MANAGING DIRECTOR
Shinji YAMANAKA

Shinji Yamanaka, a Managing Director of Brand Boutique. Pte. Ltd, was a Singapore office manager of AAIC. Yamanaka led Asia and Africa wide project mainly in research, new market entry strategy building and actual market entry for his client. Prior to joining AAIC, Yamanaka was a division manager of Beauty business in Amazon Japan. Yamanaka established Brand Boutique Pte. Ltd. to operate F&B and Beauty business in Asia and provide business consulting service to Beauty and Retail related companies, then co-founded GLOBAL ANGLE Pte. Ltd. in 2019. Yamanaka holds a Bachelor of Arts (in Intercultural Communication) from Hosei University, and an M.B.A (in Global Management) from Thunderbird School of Global Management (Class of 2013).

DIRECTOR
Susumu TSUBAKI

Susumu Tsubaki is a Representative Partner (Singapore) of AAIC Holdings. Prior to founding AAIC, Tsubaki was a Partner and Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he developed his vast professional skills and network at the Tokyo and San Francisco offices (’91-’06). At BCG, Tsubaki worked closely with clients in a wide range of industries with a special emphasis on high-tech, telecommunications, IT, entertainment content and consumer goods. Tsubaki established Asia Africa Investment and Consulting in 2008, and co-founded GLOBAL ANGEL Pte. Ltd. in 2019.

Associate Dean, Master of Business Administration in Entrepreneur Course, Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business ( Business Breakthrough University) Professor Tsubaki holds a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology from The University of Tokyo.

DIRECTOR
Shohei NAMBA

Shohei Namba is a Director of AAIC. Prior to joining AAIC, Namba worked as a manager at the Platform Department at GREE, Inc., one of the largest global social gaming companies. Namba led various global projects mainly in monetization areas in Tokyo and the U.S. such as post-merger integration (PMI) of global gaming platform, global research of financial regulation and tax systems, business development and implementation of payment functions, sales KPI design and various sales promotion campaigns. Namba also served as a BPR consultant in IBM Japan, Ltd. and is experienced in multi-country such as establishment of offshore centers that included an assignment at IBM India Pte., Ltd.

Namba became Managing Director of AAIC Japan and co-founded GLOBAL ANGLE Pte. Ltd. in 2019. Namba holds a Master of Science (in Science and Engineering) from Keio University.