About Us

David has been in Japan for a total of 18 of the last 25 years and has worked in the equity market throughout at institutions such as JP Morgan Securities, Jefferies Japan, and lately Macquarie Capital Securities Japan Limited.

In 2004 he became Head of Sales at JP Morgan Securities in Japan and Head of Equity in 2009. Later in 2014, David became the Branch Manager and Representative for Jefferies Japan, and from 2015 onwards he was employed as Country Head of Macquarie Capital Securities, (Japan) Limited. 

David majored in Japanese at the University of Sheffield in the UK and is proficient in Japanese.

Tom has worked as an accountant in the financial services industry in Tokyo for more than 20 years.

Initially coming to Japan for a role at Lehman Brothers, he then worked at Deutsche Bank and most recently at MetLife Insurance. He has held various senior finance roles in controlling, financial planning & analysis, and project management.

Tom is a qualified accountant (CPA Australia) and is proficient in Japanese.

For over two decades, Hiroshi has excelled as an esteemed analyst and director in Japan and the U.K.

He was a ranked equity analyst at KBC Securities Japan and JPMorgan Securities in Tokyo covering Japanese tech stocks. In London, he worked in Pan Asian Equity sales at Daiwa Capital Markets, and then switched to the buy-side as an analyst at a thematic robotics and automation fund, and co-founded a global high-quality franchise fund.

Qualifying at KPMG, Hiroshi is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Norbert Kim has over 12 years of experience in the financial industry, of which 8 years were spent on Japanese equities. 

He started at Citigroup in Tokyo, where he worked as FX Investor Sales within Global Markets and Associate within Corporate and Transaction Banking. Moving to the U.K., he worked at Asset Management One International as an Equity Trader. Most recently, Norbert spent 3 years as a Japanese Equity Analyst for a Japan fund and global equity funds at Barings.

Norbert holds a Masters in Finance degree from London Business School, is a CFA charterholder, and speaks Japanese fluently.

Tim has worked in investment banking for over 15 years in the UK and Japan. 

He has held positions in sales in Japanese equities at companies such as Daiwa, Morgan Stanley, and Mizuho as well as roles within the research department. He has covered Japan specialist clients and global institutional accounts in Europe, with a focus on Japanese small-cap stocks. 

Tim lived in Japan for over 12 years and reads and speaks Japanese fluently.

Jessica brings 40 years of experience in Japanese Equities and Multi-Asset knowledge through her involvement in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. 

Her years of service to Institutional Investors on the sell-side include roles at HSBC, Citigroup, MUFG Securities, and Daiwa Securities, in London, Tokyo, and Singapore. Her most recent role was in Multi-Asset Research and Business Development for Absolute Strategy Research, an independent research boutique in London. 

Jessica also brings to Astris Advisory her multilingual abilities and robust company knowledge.

Richard has over three decades of experience in Japan financial markets, most of which was spent in Tokyo.

He began his career as an equity research analyst, mainly covering the transport sector but also a variety of others, and he also has experience of sales and corporate access, where he was head of a team. He has worked at major institutions including JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, UBS and Citigroup.

Richard is fluent in Japanese and has a degree in Oriental Studies (Japanese) from the University of Oxford.

Mike has over 25 years of experience in the global financial markets following more than a decade in technology product development.

Mike leveraged his technology background to become a leading sector analyst before moving more broadly into Asian-focused equity sales and capital markets roles.  His experience includes advisory, capital raising, sales leadership, and general business development. He has worked on the sell side with Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, and has buy-side experience as a Chief Compliance Officer and fund marketer.

Mike has traveled extensively and has lived and worked in NY, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Miami.

Adrian has 30 years of experience in the financial industry working in Japan, PRC, and Hong Kong.

He first came to Japan in 1987 working on the sell side at companies such as CLSA and Commerzbank. He has visited hundreds of small and middle-sized companies across Asia and concentrates on identifying quality businesses. 

Adrian has an MBA from Bristol University and the ENPC in Paris and speaks several languages fluently including Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, and French.

Neil is an expert commentator and seasoned strategist on Japanese and pan-Asia equities markets.

With a long career tenure focusing on equity and derivative markets for a cumulative 40 years– 22 years in Tokyo, 12 years in Hong Kong, and 6 years split between London and New York, his macro thematic and macroeconomic investment strategies draw on first-hand experiences starting from the boom of the 1980s at the debut of his career.

Neil is highly regarded in the industry and his insights are regularly sought by international media organizations as well as major international investors globally.

Michael has held sell-side roles in quantitative and fundamental research stretching back 15 years. 

He has previously worked at Lehman Brothers Securities in Tokyo and Nomura Securities in Hong Kong. Most recently, he was Head of Equity Custom Products at Jefferies. He builds value-added quantitative models that become key components of client investment decisions. 

Michael graduated with an MBA from the University of Toronto and is a CFA charterholder.

Ian has been active as a commodity analyst for over 20 years.

He has worked at the consulting firm CRU Group, SMM, and Rio Tinto. On the sell-side, he held positions at CLSA and Macquarie. He lived in China from 2003 to 2014 and in Singapore from 2014 to 2021, during which time he developed and built unparalleled expertise in ferrous, non-ferrous, and new energy (renewables) markets. 

Ian is well-known in the commodity industry and is frequently invited as a lecture speaker at conferences and industry events.

Kirk has worked as a sell-side analyst for over 25 years at both traditional investment banks and independent research providers. 

He has worked for the investment banks SBC Warburg Dillon Read and Dresdner Kleinwort, as well as the independent research providers New Street Research and Redex Research. 

Kirk has been covering Japanese companies since 2000 and has spent 17 of the last 24 years in Tokyo.

Takaki has unique and broad experience in management, quality control research, and publishing analysis, spanning both sell-side and buy-side perspectives.

He has covered the auto industry uninterrupted since 1994. Takaki ranked 1st in the Institutional Investor All-Japan Research Team Rankings for the auto sector and was also 1st in the Nikkei Veritas Analyst Rankings, both for six years running from 2003 to 2009. He returned as a sell-side analyst in 2011 after gaining experience in the asset management business.

In 2013, Takaki was ranked again 1st in both the Institutional Investor All-Japan Research Team Rankings and the Nikkei Veritas Analyst Rankings.