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Terutake started his career at The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (currently Mizuho Bank), in corporate sales at Tsukiji branch. Following a move to the Industrial Research Department at The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Corporate Research Department at Mizuho Corporate Bank, where he undertook shipping industry and operator corporate credit analysis, Terutake was based in the Head Office Corporate Banking Division in 2003, and was engaged in shipping finance for major Japanese shipping companies and regional shipowners as a relationship manager. He was transferred to Mizuho Securities in order to integrate the shipping finance and investment banking functions in 2008 and engaged in structured finance advisory and arrangement including JOLCOs. From 2017, as a shipping sector coverage banker, he was responsible for investment banking products such as equity financing and M&A. In 2018 he founded AMC. Terutake has been involved in the shipping industry and its financing for most of his working life, and has cultivated a broad network of relationships with many ship financiers.
He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo, and is a Certified Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan, and a 1st grade Certified Skilled Professional of Financial Planning. CFP®.

Tetsu joined The Sanwa Bank (currently MUFG Bank) in 1995, and practiced in the corporate finance and business turnaround departments, covering both mid to large cap transactions. Following Sanwa, he joined an e-venture, where he instituted new management methods and established a corporate alliance with a major newspaper company. After working for a consulting firm, he joined The Sumitomo Trust and Banking (Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank), and arranged M&A and project finance transactions for the Transport Sector from Tokyo, and subsequently managed the corporate finance department covering Japanese and Non-Japanese companies in London. On his return to Tokyo, he was based in the credit department where he was responsible for approving asset finance and project finance transactions, as well as formulating credit policy. He then joined a listed real estate company in Tokyo, as head of corporate planning and strategy, where he arranged a number of M&A transactions including Take Over Bids, and also closed several rounds of fund raising through public offerings and bond issuances. He joined AMC in 2021. Tetsu is a Nagoya University graduate, and completed ACPs (Project Management and IBOM) at the University of California Irvine.

Masahiro started at Hiroshima Bank in 1995, selling banking products into SMEs. He was then seconded to a Japanese shipping fund in 2008, where he participated in shipping finance and fund management. Following his secondment, he undertook shipping industry analysis, business support and corporate finance for shipping companies. From 2012 onwards, he participated in corporate financing and the banking of small to large Japanese shipowners at the Imabari, Tokyo, and Kobe branches. Masahiro joined AMC in 2019 and is a graduate of Kwansei Gakuin University with a 1st grade Certified Skilled Professional of Financial Planning certificate.

Motoya joined Mizuho Securities in 2010, covering structured finance products such as aircraft/ship lease financing at both Tokyo and Singapore. He then worked at Fast Retailing in 2018, responsible for all treasury tasks at Global HQ in Tokyo. He joined AMC in 2021. He is a graduate of Doshisha University, and a Certified Public Accountant (Washington State, USA).

Prior to joining AMC, Ian built the leveraged finance desk with a geographical focus on APAC at his previous employer, including a dedicated leveraged loan fund covering Australia through a subsidiary asset manager. He also has experience in commodities and corporate finance in both EMEA and APAC having worked out of both London and Tokyo. He has a BSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.