Tokyo, Japan
Executive Search focused on front office buyside investment opportunities across public equity and private equity markets for Japan, HK, SG, UK, and US. Coverage includes hedge funds (deep fundamental & platform/market neutral), single manager single CIO funds, activist engagement funds, and private equity (growth, buyout, special situations).
Peakpoint officially launched in November 2025 as a boutique executive search and strategic recruiting firm, built on our combined expertise in Technology, Consumer, and Buy-Side Financial Services hiring. Our core buy-side coverage includes: • Platform Hedge Funds • Deep Fundamental, Single-CIO/Single-Manager Hedge Funds • Activist Engagement Funds (multi-strat, constructive & assertive engagement) • Long-Only Absolute-Return / Alpha Funds (non-benchmark) • Private Equity (Growth, Buyout, Special Situations, Credit, Mez/Hybrid Capital) We specialize in hiring investment professionals with strong analytical depth, governance insight, sector fluency, and cross-functional potential, particularly for Japan and regional sector-specialist investment roles. Peakpoint was built to operate at the intersection of industry expertise + institutional buy-side talent needs, with a focus on expectation alignment, structured process design, and discreet, trusted execution for both corporate clients and buy-side investors. Recent Track Includes: Buy-side Investment • Japan Investment Professional, London based Japan Activist Engagement / Minority Share Fund • Japan Analyst x2, Global Platform Hedge Fund • Asia/Japan Senior Execution Trader, Global Platform Hedge Fund • APAC TMT Analyst, Multi-strategy Hedge Fund • Japan Event Driven Analyst x2, Multi-strategy Hedge Fund • Investment Analyst, Global Activist Engagement Fund • Pan Asia Analyst, Deep Fundamental Tiger Cub Hedge Fund Tech/Consumer/Start-up • Japan Associate x2, Start-up Incubator/Accelerator •. HRBP, Start-up Infrastructure Tech • Strategic Account Sales, B2B Tech Start-up • Office Manager, Start-up Infrastructure Tech
Executive Search focused on front office buy-side investment opportunities across Public Equity and Private Equity markets. Principal Advisor, External (2024-Present) Vice President, External (2023-2024) Coverage includes Japan, SG, HK, Korea, UK, US: -Activist Engagement Funds (multi strat, hostile activism, and friendly engagement funds) -Hedge Funds (deep fundamental & platform/market neutral) -Long Only (Non-Benchmark focused, Alpha/Absolute Return focused) -Single Manager/Single CIO Funds -Private Equity (growth, buyout, and special situations) Success Track -MD Japan Research, Deep Fundamental HF -Japan Analyst, Deep Fundamental HF -Investment Analyst, Asia Activist Engagement Fund -Investment Analyst, Global Activist Engagement Fund -Japan Analyst, Platform HF -Japan Analyst, Deep Fundamental Fund -Japan Event Driven Analyst, Platform HF -MD/Head of JP, Global PE Fund -Investment Analyst, Private Growth Investment Fund -Japan Investment Professional, Global Activist Engagement/Minority Share Fund -Investment Research Manager (on the ground), Asia based Deep Fundamental HF -Investment Analyst Event Driven + Fundamental L/S, Global Multi Strat HF -Director Head of Investor Relations/Capital Raising, Fundamental/Catalyst Driven HF -Investment Analyst, Fundamental/Catalyst Driven HF -Investment Analyst, Global Activist Engagement Minority Share Fund Achievements -H2 2023 top biller -2024 top biller -2025 top biller (ending Oct 2025)
Start-up member heavily involved in expansion of JP organization and tech client base (both consumer tech & enterprise tech). Main focus included retained executive search, contingency search, and large scale retained project searches. Secured and involved with multiple large scale hiring projects, directly resulting in 200-500k+ USD each. Project Success Track: Asana Retained Talent Project (2021-2023) -Retained talent acquisition project with Asana & Hyre. Supported growth from Japan entry stages, and grew employees from 5 to 40+ in Japan. Elastic Retained Talent Project (2022-2023) -Retained search project for two key senior hires within the Japan organization. Palo Alto Networks Retained Talent Project (2021-2022) -Retained talent acquisition project with Palto Alto Networks & Hyre. Built out the APJ technical engineering group (10+ technical engineer hires across Japan & Australia) Foodpanda / Delivery Hero (2021-2022) -Retained talent acquisition project with Foodpanda (now under Delivery Hero) & Hyre. Supported on all hiring for Japan entry stages, growing employee size from 5 to 65+ members in Tokyo.
The top technology recruitment team in Japan by revenue, and Japan’s leading executive search firm — awarded RI Technology Recruitment Company of the Year 2019 & RI Executive Search Firm of the Year 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Principal Executive Search Consultant (Jan 2020) Senior Executive Search Consultant (Oct 2018) Executive Search Consultant (Jan 2018) Achievements -Youngest promotion to Principal level in company history -Wrote team nomination & received award for RI Japan Technology Recruitment Company of the Year 2019 -2019, Top 10 in Global Revenue (Across Japan & APAC) -2019/Q2, Top 5 in Revenue (18.5M, 185% of quarterly target) -2019/Q1, Top 5 in Revenue (23.6M, 236% of quarterly target) **CDS Executive Search was re-branded to RGF Executive Search Japan (Recruit Holdings) in April 2018**
Consultant (Dec 2016) Associate Consultant (Aug 2016) Achievement -Ended tenure as YTD 2017 Financial Services team top biller Coverage Areas (Front-office) -Sell Side: Sales & Trading, Research, IBD -Buy Side: Asset Management, Hedge Funds Key Placements -Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division, Debt Capital Markets -Goldman Sachs Equity Research Group, Technology Sector Analyst -Goldman Sachs Sales & Trading Division, Equity Sales