Date of first appointment as a director: 13 August 2020
Date of last re-election as a director: 16 April 2021
Mr. Kenichi Shimomoto has a professional background in investment banking, especially in M&A sector over 20 years. Before joining Daiwa Securities Group (“Daiwa”), he had served Kobe Steel Co., Ltd. as in-house legal counsel and M&A Advisory Department of Nikko Securities Co., Ltd.,
at where, utilizing his background of law and securities business, he accumulated rich experience in corporate matters and in numerous M&A deals. After joining Daiwa, he has originated and executed large number of Japan domestic and cross-border M&A deals by extending his precedent professional knowledge, and has built his far-reaching network of relationship with customers and business partners during his total 17 years of working experiences in Daiwa.
He was designated as the Director (board member) of Daiwa Corporate Investment (“DCI”, a venture capital/ private equity investment management subsidiary of Daiwa) in March 2020 and has been managing and supervising its international business and several investment teams since then.
Mr. Shimomoto graduated from University of Tokyo, Japan with Bachelor’s Degree in Law, and LL.M. of College of Law, University of Illinois. He is the Attorney at Law admitted in New York State and a certified Member of Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.