Hidekazu Suzuki

Hidekazu joined Daiwa Securities (formerly Daiwa Securities SMBC Investment Bank) in 2005 and worked at its Investment Bank division for 13 years. He conducted advisory services for the establishment of Equity stories and Governance systems to deal with assessments by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and stock pricing of IPOs, as well as valuation and fundraising, including IPOs. He was in charge of various IPOs, including a global IPO of Japan's first unicorn company, where he was the lead underwriter. In December 2018, Hidekazu joined Atrae Inc. as the CFO and has been in charge of the company's financial strategy, management planning, investor relations and M&A. In October 2019 he was appointed as a non-executive director of TSUKURUBA Inc.