The key members of Propre are a unique and professional group with diverse backgrounds.

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  Hisaya SHIRAI

  Partner and Representative Director

  After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics, Mr. Shirai joined Yasuda Trust and Company Inc., where he focused on treasury investment development. In 1998, he moved to Lone Star Opportunity Fund, where he engaged in the pricing of non-performing loans, real-estate valuations, and the management of acquired assets. In 1999, he joined Merrill Lynch Japan Incorporated, where he was responsible for pricing and underwriting distressed debt, real estate, financing, and equity investment transactions. He was promoted to Director in 2005. He then joined Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd. as Executive Director and was responsible for the sourcing and origination of equity investments, specifically in the Media, Entertainment, and, Contents sector. In 2007, he co-founded White Notes and has conducted various investments in emerging markets. He founded Propre Japan Inc. in July 2016. He remains a registered Real Estate Transaction Manager. He founded Propre Pte. Ltd. in December 2017.

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  Kityin POW

  Director

  After graduating from Southern College (Malaysia) Department of Business Administration, Ms Pow joined the S.Y. Khoo Auctioneer Firm, where she worked on documentation and marketing of distressed properties. In April 2003, she joined Mohm Chemical as Business Development Executive. She planned and attended worldwide exhibitions to promote the company’s products and to secure new business. She was also involved in packaging design and shipping arrangements. After 8 years with Mohm Chemical, she joined White Notes SG Pte. Ltd. in November 2011 as Marketing and Administrative Executive. She joined Propre Japan Inc. in January 2017 and Propre Pte. Ltd. in December 2017.

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  Oki HATTA

  Director

  Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine in 1999. He joined an IT venture during the course at Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo to start up a new business related to marketing data analysis. In 2002, he became the head of data science department of a strategy consulting firm and was engaged in new product development and branding consultation services for a wide range of large companies. He then founded ECNEICS LABORATORY CO., LTD. (http://ecneics.jp/eg/) in 2006. ECNEICS LABORATORY has managed to establish a competitive and differentiated position as marketing data science company based on scientific theories and approach. Since 2009, ECNEICS LAVORATORY expanded its business franchise in four ASEAN countries and is currently engaged in start-up venture investment, incubation and new businesses development. He invested in Propre Pte. Ltd. in October 2018.

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  Eiji NAKAI

  Director

  Eiji Nakai started his career at Goldman Sachs in 1987, where he held a number of positions, the last of which was Head of Yen Fixed Income Trading in Japan. After Goldman, he spent nine years at Deutsche Securities, where he was a Managing Director and Head of Global Markets in Japan. He was also a Global Markets Committee member of Deutsche Bank Group. He joined Barclays in 2004 to lead the firm's franchise in Japan. He was appointed Co-Chief Executive of Barclays across Asia Pacific and also Chief Executive Officer of Barclays Securities Japan Limited. He was a member of the Investment Bank Executive Committee. In December 2019, he joined Propre Pte. Ltd. as a Director. He holds a degree in Law from the University of Tokyo. In 2014, he was nationally recognised by the Japanese government, with a Konju Hosho (Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon), for his ongoing support of the public education system.

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  Hidenori NAKAGAWA

  Director

  Mr. Nakagawa has extensive business and legal experience, including degrees from the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1990) and the University of Chicago (LL.M., 1997), admission to the bar in Japan (1992) and the US (NY, 1998), and time with legal (Nagashima and Ohno, 1992-1999; Kirkland and Ellis, 1997-1998) and financial firms (Merrill Lynch, 1999-2004; UFJ Strategic Partner Co., 2003-2004; TMI Associates, 2004-present). Mr. Nakagawa joined Propre Pte. Ltd. as a director and assumes Compliance Officer.

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  Naoki YAMAGUCHI

  COO

  Naoki studied speech recognition using Deep Learning at the School of Science and Engineering and served as head of the club soccer team during his college years at Waseda Univeristy. Upon graduation, he joined Oracle Japan. He was internally transferred to the US and worked on numerous developments related to Operating Systems and Virtual Servers. Since 2016, he also worked as an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) developer to manage infrastructure during the rapidly growing cloud computing boom. As a manager, Naoki was responsible for overseeing engineers scattered around the world. Naoki lived in Silicon Valley for 22 years and has seen first-hand the rapid evolution and innovation of the tech industry. He joined Propre as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in September 2020 in search of new challenge and opportunity.

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  Naomi DEGENKOLBE

  After university graduation from, she moved to Canada, where she engaged in restoring Victorian architecture while managing development and design of a school-search website and corporate websites for local Japanese companies. After returning to Japan in 2005, she joined one of the largest TV shopping brands in Japan, she was in charge of design, photography direction, and illustration for their catalogues. After coming to Singapore, she worked as a web director for a trading company, where she was responsible for the renewal of the online shop, product management and various advertising designs. She left Singapore in 2009 for the United Sates. After studying drawing at Parsons The New School for Design, she worked as a freelance designer. She joined Propre Japan Inc. in 2017 June as a designer.