Mr. Muraki is responsible for Strategic Investments, M&A transactions and specific Cross Border Joint Venture opportunities.

 

Mr. Muraki previously had several positions in Japan and outside Japan. Mr. Muraki started his career with Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC Warburg) in Tokyo where he advised Japanese companies in investment banking services and resided in London and Tokyo, and Zurich.  

 

After SBCW, Mr. Muraki joined the World Bank Group in Washington DC in 1996 where he worked on financial sector restructuring in Asia and investment projects in Asia with International Finance Corporation (IFC). In 1998, Mr. Muraki was appointed to work in the Bank`s representative office in Seoul, where he was responsible for capital market restructuring, restructuring of Chaebols, privatization of nationalized financial institutions, and establishing the Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO). 

 

In 2003, Mr. Muraki joined Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (“IRCJ”), the Japanese government-backed private equity firm with a fund size of 10 trillion Japanese Yen (100 billion USD) with an aim to assist ailing Japanese companies. IRCJ invested in 41 companies in various sectors from consumer products, manufacturing, airline to name a few. Mr. Muraki was appointed as a Chief Financial Officer of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., the largest equity investment (380 billion yen or 3.2 billion USD) by IRCJ, which was successfully exited to Kao Corporation.  

 

After leaving IRCJ in 2006, Mr. Muraki joined Tokyo Stock Exchange to focus on the international business development and overseas investments by TSE. After holding several positions, Mr. Muraki was appointed as a CEO of TOKYO AIM, a joint venture by TSE and London Stock Exchange Group. In 2012, Mr. Muraki relocated to Singapore to establish a consulting and advisory office by Frontier Management to bridge investment opportunities to link Asia and Japan with his former colleagues from IRCJ.  

 

Mr. Muraki holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science from Sophia University in Tokyo and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, MA.