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United States

M.S., Economics, Business Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.
B.S., Economics, Agricultural Economics, University of Hokkaido, Japan.

Research Analyst, Nomura Research Institute, U.S.

Researched and analyzed data on securities and asset management industries as input used by the senior researcher's analysis and presentations.

Translated presentation slides from Japanese to English for the local audience.

Vice President, Risk Governance & Reporting, Chartis Insurance, U.S.

Reviewed and assessed key processes and controls within Chartis Credit Risk functions and identified process improvement opportunities.

Reviewed and streamlined processes for International and Domestic credit operations.

Highlighted and discussed with Credit Risk managers any risks and control gaps that could result in unforeseen financial / operational exposure.

Vice President, Credit Policy & Compliance, Chartis Insurance, U.S.

Issued monthly compliance reports, policies and procedures to be submitted to and discussed with senior management. In addition, conducted portfolio analysis of high-risk exposure clients and presented the results to Credit Committee Meetings held bimonthly.

Vice President, Americas Credit Division, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., U.S.

Credit analyses and recommendations of Fortune 1000 companies.

Assessed borrowers seeking syndicated and other loans; analyzed financial statements, competitive positioning, strategies, and industry structure before presenting lending recommendations to executive officers and Board of Directors.

Evaluated cash flow projections through complex statistical and financial models.

Saved the bank millions of dollars by forecasting downward trend in media company customer's creditworthiness; designed and prepared responsive obligor tear sheets to present creditworthiness snapshot that enabled executives to make prompt decisions.

Vice President, Investment Banking Credit Division, Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi, Ltd., U.S.

Key position performing credit analyses of structured financing for new and existing credit limits ranging from $10 million to $500 million.

Analyzed structural considerations, revolving period, early amortization events, cash flow allocation, eligibility criteria and lockbox arrangements mitigating commingling risks.

Books providing in-depth analysis of economic policies.

Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics, Accounting, Public finance, Finance, Management, Banking, Risk Management, International economics, Project Management, International business, Risk Management, Risk management, Servicing

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Australia

- Graduate Diploma in Banking & Finance (Chisholm Institute - now Monash University).
- Graduate Diploma in Japanese Studies - Monash University.
- Bachelor of Science (Majors in Mathematics & Japanese) - Monash University.

Worked as a freelance translator/writer for many reputed finance houses and companies such as:

Japanese government sponsored – Law Translation Project

Knowledge Management Cluster

Non-Japanese Securities House

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.

Lingua Franca, Tokyo

Asian Market Access, Tokyo

IBJ Securities Co., Ltd

He has carried out the translation of reports on Japanese listed companies, business, finance-related legal documents, reports for the equity research division, and monthly reports on the Japanese economic and political situation.

Translated more than 947,018 characters for us alone.

Translated various correspondence and documents relating to business establishment of financial institutions in Japan.

Translation of monthly report on the Japanese economic and political situation.

Translation of reports originally issued by Nomura Securities, Tokyo-Mitsubishi Securities, Bloomberg etc. (Topics included Japanese Media Industry, GHLC)

Translation and re-writing of Japanese language research reports for presentation as English

language reports to be distributed to worldwide clients.

Translation and editing of internal credit reports and client company reports used for external market purposes.

Translation of financial statements, finance-related magazine articles and corporate newsletters (including Top 5 accounting firm)

Japanese government sponsored - Law Translation Project

- One of a select group of translators that translated Japanese laws and legal commentary into English for this high profile government sponsored project. Work was focused on finance-related legal documents.

Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows –
- NT-J definitions of managerial positions from FY14.
- Detailed report of CSR's in China.
- Keeping a check on garment factory Fires in Bangladesh.
- "Growth strategy policies for SMEs".
- 35th Annual conference of the European Union Studies Association.
- A Study on adverse selection and moral hazard by analyzing two million policies.
- Apple’s Groundbreaking Report.
- Productive consumption hypothesis, indeterminacy of equilibrium, and dynamics of human aid.
- Thirteen theories for efficiency measurement and their application to airport benchmarking.
- Equilibrium of spatial model of social interactions.
- Spreading of financial crises because of correlations between the returns on investment.

Director, Finance Group, Australia

- Australian-based consulting company involved in advising on Asian finance matters and Japanese to English finance-related translations
- Senior Manager Capital Markets, IBJ Australia Bank
- Relationship management of New Zealand clients and all Commonwealth and State Government entities throughout Australia.
- Marketing, pricing and documentation of domestic private placement issues. Total volume of more than A$30 billion in more than 100 separate issues.
- Marketing of euro medium term notes, US CP programmes, standby lines.
- Development of IBJ’s custody business in Australia for Japanese investors including introduction of new computer software.
- Responsible for negotiation and conclusion of all ISDA Swap documentation with Australian entities.
- Responsible for establishment and documentation of IBJ Australia Bank’s Euro Debt Securities Program.
- Relationship management of Commonwealth and State Government entities based in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

Representative Officer, The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd., Australia

-Overseeing documentation and relationships with Australian clients of the IBJ Group.

-Market research for overseas members of the IBJ Group.

Assisted the EU-Japan center for Industrial Co-operation with its English language publication, “Johogen: The Ultimate Guide to Printed Electronic and Cyber Sources of Japanese Information on Science, Technology & Commerce – Editions 5 and 6”.

He was the President of The Kaisha Society - a forum for foreign professionals working in Japanese environments based in Tokyo (established 1985).

He acted as the “go-between” in the arrangement of a "friendly city" agreement between Caulfield in Victoria, Australia and Ogaki in Gifu, Japan.

He was an occasional guest commentator (in Japanese) on Television Tokyo Channel 12 - Business News and other programs for Television Tokyo.

He was a frequent guest commentator on CNN providing comments on the Japanese economy and financial markets. The programme is broadcast live globally in English.

Frequent guest commentator on Reuters TV providing comments on the Japanese economy and financial markets including a special report on the BoJ Tankan. The programme was broadcast live globally in English.

Frequent guest commentator on CNBC providing comments on the Japanese economy and financial markets. The programme is broadcast live to the Asian region in English.

He provided occasional quotes in finance related media reports such as Dow Jones Wire Service, Reuters, Bloomberg, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Asian Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times.

He has written Financial Times column “Web Inspection”-review of the IBJ Securities web site.

He provided occasional quotes in the Australian financial press.

Speeches/Presentations

Chaired seminars presented by the Japanese Ministry of Finance on the Japanese economy and Japanese government bond markets conducted in New York, Boston, and Toronto.

Chaired seminars presented by the Japanese Ministry of Finance on the Jap

- Translated a paper on Fiscal Policy published online by the Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
- Translated an article on the collapse of the Japanese government bond market published by Mizuho International
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- Member of the Australia Institute of Company Directors
- Australia-Japan Society of the ACT (Canberra, AUSTRALIA)
- The Japan-America Society of Washington (Seattle, USA)
- Southern Cross Kai
- The Sydney Institute
- The Japan Australia New Zealand Society, Inc (Tokyo)
- President of Kaisha Society
- Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ANZCCJ) (Tokyo)

Strategy, Management Education, Supply chain management, Management Information Systems, Technology Management, Marketing, Law and Economics, Operations Management, Managerial economics, Project Management, Consumer Economics, Risk Management, Economic Sociology, Servicing, Accounting, Strategy, Corporate Finance, Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce, Technology Management, Behavioral Economics, Sustainable Development, Management, Organizational Behavior, Business, Accounting, Business Management (Others), Corporate Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility, E-Commerce

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United States

MBA, University of Hawaii, USA
BA, Brigham Young University, USA

9 years translation experience includes the following.

Currently a translator with us for many years.

KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd. Tokyo, JAPAN

Full-time in-house translator.

In charge of translating all daily Japanese communications from the business operations unit into English. Examples: Medium-term management plan, organizational updates, company policy documents and employee manuals, communications from C-level executives, human resources, learning & development, general administration, marketing, accounting, information security and other internal functions.
Translated the company intranet into English and launched an internal translation request flow for the consulting practice using SharePoint.
Translated and proofread various client deliverables, including proposals, reports, presentation materials, and manuals (especially those related to Risk Consulting and Internal Audit).
Regularly translated introductory-level knowledge (for internal use) on topics such as RPA, fintech and bit coin. Amitt Co., Ltd. Tokyo, JAPAN

Project coordinator, translator and proofreader

Coordinated the entire process of multilingual translation, interpreter dispatch, and overseas research projects.
Discussed and communicated project requirements in both English and Japanese with international clients, translators, proofreaders, and interpreters.
Led in-house Japanese to English translations, proofreading, and editing.
Reviewed translations in a variety of languages to ensure quality; provided guidance and feedback to freelancers.
Mais Co., Ltd. Tokyo, JAPAN

Web content writer and translator (paid internship)

Proposed and wrote article content in English for the expat community in Japan.
Translated and proofread documents in Excel and Word (e.g., healthcare app interface and terms list, reference guidebook for expats, advertising copies).
Brainstormed and discussed ideas for website design and new projects.

Some of his translated research papers/manuscripts are as follows

The relationship between sustainable development and corporate social responsibility
Developing capabilities and competence for sustainable business management as innovation: a research agenda
Sustainable Business Management: Conceptual Framework and Application
Corporate motivations for environmental sustainable development: exploring the role of consumers in stakeholder engagement
Collective ideals and practices in sustainable development: managing corporate identity
Sustainable development in practice: case studies for engineers and scientists
International business, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development
Corporations, stakeholders and sustainable development I: a theoretical exploration of business society relations
Sustainable project life cycle management: the need to integrate life cycles in the manufacturing sector
Management for sustainable development and its impact on firm value in the SME context: Does size matter
Sustainable development: a review of the international development, business and accounting literature

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager, International, eBay, Inc., USA

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS

Vice President, US Securitization Group

Assisted and or/managed transaction processes including structuring, documentation and coordination of clients, rating agencies, internal credit and legal counsels in timely fashion.
Assisted and or/led sales process to further develop key client relationships and prospective clients.

Associate, US Securitization Group

Assisted vice presidents/managing directors in all facets of transaction process, including structuring, documentation, obtaining of internal approvals and ratings from rating agencies. Provided written annual reviews of completed transactions.
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA

Associate, Securitization Group

Assisted vice president/managing director in all facets of transaction process, including structuring, documentation, drafting of servicer reports and working with other co-purchasers where Citicorp acted as lead agent.
Provided annual reviews of completed transactions.

Associate, Global Relationship Banking Group

Responsible for research, analysis, and completing approval packages for unsecured and/or secured corporate domestic/international loans to Fortune 500 clients.
Assisted senior relationship manager in cross-selling diverse corporate banking products to existing clients.

Finance, banking, international economics, financial economics, risk management, strategy, international business, management information systems, growth economics, macroeconomics, international trade

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Australia

Graduate Diploma in Banking & Finance, Monash University, Australia.
Graduate Diploma in Japanese Studies, Monash University, Australia.
B.S., Mathematics & Japanese, Monash University, Australia.
Associate of Music Australia, Piano AMEB, Australia.

Director, Finance Group, Australia

Research on the Asian Financial Markets, Japanese to English translations and rewriting of finance related materials.

Senior Manager, Capital Markets, IBJ Australia Bank, Sydney

Relationship management of New Zealand clients and all commonwealth and state government entities throughout Australia.

Marketing, pricing and documentation of domestic private placement issues. Total volume of more than AUS$30 billion in more than 100 separate issues.

Marketing of euro medium term notes, US CP programmes, standby lines.

Development of IBJ's custody business in Australia for Japanese investors.

Responsible for negotiation and conclusion of all ISDA Swap documentation with Australian entities.

Responsible for establishment and documentation of IBJ Australia Bank's Euro Debt Securities Program.

Chaired seminars presented by the Japanese Ministry of Finance on the Japanese economy and Japanese government bond markets conducted in Hong Kong, New York, Singapore, Boston and Toronto Guest speaker at many international conferences like, The Japan-America Society of the State of Washington Seattle, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Co-operation (Tokyo), International Conference on Japanese Information in Science, Technology, Education & Commerce (Stockholm) etc.

Noted writer in the Nikkei Newspaper, Japan

Japanese government sponsored Law translation project

Translated finance related Japanese laws and legal commentary into English for this high profile government sponsored project.

Freelance finance translator for various private and government houses in Japan and Australia such as Nikko Citigroup Limited, Non-Japanese Securities House, Elanex, Lingua Franca, Fontaine Limited, Asian Market Access, Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd etc. He has translated documents such as:

Reports for the equity research division.

Monthly report on the Japanese economic and political situation.

Reports originally issued by Nomura Securities, Tokyo-Mitsubishi Securities, Bloomberg etc. (Topics included Japanese Media Industry, GHLC)

Legal documents.

Financial statements, corporate profiles and corporate brochures.

Finance-related magazine articles and corporate newsletters (including Top 5 accounting firm)

Newspaper articles from the Nikkei Newspaper and other financial newspapers and magazines.

Confidential credit reports and in-house manuals used for credit assessment by major Japanese financial institutions.

Japanese language research reports for presentation as English language reports to be distributed to worldwide clients

Confidential letters from the President and Managing Director.

Internal credit reports and client company reports used for external market purposes.

Member of the Board of Trustees, The Evergreen School, Shoreline, Washington, US.
Japan Association of Translators, Japan.
Member, Australia Institute of Company Directors, Australia.
Australia- Japan Society of the ACT, Australia.
The Japan-America Society of Washington, US.
Southern Cross Kai, Australia.
The Sydney Institute, Australia.
The Japan Australia New Zealand Society, Inc. Tokyo.
President, Kaisha Society, Tokyo.
Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ANZCCJ), Tokyo.

History, Humanities, Media/Communication, Social Sciences

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japan

MA, International Relations and Asian Politics, The University of Queensland, Australia
BA, International Relations, Deakin University, Australia

Research Assistant and Administrator, Deakin university, Australia
Academic tutor in Asian studies, Deakin University, Australia
Medical Interpreter at International Medical Services, Australia
Technical translator, Nihon Isued, Japan
Corporate translator and executive assistant, Australian Paper
Edited various academic papers in the fields of international relations, political science, Asian studies, sociology, cultural studies, and history

Japanese to English Translation
English to Japanese Translation
Japanese to English Interpretation
English to Japanese Interpretation
English to Japanese Editing

Member, Golden Key International Honour Society

Finance, banking, economics, accounting, strategy, international economics, business, international business, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, project management, serving and human resources.

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Japan

M.A., Social Science and Business, Draper Interdisciplinary Masters Program, New York University, New York, U.S.
B.A., American Studies, Liberal Arts Department, Tsuda College, Tokyo, Japan
Macro Economics Course, Vassar College, New York, U.S.

Assistant Vice President, Rating Communications Group, Moody's Japan K.K., Tokyo, Japan.

Provided Japanese language translation and editorial services to credit analysts across lines of business groups.

Prepared a summary of Moody's reports to upload on Toyo Keizai Online site on a bi-weekly basis. Publications
1. Japan Credit Weekly - Weekly report summary to distribute online to subscribers.
2. Moody's Highlights (Newsletter) 4 times a year

Associate Director, Fixed Income, Rates & Currency Division, UBS Securities Japan Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

Served as a senior editor /translator/document reviewer in the credit research section, was also involved in report writing.

Publications
1. Global Credit News Prepared Japanese summary of UBS global credit report on global companies and financial institutions.
2. Economics report - Weekly macro-economic report.
3. JGB Daily Strategy - Edited the translated version.
4. Derivatives market weekly.

Senior Analyst, Equity Research Department, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Tokyo, Japan.

Served as a senior translator to provide translation services to analyst reports.

Served as a document reviewer to control the quality of reports in the Equity Research Dept.

Equity Derivatives Market researcher, BNP Paribas Securities, Japan.

Writing weekly report on the Japanese financial market.

Translated English monthly economic report into Japanese.

Junior Analyst, Japanese Equity Research, Deutsche Securities, Japan

Financial analysis of Japanese companies in Equity Research Dept.

Translated macro economy report into Japanese.

Assistant analyst, Equity Research, Baring Securities, Japan

Wrote daily news on the financial sector and translated research report.