Vice President, US Equity Sales and Research

YOSHIHISA KATO

LinkedIn Address: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshihisakato/

WORK EXPERIENCE

American Capital Partners, LLC., New York, NY May 2011 - Present

Vice President, US Equity Sales and Research

Research macro-related news and market comments for US stocks including ADRs.

Write a daily market report in Japanese and send it to institutional clients in Japan and the US.

Analyze the valuation of US stocks by applying the DCF, EV/EBITDA and the Residual Income models.

Contact clients by phone to provide those news and investment recommendation.

Take orders from clients, execute trades and make a confirmation.

Provide clients with latest FINRA/SEC rule-changes if necessary.

IR Japan, Inc., New York, NY October 2008 - May 2011

Research Analyst

Research US/EU-based institutional investors to provide Japanese client issuers with those firms’ profiles and investment styles.

Contact overseas investors to ask about their investment stance on client companies and views on the overall Japanese market.

Identify overseas investors who hold shares of client companies.

Provide compliance/proxy officers and fund managers of overseas institutions with information about the latest changes in the corporate governance in Japan, such as the Companies Act/TSE/FSA/METI/MOJ/DPJ laws and regulations.

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, Rutgers Business School, New Brunswick, NJ 2005 - 2008

Bachelor in Finance, Graduated with Honor, GPA: 3.7/4.0

Honors: Dean’s List (4 consecutive years), Delta Epsilon Iota

Activities: Financial Management Association, Tutor (Statistics, Econometrics, Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis)

Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ 2003 - 2005

Candidate of Applied Science in Business Administration, GPA: 4.0/4.0

Honors: Dean’s List (3 consecutive years), Phi Theta Kappa

Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL 1999 - 2002

Candidate of Bachelor in Composition of Contemporary Music, GPA: 3.0/4.0

ACTIVITIES & COMMUNITY SERVICES

Japan-US Alliance of New Jersey, New Jersey, NJ 2008

Operation Staff, Volunteer

Setup tents, prepare foods, guide participants and take care of children at the first BBQ party.

Center for Homeless People, Nottingham, UK 1998 - 1999

Volunteer

Prepared, cooked and served meals to homeless people on every Saturday.

Daimyo Catholic Church, Fukuoka, Japan 1992 - 1998

Volunteer

Served meals to homeless people on Christmas Eve.

LICENSES & SKILLS

Licenses: Series 7, 63

Living experience in various cultures such as Japan, New Zealand, UK and US.

Technical skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Bloomberg

Computer skills: Programming in HTML, FLASH, JAVA script, CGI, Perl, and Web design

Language skills: Fluent in English and Japanese

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