Corporate Profile
| Company Name | Monex Hambrecht, Inc. | ||||||||
| Address | PCP Marunouchi 20F MAP 1-11-1, Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6220, Japan TEL +81-3-6212-3763 FAX +81-3-6212-2717 |
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| Capital | 113 million yen | ||||||||
| Established | September 2005 | ||||||||
| Main Services | M&A Advisory Service, Research of OpenIPO® in Japan | ||||||||
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Management
| Chairman Oki Matsumoto |
Mr. Matsumoto serves as CEO at Monex, Inc. since 1999, when he founded the company. He was previously a partner at Goldman Sachs; when he made partner, he was the youngest ever at that time. He serves various public and government positions including appointment of a member of the Economic Council to Prime Minister in 1999. He was also chosen as one of FORTUNE’s 25 Rising Stars and a next-generation global leader in 2001. |
| Vice Chairman Robert Eu |
Mr. Eu serves as a Managing Director, Asia, WR Hambrecht + Co., LLC. He has extensive experience advising Asian companies on strategic and financial solutions. He joined WR Hambrecht + Co in April 1998 from H&Q Asia Pacific, an affiliate of Hambrecht & Quist, where he co-founded and was the Managing Director of the Hong Kong office. He is also Chairman of AEX Enterprises, a holding company whose main operations is Hong Kong-based online securities firm, Boom Securities. Robert is a graduate of Northwestern University with a B.A. in History. |
| Vice Chairman Toru Mio |
Chief Executive, Mio & Company Inc. Mr. Mio was previously Managing Director and M&A Group Head of Nikko Citigroup's Investment Banking Division for 17 years. In 2005 he founded Asuka DBJ Partners, a private equity firm, as a joint venture between Development Bank of Japan and Asuka Asset Management. In April 2010, he founded Mio & Company Inc., a management consulting firm. |
| President Managing Partner Shuichi Matsuzawa |
Mr. Matsuzawa worked for Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for
19 years and had various experiences in principal investment and business
development in IT industries. Positions at Mitsui included Investment
Team Leader of Information, Electronics & Telecommunication Business
Unit, General Manager of Business Development at Mitsui Knowledge Industry
Co., Ltd. (seconded), and Director of Strategic Business Planning at Nihon
Unisys, Ltd. (seconded). He also had responsibilities as external auditor of ACCA Network Co., Ltd. and Nextcom K.K. Mr. Matsuzawa received BE in Engineering from University of Tokyo and MBA from Harvard University. |
| Director & Partner Hidekazu Katao |
Mr. Katao worked for Sakura Bank (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) for 3 years and then worked for Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for 6 years as a senior advisor. He has 9 years of experience in M&A and principal investment, and has an excellent knowledge about TMT and Service industry. |
| Board member Tsutomu Nakajima |
Managing Director, Monex Group, Inc. Mr. Nakajima joined The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan and engage in M&A Business in the USA. After returning, through financial products planning, he was in charge of management integration with a European financial institute as General Manager of investment bank division. He joined Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. and acted as a financial adviser for public-sector financial institutions. After joining Monex Group, inc., he was assigned to start-up and M&A of group businesses. Mr. Nakajima has been a Managing Director of Monex Group, Inc. since June 2006 and currently serves as a board member for 3 subsidiaries. He joined Monex Hambrecht, Inc. in January 2010. |
| Board member Hiroshi Aikawa |
Director, Monex Business Incubation, Inc. Mr. Aikawa joined Japan Asia Investment Co., Ltd. After engaging in venture capital investment as a general manager, he was in charge of corporate planning such as IPO to Tokyo Stock Exchange project and capital planning. Mr. Aikawa has been a Director of Monex Business Incubation, Inc. since June, 2009. He joined Monex Hambrecht, Inc. in August 2009. |
| Board member Takeshi "TK" Mori |
Managing Director, ZenShin Capital Partners. Mr. Mori Started his career from Hitachi, Ltd. He served as executive vice president of OnFiber Communications Inc funded by premier VC firm in Silicon Valley. He also founded a company which developed the world fastest optical switch. Then, he founded ZenShin Capital in Silicon Valley in 2005. He is a graduate of Tokyo University with a B.A. and Stanford Graduate School of Business with MBA. |
| Statutory Auditor Takeshi Tamaki |
Member of the Board of Auditors, Monex Group, Inc. Mr. Tamaki served as a Managing Director of The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Ltd. and a Vice President of The Bank of Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd. Mr. Tamaki has been a Member of the Board of Auditors of Monex Group, Inc. since June 2007. He joined Monex Hambrecht, Inc. in January 2010. |
