directly employed by Raymond & Yoshio Kinjo.