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Atsushi Kato is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in payment services, cross-border transactions, and e-commerce. He has held various leadership positions, including Head of Corporate Office and Director at NTT DATA Hong Kong Limited, and Senior Manager at econtext Asia Limited. Kato has also worked at SBI VeriTrans Co., Ltd. and Moshimo Co., Ltd., where he contributed to the establishment of joint-venture companies and implemented cross-border online payment services. He holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor’s Degree from Hitotsubashi University.

Experience

    • Head of Corporate Office, Director
      • Mar 2020 - Present
      • Hong Kong SAR

      Payment Services and Money Services regulated by C&ED in Hong Kong

    • Manager
      • Jan 2018 - Present

      Expanding geographical payment service coverage in Asia and the world

    • Analyst
      • Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Accord Ventures
    • Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan
    • Intern
      • Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
      • Within 23 wards, Tokyo, Japan

    • Intern
      • Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
      • Singapore

    • Senior Manager
      • Dec 2013 - Jul 2016

      • Administered a Japanese association which encourages cross-border e-commerce to Japanese and South East Asian companies; coordinated a study trip to Vietnam and led 30 attendees of the trip in Nov 2015.• Chaired an industry group of Japanese online payment companies as a board member company; implemented voluntary restraints to all members of the group to prevent the industry from stricter laws and regulations in 2015. • Established an investment limited partnership in Japan and invested to Japanese and Indonesian start-up companies; earned USD 1m appraisal profit in 2014.• Organized the Internal Audit Team and led it to improve corporate governance of the company from 2013 to 2015; reported the result and suggested improvement measures annually to the board of auditors of the company.

    • Manager
      • Jan 2009 - Dec 2013

      • Led administrative duties in merger with Japanese competitor in April 2012; contributed to increase of company’s valuation from USD 130m in 2012 to USD 200m in 2013.• Administered establishment of a joint-venture for online advertisement business; increased net sales from USD 1m in 2012 to USD 3m in 2013.• Completed acquisitions of shares of several start-up companies; earned USD 100K profit in 2011 by selling holding shares.• Implemented customer screening procedures for company to provide financial services to customers; gained USD 200K profit per annum in 2010.

    • Senior Manager
      • Dec 2013 - Jul 2016

      Senior Manager (Global Strategy Division) Dec 2013 – Jul 2016• Established a joint-venture company, VeriTrans Shanghai, with a Chinese partner; introduced cross-border online payment services while managing Japan’s operations from Dec 2013 to Jun 2016. • Expanded customer base in Japan, Hong Kong and other countries; increased Gross Merchandise Volume of cross-border payment from USD500K per month in Jun 2014 to USD 3m per month in Jun 2016.• Managed insurance matters; claimed and earned USD 300k in total as compensations for legal fees to handle inquiries from a regulatory authority of Hong Kong from 2014 to 2015.• Assisted in successful initial public offering (IPO) to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Dec 2013; raised USD 60m from investors to expand business from Japanese market to Asian markets. (won “the best project prize” awarded by Digital Garage (the parent company, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange) in 2014)

    • Manager
      • Jul 2012 - Dec 2013

      • Established a joint-venture online payment company, Midtrans, in Indonesia in 2012.

  • Moshimo Co., Ltd.
    • 日本 東京都
    • Director, CFO
      • Sep 2006 - Dec 2008
      • 日本 東京都

      • Raised USD 1.5m from several investors to establish the company’s business operations and to prepare for IPO.

  • TIS Inc.
    • Tokyo, Japan
    • G2 Consultant
      • Apr 2004 - Aug 2006
      • Tokyo, Japan

      Consulting of implementation for SAP software (ERP package).In charge of FI/CO - "Cost of Sales" module.

Education

  • 2016 - 2017
    National University of Singapore
    Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General
  • 2000 - 2004
    Hitotsubashi University
    Bachelor’s Degree, Social Sciences
  • 1997 - 2000
    Sasebo Kita High School
    High School, General Studies

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