CRIMSON PHOENIX - Key Persons

Kei Okuno has a distinguished career in M&A advisory work. He has a strong domestic Japanese network of connections through his various affiliations, including Five Continent Partners. Prior to Crimson Phoenix, Kei Okuno was Senior Executive Director at Nihon M&A Centre, before which Executive Officer and General Manager, Corporate Strategy at Unicarriers Corporation. Kei also worked at M&A advisors JTP Corporation, private equity fund CITIC Capital and financial investor GE Capital. He started his career at Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Board at the Deutsch - Britische Gesellschaft Rhein - Main E.V

Nicholas Jefcoat has 40 years of experience in international finance, working in London, Paris, Tokyo (for 10 years) and Frankfurt (25 years), where he is currently based. Nick started his banking career in 1977 with Lloyds Bank International in London, moving in 1984 to merchant/investment banking at Kleinwort Benson, Robert Fleming and JPMorgan Chase, before spending three years in private wealth management at JPMorgan Private Bank. From 2005 until December 2015, he was a Frankfurt-based senior corporate banker, managing global relationships with major corporations, first at Barclays Capital and, latterly, as Managing Director in business development and a member of the General Management Board, at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Nick is Chairman of the Board at the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft Rhein-Main e.V. He holds an MA in modern languages from Oxford University, and besides his native English, speaks fluent German, French and Japanese.

Yuuichiro Nakajima founded Crimson Phoenix in 2003. He has a deep understanding of transitions in both Japan and the UK and experience of working on deals in other parts of the world, especially Asia. He has a deep understanding of transactions in other parts of the world, including the USA, South Africa and Asia.