Investment Committee Members
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 had engaged in a wide variety of legal documents and cases ranging from international joint venture agreements to investment contracts. Yoshihiro holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Meiji University.
Masashi Nohara
Masashi Nohara is an experienced finance expert with a distinguished history of facilitating mergers and acquisitions. He possesses a strong foundation in M&A and corporate finance, having previously spearheaded global investment projects in startups and cultivated partnerships with international stakeholders. Before his tenure at SBI Group as Head of SBI Holdings Inc., Jakarta Office, Masashi was instrumental in advising and executing strategic acquisitions for a global unicorn fintech startup, focusing on the U.S. and APAC markets. His professional journey began as an investment banker at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley, where he participated in more than 20 M&A and IPO transactions across the technology and general sectors. Masashi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from Waseda University in 2018.