Administrative Executive
Liting Chen is an Administrative Executive of Mizuho Asia Partners Pte. Ltd. Liting is a Singaporean whose responsibility is to support administrative matters of the company.
Prior to joining the company, Liting was a conveyancing secretary with Pacific Law Corporation, providing secretarial and administrative support to lawyers including preparing legal documents and maintaining records of executed legal documents.
Chief Executive Officer
Kota Igarashi is the Chief Executive Officer of Mizuho Asia Partners Pte. Ltd. Kota is a Japanese national whose responsibility is to oversee the overall activities of the Fund.
Prior to the launch of Mizuho ASEAN PE Fund, Kota was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs serving the firm for 14 years, most recently at the Merchant Banking Division heading the private equity investment in Japan for a USD 20 billion global fund. While at Goldman Sachs, Kota also worked at the Investment Banking Division advising M&A and Corporate Finance to various Japanese corporates.
Before joining Goldman Sachs, Kota worked for Industrial Bank of Japan (Current Mizuho Bank) as a corporate lending officer and also was seconded to IBJ Securities (Current Mizuho Securities) at the Fixed Income Securities Division.
Kota holds an MBA from University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School and a BA from Keio University.
Team Head, Operations & Administration
Hiroshi Yokomizu is the Head of the Operations & Administration Team of Mizuho Asia Partners Pte. Ltd. Hiro is a Japanese national whose responsibility is to oversee the overall activity of the Operations & Administration Team, which covers legal, regulatory/ ESG compliance, finance, tax and other duties necessary to run the Fund.
Prior to joining Mizuho Asia Partners Pte. Ltd., Hiro was a Vice President at Mizuho Bank, Ltd., primarily engaged in cross-border M&A deals. Whilst at Mizuho Bank, Hiro also worked at Corporate Banking Division as a relationship manager, dealing with large corporates in heavy electric, semi-conductor, and IT industry.
Hiro holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Doshisha University.
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