Hiroyasu Kato
Director/Board Member at MCo Corp.
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Mr. Hiroyasu Kato, CPA, is a Managing Director at Mezzanine Corp., President at DCo Tax Corp., and President at GCA Advisory Corp.
He is on the Board of Directors at GCA Savvian Group Corp.
In 1992, he started his career in audit in New York with KPMG, where he provided audit services to Japanese companies and also advised Japanese companies on the establishment of US joint ventures.
In 1998, he returned to Japan and joined KPMG Corporate Finance where he specialized in M&A and transaction advisory related services.
He has experience in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, wholesale, retail, automobile components, pharmaceuticals, and media.
He has specialized experienced in the acquisition of brand apparel, shoes, handbags and accessories.
Key transactions include the acquisition of luxury brand business and merchandise licenses of Hunting World, Bally, Chrome Hearts, Paul Smith and others by ITOCHU Corporation, the acquisition of sales agencies in Oceania area by Fuji Photo Films, the acquisition of SII compressor business by Calsonic, the acquisition of Two Wheels Manufacturing JV Company in Indonesia by Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
in conjunction with Astra, the transfer of electricity transformation operations from Hitachi, Fuji Electric and Meidensha to Japan AE Power Systems, and the acquisition Asahi Kasei by Japan Tobacco.
Mr. Hiroyasu Kato is a frequent lecturer at M&A seminars and contributes articles to M&A magazines.
He is a part-time instructor in the MBA program at Kobe University.
He graduated from Kansai University, where he majored in Commerce.
Hiroyasu Kato active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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MCo Corp. | Director/Board Member | 2011-02-20 |
Former positions of Hiroyasu Kato
Companies | Position | End |
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GCA CORPORATION | Director/Board Member | 2015-02-11 |
Due Diligence Corp.
Due Diligence Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Due Diligence Corp. provides due diligence and other M&A related services. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan | Director/Board Member | - |
GCA Holdings Corp.
GCA Holdings Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services GCA Holdings Corp. provides merger and acquisition advisory services. The company was founded in September 2007 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Director/Board Member | - |
GCA Advisory Corp.
GCA Advisory Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Houlihan Lokey, Inc., GCA Advisory Corp. provides financial advisory services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. | President | - |
DCo Tax Corp. | President | - |
Training of Hiroyasu Kato
Kansai University | Undergraduate Degree |
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GCA Holdings Corp.
GCA Holdings Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services GCA Holdings Corp. provides merger and acquisition advisory services. The company was founded in September 2007 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Commercial Services |
GCA Corp. (Japan)
GCA Corp. (Japan) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance GCA Corp. provides advisory services in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). It operates through the Advisory and Asset Management segments. The Advisory segment offers advisory in M&A planning, execution, and after-execution; finance and tax due diligence; and enterprise valuation. The Asset Management segment manages independent mezzanine funds. The company was founded by Akihiro Watanabe on April 1, 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | Finance |
Due Diligence Corp.
Due Diligence Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Due Diligence Corp. provides due diligence and other M&A related services. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan | Commercial Services |
GCA Advisory Corp.
GCA Advisory Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Houlihan Lokey, Inc., GCA Advisory Corp. provides financial advisory services. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan. | Commercial Services |
DCo Tax Corp. | |
MCo Corp. | Finance |
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