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We share our profound investment philosophy and value-creating know how accumulated through past numerous successful investment track records of both NHC and our previous operation, Phoenix Capital Co., Ltd. Our long standing experienced team, with knowledgeable advisors, will continue to excel in serving our investment goals.

CEO Yasushi Ando: Mr. Ando is one of the best-known investment managers in the private equity fund industry in Japan. As a founding Managing Partner of Phoenix Capital, he has made Phoenix one of the best private equity funds in Japan in terms of its size and performance. He also served on the board of the companies including Hitachi Housetec, Tokyu Construction, Seiki-Tokyu Ind., TEAC Corp., Gold-Pak, and Mitsubishi Motors. He is well-known for his unique approach in improving company performance.
Before founding Phoenix Capital, he served as Chief Manager of the Investment Banking Division at the Bank of MUFJ (formerly know as The Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ), where he took a leading role in promoting the bank’s international investment banking business. He also has ten years of international commercial banking business experience, as well as five years’ experience in trading.
Mr. Ando holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

＜Cases as a keyman＞
Alphatec Solutions Co., Ltd., Fudo Construction Co., Ltd., Ichida Co., Ltd., Kaijo Corporation., Kenken Co., Ltd., Kinsho Store Pare Co., Ltd., Myodo Metal Co., Ltd., Sokkia Co., Ltd., Takisawa Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Teac Corp., Tsu-Matsubishi Co., Ltd., Tsumura & Co., etc.

Director on board Kazutoshi Todo: Mr. Todo has over 30 years of experience in Bank of MUFJ and held several managerial roles in the bank’s Economic and Industry Research division, Corporate Finance division, and Financial Institutions division, including the Corporate Banking officer at Hong Kong Branch. He also has an experience serving for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry as a Senior Economist. Since Joining NHC as a senior advisor in 2016, he had also served as CEO in Mag2, Inc. until September 2017. After serving as COO, he has been a director on board since April 2023. Mr. Todo holds a BA degree in Law from University of Tokyo.

CFO Ryuji Sato: Prior to Joining NHC, Mr. Sato worked for a major accounting firm for over 10 years and gained experience in auditing corporations, M&A advisory as well as advisory on IPO. Joined NHC in 2006 at the inception, Mr. Sato leads the firm’s finance, administrative legal and compliance activities. He has also engaged in corporate turnaround support at the investment in multiple inrestrees, Inc., as an external board member. Mr. Sato holds a BA degree in Law from Meiji University and is a Certified Public Accountant in Japan.

CIO Tokusuke Shin: Mr. Shin worked on advisory operations such as accounting audits of listed companies, M&A, corporate recovery, etc. at KPMG. In 2004, he joined Phoenix Capital Co., Ltd. and took office as a director. He was involved in the support of investees as a member of the business rehabilitation committee of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., etc. He also supported global negotiations, etc. As the person in charge on the fund side, he has guided the management of Gold-Pak Co., Ltd. and led the project to list the company and succeeded in listing it on JASDAQ securities exchange in 2006. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Melbourne University and is a certified public accountant.

Managing Director Yoichiro Kurosawa: Mr. Kurosawa has 25 years of experience in and around the private equity investment business, both as an investor and as part of an investee’s management team. As a Managing Director at Phoenix Capital, he has engaged in management support for investee companies as a member of the board or corporate rehabilitation committee. Prior to that, he was with JAFCO, a private equity investment group, including five years at its San Francisco and Palo Alto operations. Mr. Kurosawa holds a BA degree from Sophia University, a Masters degree in Sustainable Technologies from Tohoku University where he obtained a Program Officer on Environment certificate, and an MBA from Keio University.

Managing Director Keizo Kaneko: Mr. Kaneko started his carrier at one of the largest accounting firms in 1987 and conducted audits on corporations. Then, he was involved in various M&A transactions as an M&A advisor first at Investment Banking group of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd from 1990 and at Investment Banking Division of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co. Ltd. . Since joining NHC in 2007, he had served on the board of Houstec, Inc., where he supervised CFO to lead management and governance reforms and promote manifestation of corporate values. He graduated from the Faculty of Science, Chiba University and is a certified public accountant.

Deputy CIO/Managing Director Atsushi Nagatoshi: Mr. Nagatoshi started his career at Livin’ On the Edge” Co., Ltd. (later “livedoor” Co., Ltd.), where he was engaged in M&A and Equity Financing in the Corporate Planning Department, playing a key role in their Corporate Activities. Earlier, he had served both Head of the IR Department and General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department at DeNA Co., Ltd., where he managed the Administrative Accounting and led the company to the Tokyo Stock Exchanges’ first section. After returning to livedoor Co., Ltd., he established Organizational Restructuring by setting up a Management Department after the spin-off. Later, he joined Asteria Corporation (formerly Infoteria) as General Manager of the Corporate Planning where he worked on business expansion into overseas market, including the M&A of a U.S Company and capital increase. As Executive Officer at the company’s subsidiary in China, he worked on capital increase and earlier, organizational construction as CFO during the company’s start-up.Graduated International School of Dusseldorf e.V. in Germany and Law Department of Chuo University in Japan.

Managing Director Takuya Yoshioka: Prior to joining NHC, Mr. Yoshioka worked at KPMG AZSA LLC for four years where he gained experience in corporate auditing, internal control auditing and accounting advisory services for a variety of companies. Since joining NHC in 2015, he has experienced several investment deals and post-investment management. He has also engaged in administrative accounting and fund disclosure for the investors. Mr. Yoshioka holds a BA degree in Economics from Keio University, an MBA from Hitotsubashi University and is a Certified Public Accountant in Japan.

Managing Director Masayuki Taniai: Mr. Taniai started his business career at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (formerly known as Chuo Trust Bank）where he gained experience in corporate finance and real estate investment. After that, he was transferred to a private equity investment subsidiary where he was responsible in investments and investor relations. In 2021, he returned to Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, where he was engaged in private equity investment management. He has over 15 years of experience in private equity business. He holds a BA degree in Law from Hitotsubashi University.

Director Yusuke Komatsu: Prior to joining NHC, Mr. Komatsu worked at Hachijuni Bank where he gained experience in corporate lending and personal asset management, and he engaged in investment operations for turnaround funds and venture funds at Hachijuni Capital. Since joining NHC in 2019, he has experienced several investment deals and post-investment management. He holds a BA degree in Faculty of Commerce from Nihon University.

Director Kazutoshi Asada: Mr. Asada started his career at Sony Group Corporation as a production system development engineer for assembly products. In 2015, he changed to Asahi Tax Office and worked on tax accounting services as well as business planning and corporate valuation for small and medium-sized enterprises. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is a tax accountant and a small and medium enterprise management consultant.

Director Hiromi Shinagawa: Her first career was showroom management and product planning at a Tokyo Gas group company. After working at Softbank Investment (now SBI Holdings) in the accounting and finance departments, she transferred to SBI Investment, where she was involved in fund management, including VC, corporate revitalization investments, and monitoring of overseas investment vehicles. After joining NHC in 2015, she is in charge of overall administrative operations, including fund management.Graduated from Showa Women’s University, Faculty of Home Economics.

Senior Advisor Makoto Isshi: Prior to Japan Asia Investment Corporation (JAIC), a TSE listed investment enterprise, Mr. Isshi started his business career at Nippon Kokan (NKK, now JFE holdings). At JAIC, Mr. Isshi served as head of the International Division and Post-investment Value Add Division, and he also had wide experience in managing JAIC branch offices in Japan and other countries in Asia. After he became a member of board of directors of JAIC, he initiated to establish Japan Private Equity (JPE), a subsidiary of JAIC, function as CEO and was engaging in buyout and turnaround type of deals. From his career in corporate investment business over the 2 decades, Mr. Isshi has extensive industry experience, as investor and investee, in developing business both in domestic and overseas market.

Senior Corporate Advisor Naoko Hatakeyama: Prior to joining Phoenix Capital in 2005, Ms. Hatakeyama engaged in corporate recovery and strategy consulting as a founding partner of the Corporate Strategy Group of Deloitte Touche Group. Before that she was a partner at Deloitte Touche Consulting Group (DTCG) when Braxton Consulting, a Boston-based strategy consulting firm where she started her consultant career in 1983, merged with DTCG. Ms. Hatakeyama holds a Masters degree in counseling and consulting psychology from Harvard University Education School.; Since joining NHC as a partner in 2006, she has engaged in value management of investees. She assumed the position of senior advisor in April 2019.

Advisor

Specialized in corporate rehabilitation

Yasushi Shimosaka
Specialized in international taxation

Toru Suda
Expert in Chinese tax and accounting

Cheng Li
Expert in international business law

Akira Yamada