Masaaki Fudeuchi
Head of Private Equity Group of Mizuho Investment Management (UK) Ltd.
Masaaki began his career at Fuji Bank in 1990. Having built up several years of corporate finance experience in Japan, he joined Fuji Bank (London Branch) Syndications Group in September 1998 and subsequently moved to the Mizuho Leveraged Finance Group in January 2003. Since then, Masaaki was responsible for the bank's European/Asian private equity investments and under his supervision, the Leveraged Finance Group managed over 50 funds with total commitments in excess of €1Bn. He is currently responsible for managing Vintage I, a fund that was successfully launched in March 2007 to invest in private equity funds. Masaaki holds a B.A. in Politics from Keio University in Japan.