Hide Kimura joined Churchill in 2023 and is currently a Director of Churchill Finance Japan (CFJ), responsible for institutional sales for the firm’s Japan operations. Prior to joining Churchill, Hide was a manager of business development & investment solutions group at Asset Management One. Earlier in his career, Hide worked for Mitsubishi Morgan Stanley Securities in the market department as a sales trader of fixed income and derivatives as well as in the Products and Investment Banking Departments, respectively. Hide received an M.S. in Finance from Waseda University and a B.A. in Economics from Kindai University.