TEAM
Experienced, Results Orientated & Accountable leadership
Odyssey’s leadership brings experience across asset management, portfolio management, options overlays and real estate.
Board
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Alex Walker
CEO & Co-Founder
Alex has over 20 years of asset and fund management experience in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UAE. Alex has established a bank, built and sold finance related companies, completed numerous capital raisings, lead a consolidated merger and listed Sage Global Fund Ltd (SGG:ASX).
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Daniel Vovil
President & Co-founder
Daniel has over 20 years' experience in investment banking experience in Australia and Hong Kong. Daniel has managed an international team of 100+ analysts and 20 sales consultants throughout Asia. In addition, Daniel has over 20 years of experience in real estate private equity across 9 countries.
Advisory Board
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Yutaka Matsunaga
Senior Adviser, Japan
Mr. Matsunaga has been managing Japanese real estate since 1999. From 1999 to 2001. He was the chief executive officer and director of JAIC International (HK) Co., Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan Asia Investment Co., Ltd. Mr. Matsunaga was instrumental in founding and listing Saizen REIT on the Singaporean exchange.
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Richard Lo
Senior Adviser, Japan
Mr. Lo has over 40 years of business experience in Japan. He has over 20 years of experience in real estate investment management and has invested in real estate in Japan since 1999. Mr. Lo was instrumental in founding and listing Saizen REIT on the Singaporean exchange.
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Kiyoshi Hirasawa
Senior Adviser, Japan
Mr. Hirasawa is the Founder and CEO of Real Capital K.K. and has been involved in the Asian private equity and real estate industry as a lawyer, advisor and fund manager since 1990. He also served as Senior Vice President with Rothschild, where he started a Private Equity Fund.
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Shinji Yamauchi
Senior Adviser, Japan
Mr. Yamauchi is a seasoned finance and private equity professional in Japan. Mr. Yamauchi served as the MD of Global Private Equity for SBI Holdings for more than 10 years. Prior to working with SBI, Mr. Yamauchi worked for Masayoshi Son (founder Softbank) and acted as the CFO to lead the IPO of Trend Micro on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He also worked as an M&A banker at Morgan Stanley, New York and Tokyo.
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John Miller
Senior Adviser, Japan
Mr. Miller is a qualified Architect and has 30 years of experience in the hotel and hospitality industry, primarily in Asia, including design, development and project management. Mr. Miller has worked for major real estate and hospitality investment and development groups including Prudential Insurance, MGM Hotels, the Peninsula Group (Tokyo) and Four Seasons.
Executives
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Sam Luck
Head of Operations
Sam Luck is the Head of Operations for Odyssey Asset Management, providing strategic operational leadership across the Group. He oversees the firm's funds management and Japan CRE divisions, involved in the development of new investment offerings, and manages finance, risk, and compliance. As a member of the Investment Committee, Sam plays a vital role in the firm's strategic direction and in nurturing its key relationships with Japanese partners and service providers. Sam has experience working in Sydney, Taiwan, Shanghai and Hong Kong and was previously an analyst for a tech start-up, has been involved in systems implementation, human resource management & employment relations, staff recruitment and training.
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Andrew Barclay
Consultant, Accounting
Andrew is ‘hands on’ Senior Executive with flexible skills and a ‘can do’ attitude. He has twenty+ years experience in Alternative Investments, including setting up Asian Fund/Asset Managers and leading multi-location audits/advisory projects in Asia and Europe for a ‘big four’ professional services firm. Andrew is experienced in constructing then delivering strategic business plans/budgets and reporting financial and KPI information to stakeholders both regularly and on a special project basis.
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John Kakita
Managing Director, Japan
Mr. Kakita is the Managing Director in charge of Japan Real Estate at Odyssey. Kakita-san is actively overseeing the company`s real estate projects in Japan including acquisitions of new hospitality assets and management of fund operations. John has held executive positions in Japan for over the past 25 years.
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Kentaro Aoki
Investment Analyst, Japan
Mr. Aoki has held various operational and management positions in the industry over the past 20 years working with well-known hospitality groups throughout Japan including financial management and asset management positions with institutions including Idera Capital.
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Yuki Baba
Senior Adviser, Japan
Yuki has extensive experience in the Ryokan sector, having first-hand experience operating, restructuring and exiting this unique asset type. She has previously worked in finance at Chase Investment Bank within their air leasing department, based in Tokyo.
Distribution
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Nick Ainsworth
Head of Institutional Sales
Nick has many decades of experience in the finance and banking industry. His financial career began in London in 1984 with a Japanese investment bank, from there he moved to Morgan Stanley where he remained for 21 years in sales and management roles in Japanese and Asia Pacific equity distribution from Hong Kong, Tokyo, and London.
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Ruben Tobias III
Senior Sales Associate
Ruben has an extensive 20-year experience in building strong relationships with B2B clients. He works closely to ensure all partners, clients and prospects are serviced at the highest level. Ruben has held managerial role at HSBC (HDPP) and REED ELSEVIER (LexisNexis) tasked in sales and client management. In addition, Ruben is also a trained financial trader and a licensed non-life insurance broker (MAPFRE).