Board of Directors

Dato Seri Paduka Hj Khairuddin bin Hj Abd Hamid

Dato Seri Paduka Haji Khairuddin bin Haj Abdul Hamid is the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Finance and Economy (“MOFE”), Brunei Darussalam. He is the Managing Director of the Retirement Fund and Fiscal Stabilisation Reserve Fund of Investment Division, MOFE, and also the CEO of Darussalam Assets. Apart from this portfolio, he sits on the Board of Director of Petroleum Brunei Sdn Bhd, Perbadanan Tabung Amanah Islam Brunei (“TAIB”), Brunei Investment Agency (“BIA”), and is a member of the Stock Exchange Steering Committee, Investment Committee for Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Investment Panel for Employee Trust Fund, Investment Advisory Committee for Strategic Development Capital Fund, Retirement Fund & Fiscal Stabilisation Reserve Fund. Haji Khairuddin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Management Studies from the University of Brunei Darussalam.

Ahmad Fathi bin Dato Paduka Hj Junaidi

Upon graduating from the University of Reading, United Kingdom in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Accounting and Management, Ahmad began his service with the Government of Brunei Darussalam as a Finance Officer under the Expenditure Division of the Ministry of Finance. In July 2004, he was assigned to the Brunei Currency and Monetary Board under the Administration and Reserve Investment responsible for the performance of the Board’s overseas investments and the currency operations in the country. In 2007, Ahmad was part of a team to set up the Investment Division of the Ministry of Finance which now administers and manages the Sustainability Fund and its sub-funds: the Retirement Fund (RF), the Fiscal Stabilization Reserve Fund (FSRF) and the Strategic Development Capital Fund (SDCF). Ahmad currently leads the investment teams in the SDCF and sits on the Board of various companies under SDCF and other Government Linked Companies (GLCs).

Yoshihiro Ishiwata

Yoshihiro has been with the SBI group for over 11 years. Prior to relocating to Singapore and joining SBI Ven Capital, he was with the Overseas Business Department in Tokyo headquarters, where he handled global strategic partnership deals and also monitored the group’s strategic investments mainly in Southeast Asia, Russia, and Israel. He is a trained legal expert with over 7 years of experience in the SBI group’s Legal & Compliance Department, where he has engaged in various legal documents and cases ranging from international joint venture agreements to investment contracts. Yoshihiro holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Meiji University.

Yujin Otsuka

Yujin Otsuka is an Investment Committee Member in several oversea funds of SBI Holdings, Inc. He is also the Deputy Head of CEO’s Office and Overseas Business Administration, at SBI Holdings. He has 10 years of experience in Venture Capital and Private Equity investment. He also held positions as a board member at SBI Finansa Private Equity Partners (Thailand) and Sky Heights Management (India). Yujin receives an MBA from SBI Graduate School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Waseda University, Japan.