About us

We are committed to providing timely and thorough due diligence and advice on potential deals and strategic alliances.

 

Winston Koike is the Director of AP Investment Advisory Services Pte. Ltd. based in Singapore and he is also a director of AP Advisory Services Ltd. (Hong Kong), Being from a bilingual and bi-cultural background, he has a wide range of experience and has traveled to various countries.

Winston started his career working as an intern to the Parliamentary vice Minister of Finance in Japan. He then proceeded to work in the financial industry. He worked with Morgan Stanley as a broker to institutional clients and based on his talents was subsequently made the sales manager for their Securities Lending Desk in Tokyo. He then worked for State Street Bank and Trust in Tokyo involving himself with structuring of both domestic and off-shore financial products as well as the marketing and sales of these products. He was subsequently offered the role of starting and managing the Securities Lending Division for the HSBC, in Hong Kong. Whilst at HSBC, he was one of the founding members of the industry association, PASLA (Pan Asia Securities Lending Association) and held various posts including Company Secretary and Chairman of the membership committee. Following this and spending over ten years in the finance industry, circumstances made him take over his family business which had been involved with Defense. He successfully grew the business and in 2008, transferred the defense businesses to a long time partner company in Japan 
Winston has a BA in Economics from the Keio University in Tokyo.  Winston is married for over 34 years and has two daughters.

Yoshitake Awa, Head of Sale & Marketing

Awa has vast experience and knowledge in sales and marketing through his 30 year career and has been based in Japan, US and Singapore. He started his career at Nomura Securities headquarters in Tokyo as a Japanese equity analyst in 1984. Subsequently was stationed at Nomura Securities International in their San Francisco and Los Angeles offices as a Japanese and American equities broker. Besides Nomura, Awa has held various positions in global investment banks, such as Barclays de Zouete Wedd, Credit Lyonnais Securities, BNP Paribas, and engaging in equity sales and securities lending businesses. In 2004, he moved to Singapore to join UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) where he was in charge of marketing UOBAM financial products to Japan. He also worked at Asian Management (Singapore) for their Japanese equity long/short fund as the Stock Loan trader. He currently works at AP Investment Advisory Services Pte. Ltd. Mr. Awa was graduated from Seattle University in the US where he acquired Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in 1983.

Yutaka Shimizu has a long professional career at one of the most well-known public traded trading companies in Japan. After graduating university, he has entered JAL Trading a Japan Airlines Group company, currently called JALUX Inc. listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He was primarily in charge of various divisions of sales & marketing and their managerial positions for 40 years. His last assignment at JALUX was Director of sales and marketing at CEO Office. In 2012, Mr. Shimizu became a consultant to the Comprehensive business support division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium Enterprise Support Center until 2014. Mr. Shimizu has a BA degree in economics from Tokyo Keizai University.

 
AP Investment Advisory Services Pte. Ltd.
#17-06 Peninsula Plaza, 111 North Bridge Road,
Singapore 179098