Meet our highly experienced team
Gideon Franklin
CEO
Gideon is a widely respected M&A expert and industrial equity analyst. He is fluen.....
Daniela Ayrton-Holischeck
Project assistant
Daniela is an experienced corporate finance project assistant, prior work including a .....
Corinna Kubin
Project manager
Corinna trained as an M&A specialist at Merrill Lynch in London and was with the c.....
Louisa Ellis
Administration
Louisa has had a career in administration in the finance industry, including roles at .....
The Viscount Trenchard
Financial institutions
Lord Trenchard spent 11 years in Tokyo with Kleinwort Benson, when he ran their office.....
Anna Dingley
Technology
With over 20 years of experience in Japan, Anna's recent roles include head of investo.....
Professor Ian Reeves CBE
Infrastructure & construction
Ian is senior partner and co-founder of Synaps Partners LLP. He is visiting Professor .....
Claire Kent
Retail & luxury goods
Claire was the top ranked European luxury goods and retailing analyst for 9 consecutiv.....
Noah Franklin
Finance, Consumer Goods
Noah is an experienced CFO and non-executive board director, with a background in fina.....
Koichi Nakajima
Advisor
Koichi Nakajima is Deputy President of Tokyo Century Corporation, a leading financial .....
Fumio Kobayashi
Advisor
Fumio Kobayashi was formerly Deputy CEO of Daifuku, the leading Japanese material hand.....
Professor Mitsuhiro Seki
Advisor
Mitsuhiro Seki is a renowned economist with a particular specialisation in Japanese mi.....
MaryAnn Broughton
Corporate communications
MaryAnn studied Japanese for her degree at the University of Oregon, then later at the.....
