Mr Michio Tanamoto was appointed as an Executive Chairman of the Uni-Asia Group Limited on 30 April 2020. Mr. Tanamoto was appointed as a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in April 2014, before he relinquished his position as Chief Executive Officer in 2020 as part of the Group’s succession planning. He is one of the founders who established the Company in 1997 and has been a Director since then. He has over 39 years of experience in financial sector, having based in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. In 1980, Mr Tanamoto joined The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. Between 1988 and 1993, he was a senior manager of Takugin International (Asia) Limited in Hong Kong, the offshore merchant banking arm of The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. Following which, Mr Tanamoto was a deputy general manager of the Singapore Branch of The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. from 1995 to 1997. Mr Tanamoto is also currently Managing Director of Uni-Asia Capital (Singapore) Limited and also a Director of the Company’s subsidiaries including Uni-Asia Holdings Limited, Uni-Asia Capital Company, Uni Ships and Management Limited, Uni-Asia Capital (Japan) Ltd, and Uni-Asia Investment Ltd. Mr. Tanamoto obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from Hitotsubashi University of Japan in 1980.