Signium International Tokyo Announces New Senior Consultant

October 1, 2007 - Mr. Tadao Shimamoto joins Signium International Tokyo as a senior consultant. He holds many years in his extensive business career as a top executive of medium and large corporations engaged in marketing and manufacturing of petroleum, automotive and other industrial/commercial parts and products.

Prior experience includes 25 years at Mobil Oil, 11 years (1983-1994) of which were served as Director of Mobil’s affiliate (Mobil Sekiyu) in Tokyo and 9 years (1985-1994) as an outside Director of Tonen Corp. In 1997, he joined Nippon Donaldson, Ltd., a Japanese subsidiary of U.S. automotive parts maker, as its Managing Director/CEO and contributed in its transformation from a traditional Japanese company to a market leader with global focus within 5 years.

He was recruited in early 2002 by a private equity company to rebuild and manage a bankrupt company dominant in the industry of pipe-fitting products, formerly Benkan and renamed Benex Corporation, as its CEO and successfully completed its turn-around. In 2005, the company was sold for a price far exceeding the value of the original capital injection. Since 2005, he was retained by another private equity fund managing group as a counselor for turnaround of its acquired companies.

Mr. Shimamoto holds a BA in Economics from Keio University in Tokyo and an MBA degree from University of Washington in Seattle.

Please join us in welcoming Mr. Tadao Shimamoto to Signium International!

Tadao Shimamoto
Email: tshimamoto@signium.co.jp