Representative Directors

Chairman & CEO Takeshi Shinoda

March 2011 – Present
After graduating from Keio University in 1985, served as Corporate Treasurer at Nikko Securities' New York office and Head of Equity Finance for Japan and Asia at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and ING Securities. Following that, served as Head of Equity Derivatives at BNP Paribas Securities and responsible for equity-related business in Japan. Possesses a total of more than 30 years of capital markets experience.
As CEO of Aristagora Group, which has offices in Japan, Singapore and Israel, he has collaborated with Private Banks to offer investment services for high-net-worth individuals, create and manage various investment funds and offer various corporate finance services.

Managing Director Tetsuo Miyake

April 2007 – Present
Bachelor’s in Corporate Finance from Rikkyo University, Tokyo (1985)
Worked in Sales, Trading, and Planning Division at Nikko Securities and Nikko Securities, New York
Head of Credit Trading at Nikko Salomon Smith Barney Securities
Head of Trading at Tokai International Securities (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities)
Certified Financial Planner of the Japan Association for Financial Planners

Managing Director Noriyuki Yamanouchi

March 2020 – Present
Graduated from UCLA in 2006 and joined Japanese company Hikari Tsushin where he became the youngest director and played a key role in various initial M&A transactions. Thereafter served as director for several listed companies such as Crayfish, LSI Japan, EMCOM Capital and OPTROM and led numerous M&A transactions.