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Mr. Kazuhiko Yoshida
Chairman and CEO
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Mr. Michio Tanamoto
Chief Operating Officer
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Mr. Kitaro Onishi
Managing Director
Mr. Kitaro Onishi was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company on 10 March 2008. He is currently the President of Capital Advisers Co., Ltd and is responsible for the property investment business in Japan. Mr. Onishi has extensive experience in property investment business and was an investment banker. He worked for Goldman Sachs Group in the USA as well as in Japan from August 1988 to April 1992. From May 1992 to September 1998, he was with Kajima Corporation, one of the biggest general construction companies in Japan. In October 1998, he joined Credit Suisse Group as a director of the Tokyo branch and was the representative of the Tokyo wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse. He left Credit Suisse Group and joined Capital Advisers Co., Ltd as President in May 2004 and has been leading the property investment business of Capital Advisers Co., Ltd in Japan since then. Mr. Onishi graduated from Waseda University in 1977.
Mr. Masaki Fukumori
Managing Director
Mr. Masaki Fukumori was appointed as the Managing Director on 10 March 2008. He is currently responsible for both the company's Structured Finance and Maritime Investment Departments. Mr. Fukumori joined our Group in August 1997 and acted as Head of our Structured Finance Department until he initiated and has headed the Maritime Investment Department in 2002. He has extensive experience in marketing and syndication in the banking industry specialising in the shipping and aviation sectors spanning over 20 years as well as ship investment and investment management. Between 1985 and 1993, he was a marketing manager at The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. after which, he was a senior marketing manager at Takugin International (Asia) Limited from 1993 to 1997. He is also currently a director of Uni Ships and Management Limited, Akebono Capital Limited and Searex Asset Management Limited. Mr. Fukumori holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Yokohama National University obtained in 1985.
Mr. Masahiro Iwabuchi
Executive Vice-President
Mr. Masahiro Iwabuchi was appointed as Executive Vice-President responsible for the Distressed Asset/ Properties Investment Department in April 1998. He has extensive experience in the banking industry throughout Asia including Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the PRC, having spent some 13 years with The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. He is also currently a director of AAA and Uni-Asia Guangzhou Property Management Company Limited. He completed his Licensing Examination for HKSI Specialist Certificate (Asset Management). Mr. Iwabuchi graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Hirosaki University of Japan in 1985. In addition to Japanese, Mr. Iwabuchi speaks fluent Mandarin.
Mr. Thomas Cheung Fook-Loi
Executive Vice-President
Mr. Thomas Cheung Fook-Loi joined our Company in May 1997 and is the Executive Vice-President responsible for our Group's Agency and Documentation Department. Mr. Cheung has over 20 years of experience in credit and documentation work at European and Japanese banks. He started his banking career at Barclays Bank in 1977 and joined the then-Banque Paribas as an assistant manager in 1986. Prior to joining us, Mr. Cheung was an assistant general manager at Takugin International (Asia) Limited between 1987 and 1997.
Mr. Kenji Fukuyado
Senior Vice-President
Mr. Kenji Fukuyado was appointed as Senior Vice-President responsible for the Structured Finance Department in January 2006. He joined our Group in 2001 as the vice-president of Uni-Asia Finance Corporation (Japan) ("UAFJ") and the Managing Director of UAFJ from May 2003 to December 2005. Mr. Fukuyado has nearly 20 years' experience in the finance industry, including structured finance and corporate finance. Between 1987 and 1998, he was a manager at The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank Ltd in Japan and Hong Kong. Mr. Fukuyado graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from Waseda University in 1987.
Ms. Clementine Ng
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Clementine Ng joined our Company in February 2004 and is the Chief Financial Officer of the Group. She has over 15 years' experience in the financial industry, including fund management, private equity and equity research. Ms. Ng started her career in Hong Kong as a manager with the hedge fund group Gaiacorp in 1992 and took on various responsibilities in the finance industry prior to joining us in February 2004, including an investment analyst at Amsteel Finance Corporation, an investment associate with the direct investment arm of AIG Investment Corporation, and a director at Kaizen Property Management Limited. Ms. Ng graduated with Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada and holds a master's of business administration degree from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.
Mr. Zac K. Hoshino
Senior Vice-President
Mr. Zac K. Hoshino joined our group in September 2007 and acted as Deputy Head of our Marine Investment Department. He is Senior Vice President responsible for all shipping related matter and technical sector. He has extensive experience with chartering, operating, and contracting in Japanese shipping company for more than 20 years including Singapore and Hong Kong representative between 2002 and 2007. He is also the Managing Director of Uni Ships and Management Limited. Mr. Hoshino graduated with a bachelor's degree in mercantile marine science from Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine obtained in 1984.
Mr. Matthew Yuen Wai Keung
Senior Vice-President
Mr. Matthew Yuen Wai Keung joined our company in October 1997 and is Senior Vice-President of Structured Finance Department. Prior to this, he worked in several international banks, specialising in marketing and syndications. Mr. Yuen graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1987 with a second class (upper) honours degree in Business Administration and received his MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales in 1992. Mr. Yuen is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Mr. Makoto Tokozume
Senior Vice-President
Mr. Makoto Tokozume joined our company in January 2008, and is now in charge of investor relations and corporate planning. He is now stationed in Singapore as a member of Uni-Asia Capital (Singapore) Ltd, 100% subsidiary of the company. He has over 20 years working experience in the financial industry in Japan and Singapore, having spent 11 years with Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. and nine years with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. (currently The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsuibishi UFJ Ltd.). He graduated from Keio University with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1986, and received his MBA from University of Hull, UK in 2000. Mr. Tokozume is registered as a Certified Public Accountant of USA.
Ms. Kam Xiu Lin
Senior Assistant to Chairman and CEO
Ms. Kam Xiu Lin was appointed as Senior Assistant to Chairman and CEO and is responsible for the distressed asset investment and property investment in PRC in December 1998. She has extensive networks in PRC, especially in Guangdong, Beijing and Shanghai. Ms. Kam started her banking career at Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. in March 1985 and was appointed as a chief representative of Guangzhou representative office of the bank in 1994 and afterwards. She is also currently a director of Uni-Asia Guangzhou Property Management Company Limited.
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