Mr. Takechi has over 15 years of experience in banking and securities business in Japan. During his time with banking, he achieved many acquisitions of loan portfolio. He also worked in the shipping finance team in Tokyo Star Bank, a medium sized regional bank in Tokyo. Prior to that, he was a member of the securitization team at Shinsei Bank, and also worked as forex and interest rate derivative structurer/marketer at Banque AIG Sec. (AIG Finacial Products Group) in Japan.