Akitoshi Nakamura

Mr. Nakamura co-founded the Aspirant Group in 2012. Prior to founding, Mr. Nakamura practiced law both in Japan and the United States, and has been engaged in a wide range of investment activities. Initially at a foreign financial institution, Mr. Nakamura specifically pursued hands-on buyout investments from 1998 in notable institutions. In the public sector, Mr. Nakamura worked at the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ, Executive Managing Director) and Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan (ETIC, Representative and Senior Managing Director）. In the private sector, he has assumed various roles at Ripplewood (MD), Nikko Principal Investments (Vice Chairman), and Sun Capital Partners Japan (Chairman and CEO). Mr. Nakamura has distinguished experience as an investor and member of management not only for mid-size companies such as Phoenix Resort Co., Ltd. (Miyazaki Seagaia), Miyazaki Kotsu Co., Ltd., Skynet Asia Airways Co., Ltd., but also for large companies such as Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., Ltd. (former Mitsui Mining Ltd.), BELLSYSTEM24, Inc. and Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL). Mr. Nakamura holds a B.A. in Law from the University of Tokyo and an L.L.M. from Columbia Law School.