Akshay Naheta and Kentaro Matsui, previously managing partners for SoftBank Vision Fund, have moved to SoftBank itself to help improve its investment tactics.
Japan-based internet and telecommunications group SoftBank has assigned two former managing partners at its Vision Fund, Akshay Naheta and Kentaro Matsui, to senior roles, Bloomberg has reported, citing people privy to the matter.
Naheta has taken a senior vice-president position to mitigate the vehicle’s investment losses, offering strategic assistance to the management team. Based in the United Arab Emirates, he has been leveraging his connections with Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment to help raise the second Vision Fund.
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