Introducing Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited, Board of Directors

Masami Tada
Chairman and CEO
Masami Tada is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited. He was appointed in November 2009. He joined the European head office in London from Daiwa Fund Consulting, the financial consulting and investment advisory arm of the Daiwa group of companies. Mr Tada joined Daiwa Securities in 1983 and has held a number of prominent roles in both Japan and Europe. Amongst other roles he has been Executive Officer of Investment Banking at Daiwa Securities SMBC, Osaka Branch, and Head of Equity Sales for Daiwa Securities SMBC in Tokyo. His international experience includes assignments in Germany and the Netherlands, and heading the Daiwa Europe Equity Division based in London.
   
Vice Chairman Wilfried Schmidt
Vice Chairman
Wilfried Schmidt joined Daiwa in 1990. He worked first in Tokyo in the International Underwriting Department, and moved to Daiwa Europe the following year, working in the Investment Banking Division until 1998 when he was appointed President of Daiwa Europe (Deutschland) GmbH, Frankfurt. When this became a branch of Daiwa Europe, he continued as Branch Manager until April 2005. He moved to London when he was appointed Deputy President, and became Vice Chairman in April 2006.
   
  Junichi Arihara
President and COO
Junichi Ariahra became President & COO of Daiwa Capital Markets Europe in April 2010.  He was previously Head of the Equity Department in Tokyo, before which he had held a number of roles in Tokyo in Personnel, Corporate Planning and the President's Office.  He joined Daiwa in 1987 and holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management..
   
Michael Botevyle
 Michael Botevyle
Managing Director, Head of Human Resources
Michael Botevyle joined Daiwa in 1994. During the past twenty years he has been responsible for a broad range of personnel activities within the financial industry, including retail, commercial and investment banking sectors.
   

 

Stephen Krag
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer
Stephen joined the firm in May 2009 from HBOS where he was COO and Finance Director of the Treasury business.  Stephen worked for HBOS for nine years and prior to that was employed by NatWest Markets where he held a number of senior finance positions in the Capital Markets, Equities and Global Financial Markets businesses, including responsibility for overseas finance functions in the US, Europe and Asia. Stephen is a qualified chartered accountant.

 
Mikita Komatsu  Mikita Komatsu,
Director
Mikita Komatsu is head of the Planning Division of Daiwa Capital Markets Co Ltd, Japan.  He was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited. Mikita Komatsu joined Daiwa in 1985. He has worked in the Equity business in various offices, including Osaka, Zurich and New York.
   
Richard Farrant  Richard Farrant
Non Executive Director
Richard Farrant joined the Board of Directors in 2007 as a Non Executive Director. He brings a great deal of valuable experience from a long career in the City. After a number of years at the Bank of England, Richard was appointed Chief Executive of the SFA, and later MD & COO of the FSA. He is currently a member of the UK Competition Commission.
   
  Toshinao Matsushima
Non Executive Director
Toshinao Matsushima joined the Board of Directors in April 2010 as a Non Executive Director.  He is Head of Capital Markets at Daiwa Capital Securities Markets Co Ltd in Tokyo.  He joined Daiwa Securities in 1981 and has worked across a range of areas including its principal finance, structured finance and global products business lines.