Maiko Nanao

Managing Director

Maiko is a Managing Director and has over 25 years of experience in investment research, proprietary trading, and investment banking. She is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and monitoring Asia-based funds and related investments. Maiko also works with institutional investors focused on hedge funds and private credit, directing strategic portfolio construction and management, while offering tailored investment decision advice.

Prior to joining Aksia in 2007, Maiko was a Vice President at the Strategic Investment Group of Deutsche Securities in Tokyo, where she focused on principal investments in distressed and special situations. She also worked as an investment banking Associate at the M&A department of Nomura Securities. Maiko started her career as an Analyst in the Global High Yield group of Morgan Stanley in Tokyo. During Maiko’s time at Deutsche, Maiko was involved in over 60 distressed & special situations investments, including a major GMS restructuring case. She supported over a dozen M&A transactions at Nomura and priced more than 150 NPL/SPL portfolios at Morgan Stanley during the Asian Financial Crisis and distressed periods in Japan from the late 90s to early 2000s.

Maiko graduated from Hitotsubashi University with a BA in Sociology and is a CPA (inactive).