Akinori Sato
Director and Executive officer CFO
Wonder Planet
Japan
Biography
Born in 1984, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the Graduate School of Kobe University with a master’s degree in Economics, he joined Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. in 2008. In 2009, he was reassigned to Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd. Financial Research Center (the present Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.) As an analyst on the stock market covering Internet consumer services and investment banks, he rated over ten companies and helped with raising finance, making investment decisions, and conducting mergers and acquisitions from the planning stage. While at the same time, he was engaged in recruiting analysts, managing cost using original models, as well as planning and implementing the reorganization of the group in the planning division of the head office. In January 2016, he became a Director and CFO of WonderPlanet Inc. In September 2016, he became a Director and Executive officer CFO (In charge of the Corporate Planning Division). He is one of the Chartered Member of The Securities Analysts Association of Japan (a public service corporation).
Research Interest
management
