Who's Moving Where In Wealth Management? - Cult Wines

Editorial Staff

31 October 2019

, the fine wine investment manager, has appointed Kazuaki Takabatake as commercial and strategy director for Asia-Pacific, following another senior hire in the region earlier this month.

Based in Singapore, Takabatake will lead the business across the region, the firm said in a statement yesterday. He has almost 30 years of senior management experience covering strategy, mergers and acquisitions, business-development, sales and marketing at a number of banks and technology firms. Takabatake has worked in London and across the Asia-Pacific region.

Takabatake’s previous employers included Yamaichi, Industrial Bank of Japan, Patsystems. He was chief executive of Saxo Capital Markets-Asia Pacific for seven years. Prior to joining Cult Wines he was managing director of Oanda Asia Pacific.

This is the third high-profile financial services appointment by Cult Wines recently. For example, it appointed Eddie Kir as head of business development, North Asia. Kir operates from Hong Kong.

Cult Wines is based in London, with regional offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. The company has a global client base and assets under management exceeding £120 million ($154.5 million).