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Kenji has been engaged in the cross-border M&A advisory business for over 11 years. Prior to joining Sagent Advisors as the Co-Head of the Japan Focus Group in October 2007, he was an Executive Vice President at Daiwa Securities America where he was responsible for originating and executing Japan-U.S. cross border mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President of the Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory Services Department at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. From 1989 to 1996, he was a member of Sumitomo Bank’s International Finance Department where he was responsible for project finance, ship finance and aircraft finance. Kenji received a Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1984 from Keio University and an MBA in 1988 from California State University at Hayward. | 