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CFO Advisory

We help our clients resolve a variety of issues related to finance and accounting, which are essential for their long-term business growth.

In particular, we have an extensive track record in formulating financial strategies for listed companies, managing overseas group business, outsourcing CFO operations, capital procurement, M&A/PMI (post-acquisition integration), and directing projects for listing on the Nasdaq in the United States.

Our professionals have over 20 years of expertise and international business experience gained from working as CFOs for listed companies and startups, as well as in investment banks and consulting firms, and will lead your project.

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Our CEO Profile

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Dai Kadomae, CFA, CPA

<Brief biography>

After graduating from Keio University, he joined Arthur Andersen as a new graduate. After supporting the implementation of management accounting and participating in a global ERP project in Singapore, he worked at Ernst & Young, providing financial advisory services for transactions such as cross-border M&A, LBO, carve-outs and business revitalization, bulk sales and distressed investments, JV formation, valuation of complex asset classes including structured bonds and intangible assets, and fair value audits of funds. After obtaining an MBA (majoring in finance) from Cambridge University in the UK after the Lehman Shock, he worked in the investment banking division of Nomura Securities and Citi, advising financial institutions on M&A and capital raising. After that, in the corporate planning of a major manufacturer, he led the construction of a group financial management system, including infrastructure development (public-private partnership projects/BOT projects) for water treatment and biogas power generation, mainly in Southeast Asia and India, project finance, M&A and PMI (post-acquisition integration) for local companies, as well as KPI management and governance construction, Series B investment in overseas startups, the establishment of group investment and loan regulations, holding company formation, and the introduction of ROIC indicators. After returning to Japan from India during the COVID-19 pandemic, he participated as CFO of a listed e-commerce food delivery company, where he promoted financial management, financial reporting, timely disclosure, the introduction of a group cash management system including for US acquisitions, audit response, capital policy including share buybacks, overseas investor IR, M&A and PMI support, and the establishment of group management regulations.

In the past few years, he has served as CFO and director of fintech and medical service companies, directing their Nasdaq IPOs, and also served as an external CFO for domestic and overseas startups and a financial advisor for listed companies. Based on the knowledge and experience of finance and accounting he has cultivated both domestically and overseas for over 20 years, he is involved in the formulation and execution of a wide range of financial strategies. Currently, Southeast Asia is the main base of his business activities, and he not only provides professional advice to various companies and projects as a financial advisor, but also supports startups and environmental and social projects as an investor. In addition, he is actively engaged in training and education projects and writing on a wide range of economic topics in order to improve the financial literacy of the next generation in Asia. He lives in Bangkok.

<Educational Background>

  • Graduated from Keio Shiki High School

  • Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Economics in March 2002 (recipient of Keio University scholarship)

  • University of Cambridge, August 2010 (MBA with Concentration in Finance)

  • University of Virginia, May 2001, completed required credits for graduation (BA in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa member)

<Qualifications>

  • CFA Institute Certified Analyst (Full Member of CFA Institute, CFA Thailand Society Member)

  • CPA (License number: 54054)

  • Terrapin Financial Modelling Master

  • SAP Certified R/3 Consultant

  • TOEIC 970, TOEFL 640 (PBT)

  • Fluent in English and Japanese, German and Thai

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We provide financial advisory services tailored to the needs of our client companies on important management issues such as what long-term "success" means for a company, how to increase valuation to a sustainable level, how to optimize balance sheets in a rapidly changing external environment, and how to distribute returns to stakeholders.

We provide a wide range of consulting services for the management issues facing our client companies, particularly those related to finance. For example, we handle many projects such as formulating and executing financial strategies, planning capital policies in line with equity stories, developing management accounting, raising capital domestically and internationally, managing IPOs in Japan and the US, formulating and managing capital budgets, cash flow management, governance and risk management, responding to audits for Japanese and US listed companies, M&A and PMI, disclosure practices for Japanese and US listed companies, communication with capital markets through IR, and support for entering Southeast Asia and India.

We also invest in startups and ESG projects (particularly environmental and infrastructure development), and provide financial education and training to domestic and international companies to improve the financial literacy of their employees and professionals aspiring to become the next generation of CFOs.

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