Takeo is Chief Investment Officer and a member of the Investment Committee. He brings over 25 years of value style equity investment as well as management consultancy experiences. Prior to joining Misaki he managed Global Value Equity portfolios and global research team at AllianceBernstein in London. From 2002 to 2013, Takeo was Director of Research for Japan Value Equities, where he built the firm’s Tokyo research and investment team. Prior to joining AllianceBernstein in 1997 in New York, he worked at Corporate Directions, Inc as a management consultant. Takeo received his B.S. and M.S. in Information Science from the University of Tokyo and MBA from Harvard University and is a CFA charterholder.